Hawaiianology

Eddie Flores Jr (1947-????) was a Hawaii businessman who was conductive in making L&L Hawaiian Barbecue into one of the most successful Hawaii fast-food corporations and popularizing the Plate Lunch to a National level. He purchased it and franchised it and served as its CEO. Eddie was interested in preserving and the flavor of the restaurant through a more entrepreneurship mindset that allowed him to tackle larger ambitions of a franchise concept. Under Eddie's leadership, L&L had been stable and slowly grew through a progression of steps in its expansions, opening new restaurants across the Hawaiian Islands and then to conquer the United States with eventual International recognition. He is credited as one of many generational founders as the business reinvented itself with each owners vision, but due to his influence in franchising the company.  "Eddie had vision, grit, and a ‘refuse to give up’ mindset. Most people would’ve said he was too weird, too late, or too p...

L&L Hawaiian Barbecue is a food-establishment that originated in Liliha area of Hawaii on the island of Oahu. The "Plate Lunch" phenomenon that put Hawaii on the food map was officially established through the companies great business marketing campaigns promoting Hawaii cuisine. In 1991 by founders Eddie Flores Jr. and Johnson Kam from their original L&L Drive-Inn (founded 1976 in Honolulu by Kam), represents one of Hawaii’s most successful, and perhaps most impactful, culinary exports. The nation was well aware of the plate lunch, but it wasn't something thought highly about or competitive in the realm of foods of other sorts, but the plate lunch made its mark with L&L that brought: Hawaiian Plate Lunch, Kalbi Short Ribs, Katsu Chicken, Loco Moco, and Spam Musubi to the masses. This enterprise, beginning from local roots, Hawaii-chinese ingenuity in the realm of business expertise and it revolutionized the widespread understanding of "Hawaiian food...