High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Roy Rogers Restaurants is a northeastern United States chain of fast food restaurants founded by the Marriott Corporation in 1968 in Falls Church, Virginia. As of August 2012, Roy Rogers had 49 stores: 20 Corporate and 29 Franchised. In 2002, the Plamondon Companies purchased the trademark from Imasco, the former parent of Hardee`s. Under the new owners the company is headquartered in Frederick, Maryland.