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BJ’s Restaurants Corporate Office

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates restaurants under the name BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery.

BJ’s Restaurants was founded in 1978 in California as the Chicago Pizza & Brewery Inc.

The company went public in 1996, trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol BJRI.

The same year BJ’s bought a chain of restaurants, Pietro’s Pizza, which added 27 restaurants to the chain.

Today BJ’s Restaurants owns and operates 214 restaurants in California and 14 Western states. The casual dining restaurant offers a variety of Chicago-style food including pizzas, salads, steaks, and pasta dishes.

Its Restuarant & Brewery locations feature an onsite microbrewery. These microbreweries also provide beer to the rest of the chain.

BJ’s Restaurants is a member of the S&P 600, has 23,000 employees, and had $1.195 billion in revenue in 2021.

In October 2022, the company’s third-quarter report shows that earnings are up, as well as the stock price.

Also in October 2022, the company opened another location in Las Vegas, Nevada.

BJ’s Restaurants maintains a corporate office in Hungtington Beach, California.

BJ's Restaurants

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates restaurants under the name BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery.

BJ’s Restaurants was founded in 1978 in California as the Chicago Pizza & Brewery Inc.

History

The company went public in 1996, trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol BJRI.

The same year BJ’s bought a chain of restaurants, Pietro’s Pizza, which added 27 restaurants to the chain.

Its Restuarant & Brewery locations feature an onsite microbrewery. These microbreweries also provide beer to the rest of the chain.

BJ’s Restaurants is a member of the S&P 600, has 23,000 employees, and had $1.195 billion in revenue in 2021.

In October 2022, the company’s third-quarter report shows that earnings are up, as well as the stock price.

Also in October 2022, the company opened another location in Las Vegas, Nevada.

BJ’s Restaurants maintains a corporate office in Hungtington Beach, California.

Denny’s Corporate Office

Denny’s is a full-service fast casual family restaurant chain. The restaurants are known for being open 24 hours where allowed by law and for serving breakfast all day.

Denny’s was founded by Richard Jezak and Harold Butler as Danny’s Donuts in California in 1953.

By 1959 the chain had expanded to 20 restaurants and was rebranded Denny’s to avoid confusion with a similarly named chain, Doughnut Dan’s.

In 1963 Denny’s began franchising and today most Denny’s restaurants are franchises.

Today Denny’s has 1,600 franchised, licensed, and company-owned restaurants across the United States. A further 100 restaurants are located internationally in Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Honduras, Guam, Curacao, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Chile, El Salvador, and New Zealand.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic and quarantine in the first half of 2020, many restaurant chains, including Denny’s are at risk of closing permanantely.

The company began offering free delivery service via Postmates starting in July 2020 in an attempt to prevent bankruptcy.

Denny’s is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol DENN, has 8,250 employees, and had $460.02 million in revenue in 2013.

Denny's

Denny’s is a full-service fast casual family restaurant chain. The restaurants are known for being open 24 hours where allowed by law and for serving breakfast all day.

Denny’s was founded by Richard Jezak and Harold Butler as Danny’s Donuts in California in 1953.

History

By 1959 the chain had expanded to 20 restaurants and was rebranded Denny’s to avoid confusion with a similarly named chain, Doughnut Dan’s.

In 1963 Denny’s began franchising and today most Denny’s restaurants are franchises.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic and quarantine in the first half of 2020, many restaurant chains, including Denny’s are at risk of closing permanantely.

The company began offering free delivery service via Postmates starting in July 2020 in an attempt to prevent bankruptcy.

Denny’s is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol DENN, has 8,250 employees, and had $460.02 million in revenue in 2013.

CiCi’s Pizza Corporate Office

CiCi’s Pizza is a buffet restaurant that specializes in pizza. It also offers salads and pasta dishes.

Joe Croce and Mike Cole founded CiCi’s Pizza in 1985 serving a family-friendly buffet featuring pizza, soup, pasta, salads, and desserts.

CiCi’s Pizza expanded through franchising and still actively seeks franchising partners. Approximately 98% of all restaurants are franchises.

By 2001 the restaurant chain had 380 restaurants.

Today CiCi’s Pizza has 600 franchised and corporately-owned restaurants in 35 states. The company has a special program for veterans who wish to own a franchise. CiCi’s Patriot Program is one of the industry’s most extensive programs benefiting U.S. veterans. This program waves the franchise fee for the first restaurant and offers a 50 percent royalty fee reduction for the first full year that the restaurant is in operation. This discount applies to all qualified, honorably discharged U.S. veterans. This allows veterans an approximate savings of $58,000.

