Bobby Cox Companies, Inc. is a multi-venture company based in Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...

. It was founded in 1961 by Bobby D. Cox, who is also the president of the company. The company began with the creation of a coffee shop in Odessa, Texas

Odessa, Texas

Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...

 and grew to the point of purchasing Schlotzsky's, Inc. in December 2004. Today it has over 2,200 employees in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Missouri.

Having paid $28.5 million to purchase Schlotzsky's out of bankruptcy court, Bobby Cox Companies, Inc. sold Schlotzsky's to the Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

-based Focus Brands Inc. in 2006.

Today the company controls three Texas-based restaurant chains: Rosa's Cafe

Rosa's Cafe

Rosa's Cafe is a Mexican food restaurant chain with beginnings in West Texas. Rosa's has now expanded to 30 locations across the state, including restaurants in Fort Worth, College Station and Killeen. There is even a restaurant in Temecula, California...

, Texas Burger, and Taco Villa.