Hanover Trail

Hanover Trail Steak House
IndustryRestaurant
Founded1973 in Whippany, New Jersey
FateDefunct
Number of locations
14
Area served
Mid-Atlantic, U.S.
OwnerCampbell Soup Company

Hanover Trail was an American steakhouse chain launched by Campbell's.

During the early 1970s, Campbell Soup Company began exploring new products and ventures, including restaurants. In 1970, the company acquired the Pacific Northwest fast food restaurant, and expanded it from 11 locations to 52 by 1972. Campbell's then decided to enter the steakhouse field, opening its first Hanover Trail Steak House in Whippany, New Jersey in 1973.[1] It had a Western theme modeled after Hilltop Steak House. It described by Jean Hewitt as a "place to take large appetites and the kids and not worry about dressing up or blowing the week's paycheck" and by Frank J. Prial as "near the top among the various chains of steak houses cropping up these days - not only in quality, but also in price.[2][3]

The Whippany restaurant drew 600,000 diners in its first year and by May 1974, Campbell's had begun construction on Woodbridge Township, New Jersey and Ramsey, New Jersey locations.[4] At its peak, the chain had 14 locations.[5] In 1978, Hanover Trail dropped steak house from its name to reflect changing consumer preferences amid rising beef prices.[6] In 1981, Campbell's launched a new chain of restaurants known as H. T. McDoogal's and planned to convert Hanover Trail to the new concept.[7] By 1985, Campbell's had converted the Ramsey, Deptford Township, New Jersey, and Greenbelt, Maryland locations to H. T. McDoogal's restaurants and only one Hanover Trail, located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, remained.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Net Up at Campbell Soup; Other Concerns Report on Sales and Earnings". The New York Times. November 17, 1972.
  2. ^ Hewitt, Jean (June 30, 1973). "Dining Out in New Jersey". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Prial, Frank (April 25, 1976). "Dinning Out: On the Trail Of a Steak". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Janson, Donald (May 21, 1974). "Campbell Soup Plans to Open Chain of Steak Houses in State". The New York Times.
  5. ^ Fetterman, Mindy (May 22, 1990). "King of the Hill". USA Today.
  6. ^ Narvaez, Alfonso (June 10, 1978). "Consumer Notes Anotherinsurance Company To Withdraw From Jersey". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Campbell Conversion". The New York Times. July 17, 1981. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  8. ^ Rouse, Ewart (April 26, 1985). "Campbell To Sell McDoogal's Restaurants". Philadelphia Inquirer.

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