There has been ample talk and rumor about Golden Corral taking over the Ryan's building and putting a Golden Corral in front of Sam's Club. Ryan's has now been gone for a while and one would think if Golden Corral had designs on the old Ryan's building that they would have by now have made some changes or alterations to the building or at least put some kind of signage up to indicate they have plans to occupy the building.
I think the bulk of the rumors were generated when someone saw advertisements on some of the job boards for management positions with Golden Corral with a Florence, Alabama location. I guesss as with most other things time till tell.