Nickerson Farms Explained

Nickerson Farms
Type:	Gas station/full-service restaurant
Foundation:	1960s
Location:	Eldon, Missouri Omaha, Nebraska; Independence, Missouri; Arlington Heights, Illinois
Key People:	I. J. Nickerson
Industry:	Restaurants
Products:	Fuel, full serve restaurant

Nickerson Farms was an American roadside restaurant franchise that existed between the mid-1960s and the early 1980s. It was started by I. J. Nickerson, a former Stuckey's franchisee who did not agree with that chain's rules and regulations. Nickerson Farms had as many as sixty restaurants located along Interstate highways, mainly in the Midwestern United States. Each Nickerson Farms location had a full-room restaurant, with a gift shop. Honey, collected from on-site beehives, could also be purchased at Nickerson Farms stores.^{[1] [2]} The majority of Nickerson Farms locations sold Skelly gasoline and other petroleum products.

See also

• Stuckey's
• Horne's

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=3mPr1WEUw6gC&pg=PA38&dq=%22nickerson+farms%22+restaurant First Nickerson Farms
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20071101080637/http://members.aol.com/sum41angel02/competitors/nickerson/nickfarms.htm History of Nickerson Farms