I will definitely miss the hushpuppies at LJS...  I remember when my son was young, and we lived in Tucson, there was an LJS a block from the local drive-in  movie theater, and we would stop and get chicken planks and hushpuppies to munch on during the movies...  With LOTS of their great tartar sauce, too!

I also have very fond memories of stopping at the A&W in Williams, AZ in college when I was driving back and forth from my California home to Univ of Tulsa.  Loved the frosty mugs of root beer, and later on, their mini corndogs were great! 

Hopefully someone will by them and restore them to their former glory.  YUM is just a typical profits-chasing corporation not really interested in the quality of their product or the experience.

Around here, Central Texas, Yum has been in a consolidation mode on the stores, combining  LJS with either KFC or A&W in the same counter.  Quality of food, service, and experience has declined remarkably whereever this has been done.  There are absolutely no stand-alone LJS or A&W store in the area, and only a handful of KFC stores.  They have shut down all sit-down Pizza Huts, depending solely on delivery and "express" locations. The only single brand stores left are Taco Bells, and thankfully those are few and far between.  We have much better local chains of that type to choose from.