CiCi’s Pizza has been named one of the top 25 performing brands by the Wall Street Journal and a top 200 franchise concept by Franchise Today. In March 2009 Men’s Health Magazine gave CiCi’s Pizza “top marks” for providing healthy food choices among its list of “66 major chain restaurants”.

The company plans to add another 500 locations in the next 10 years through franchising. In addition to its current US restaurants, in 2010, the company announced plans to add locations internationally, possibly in Canada and Mexico.

In 2015, the company decided to change its name to simply “CiCi’s” to avoid being thought of as merely a pizza restaurant. The company wants to focus on other items in their buffet type menu, such as salads and chicken wings.

Some locations were dinged by various health department code violations including one in Tennessee and another in Texas that received 17 code violations.

CiCi's Pizza

CiCi’s Pizza is a buffet restaurant that specializes in pizza. It also offers salads and pasta dishes.

History

Joe Croce and Mike Cole founded CiCi’s Pizza in 1985 serving a family-friendly buffet featuring pizza, soup, pasta, salads, and desserts.

CiCi’s Pizza expanded through franchising and still actively seeks franchising partners. Approximately 98% of all restaurants are franchises.

By 2001 the restaurant chain had 380 restaurants.

Some locations were dinged by various health department code violations including one in Tennessee and another in Texas that received 17 code violations.

Weis Markets Corporate Office

Weis Markets was founded as Weis Pure Foods in 1912 in Sunbury, Pennsylvania by brothers Harry and Sigmund Weis.

The Weis brothers opened a second store in 1915 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This store became strategically important to the chain as it grew as the regional anchor for the Pennsylvania market.

By 1933 the chain had grown to 115 stores, all in central Pennsylvania.

Starting in the 1960’s Weis Markets, as it was then known, began to expand into neighboring states Maryland and New York, and later to Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Today Weis Markets operates 165 stores in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, West Virginia, and Maryland. The stores sell groceries, dairy products, frozen foods, meats, seafood, fresh produce, pharmacy, deli, bakery products, food and wine.

Weis Markets is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WMK, is #770 on the Fortune 1000, has 18,000 employees, and had $2.69 billion in revenue in 2013.

Weis Markets

Weis Markets was founded as Weis Pure Foods in 1912 in Sunbury, Pennsylvania by brothers Harry and Sigmund Weis.

The Weis brothers opened a second store in 1915 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This store became strategically important to the chain as it grew as the regional anchor for the Pennsylvania market.

By 1933 the chain had grown to 115 stores, all in central Pennsylvania.

History

Starting in the 1960’s Weis Markets, as it was then known, began to expand into neighboring states Maryland and New York, and later to Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Weis Markets is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WMK, is #770 on the Fortune 1000, has 18,000 employees, and had $2.69 billion in revenue in 2013.

Joe’s Crab Shack Corporate Office

Joe’s Crab Shack is a chain of beach-themed seafood restaurants.

The first Joe’s Crab Shack opened in Houston, Texas in 1991. In 1994 Landry’s Restaurants, Inc. bought the restaurant and within one year had grown to three locations.

In 2006 Joe’s was sold to J.H. Whitney & Company for $192 million. J.H. Whitney later changed its name to Ignite Restaurant Group.

Today Joe’s Crab Shack is a national chain with 110 restaurants in 28 states. The restaurants have a festive atmosphere and many are on waterfront property with large outdoor patios. Many include features such as playgrounds and arcades.

In June of 2017, the company filed for bankruptcy. Kelly Investment Group has offered $50 million for the chain, but there is no word yet as to whether this offer will be accepted.

While a few locations closed in 2020 due to the pandemic, new locations are being opened in 2021.

The corporate office for Joe’s Crab Shack remains in Houston, Texas.

Joe's Crab Shack

Joe’s Crab Shack is a chain of beach-themed seafood restaurants.

The first Joe’s Crab Shack opened in Houston, Texas in 1991. In 1994 Landry’s Restaurants, Inc. bought the restaurant and within one year had grown to three locations.

History

In 2006 Joe’s was sold to J.H. Whitney & Company for $192 million. J.H. Whitney later changed its name to Ignite Restaurant Group.

In June of 2017, the company filed for bankruptcy. Kelly Investment Group has offered $50 million for the chain, but there is no word yet as to whether this offer will be accepted.

While a few locations closed in 2020 due to the pandemic, new locations are being opened in 2021.

The corporate office for Joe’s Crab Shack remains in Houston, Texas.