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- ↑ "Group Sales Archived 2011-12-08 at the Wayback Machine ." K&W Cafeterias. Retrieved on January 31, 2012. "K&W Corporate Office P.O. Box 25048 Winston-Salem, NC 27114-5048"
- 1 2 3 Daniel, Fran (2012-01-15). "K&W turns 75". Winston-Salem Journal . Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2012-01-15. - "Headquarters: 1391 Plaza West Road, off Healy Drive in Winston-Salem"
- 1 2 3 Craver, Richard (2022-08-17). "The end of an era: K&W Cafeterias sold to Louisiana company". Winston-Salem Journal.
- ↑ "History – K&W Cafeterias". www.kwcafeterias.biz. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
- ↑ Report on 1988 Knollwood location explosion
- ↑ "After closing 6 locations, NC-based K&W Cafeterias files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy". CBS17.com. 2020-09-05. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
