Ryan’s, HomeTown Buffet & Old Country Buffet Offer New Ways To Begin Your Day With a Good Breakfast

GREER, S.C. - Feb. 18, 2014 - PRLog -- Breakfast is widely considered the most important meal of the day, so Ryan’s (http://www.ryans.com/)^® (http://www.ryans.com/), HomeTown^® Buffet (http://www.hometownbuffet.com/) and Old Country Buffet (http://www.oldcountrybuffet.com/)^® are helping families start their weekends right with expanded menu offerings starting Saturday, February 22, 2014. Breakfast is available until 11 a.m. at all restaurants. Opening times vary by location.

“The weekends are a great time for most families to come together and enjoy breakfast without feeling rushed to go off to school or work,” said Alice Crowder, Vice President of Marketing for Ovation^® Brands. “We wanted to enhance that quality time by making some of our breakfast favorites even better, including pancakes, French toast, sausages, and our Fresh For You omelet action station.”

Eggs Made Your Way

The Fresh For You omelet action station features made-to-order egg dishes including omelets, and Scramblers. Guests may order eggs over easy, scrambled, over medium or hard. The omelet stations is fully loaded with bacon, ham, sausage, sautéed peppers and onions, sautéed mushrooms, shredded Cheddar cheese, taco beef, hash browns, country gravy, queso sauce, hollandaise sauce, and pico sauce.

In addition to the omelet action station and improved menu items, Ryan’s, HomeTown Buffet, and Old Country Buffet will also feature new items including a Cheesy Hash Brown Casserole that is offered in individual servings with cheese and bacon, poached eggs that may be complemented with a new Hollandaise sauce, thicker sliced bacon, expanded topping options for waffles, and new bakery items. Menus vary by location.

Other popular stations available during breakfast include the bakery, which offers a wide assortment of sweet treats, the fresh salad bar, and even the ice cream bar. Check your local restaurant for the weekly Manager’s Choice menu selection.

For more information about the new breakfast menu items and hours, visit www.Ryans.com, www.HomeTownBuffet.com, www.OldCountryBuffet.com. While online, sign up for Crave Connection℠ to receive exclusive offers and promotions. It’s free to sign up for the program.

About Ovation^® Brands

Ovation^® Brands currently operates 340 restaurants in 35 states, comprised of 331 steak-buffet restaurants and nine Tahoe Joe’s Famous Steakhouse^® restaurants.  The restaurants are principally operated under the Old Country Buffet^®, HomeTown^® Buffet and Ryan’s^® brands. Ovation employs approximately 18,000 team members and serves approximately 100 million customers annually.  Corporate headquarters are based in Greer, SC with a Corporate Support Center located in Eagan, MN. For more information, visit www.OvationBrands.com.

Fun Facts*:

Ryan’s, HomeTown Buffet, and Old Country Buffet serve an estimated 24,835,200 medium eggs per year.

They use approximately 28,800,000 slices of bacon per year.

An estimated 24,391,152 cups of coffee are consumed in the buffet restaurants per year.

The most widely used fruits are bananas (1,773,616 per year), cantaloupe (2,330,380 per year), and oranges (1,014,156 per year).

*Cumulative for all the restaurants.