Food

Seasons 52 Restaurant Corporate Office

Seasons 52 was founded in 2003 and is a subsidiary of the Darden Restaurant Group. The company has 43 locations in 17 states.

This restaurant chain is different from most others as it changes its menu with each season, offering food items that are currently “in season”. Their master wine sommelier, George Miliotes, travels personally to different vineyards to choose wines for the upcoming season. The company menu usually offers more than 100 different types of wine at any given time.

Seasons 52 was recently the target of a federal lawsuit in early 2015, which claimed that the chain practiced age discrimination when hiring. The company has denied all allegations.

In May 2023, the company opened its first San Antonio, Texas, location.

Seasons 52 maintains a corporate office in Orlando, Florida.

Seasons 52

Seasons 52 was founded in 2003 and is a subsidiary of the Darden Restaurant Group. The company has 43 locations in 17 states.

History

Seasons 52 was recently the target of a federal lawsuit in early 2015, which claimed that the chain practiced age discrimination when hiring. The company has denied all allegations.

In May 2023, the company opened its first San Antonio, Texas, location.

Seasons 52 maintains a corporate office in Orlando, Florida.

Earth Fare Corporate Office

Earth Fare was founded in 1975 by Roger Derrough in Asheville, North Carolina. Originally called Dinner for the Earth, the company changed its name in 1993. The original store offered organic food items in bulk, with no meat or dairy products, along with handmade organic “wellness” items, such as herbal remedies.

Today, Earth Fare acts as a full-service chain of organic supermarkets, offering organic produce, organic health, and beauty items, organic and grass-fed meats, and eggs from free-range chickens. The company has 20 locations in 8 states and over 2,500 full-time employees.

The company named a new CEO in October of 2015, Frank Scorpiniti, who has tasked the company with opening 12 new locations by the end of 2016. The 38th location opened in August of 2015. Some employees have voiced complaints on social media sites that this rapid growth is making the company a less enjoyable place to work.

In February 2020, Earth Fare filed for bankruptcy protection and stated that it would possibly go out of business.

After initially closing all locations, the company was able to reopen approximately 20 locations open as of 2021.

In June 2022, the company opened a new location in Cleveland, Ohio, while simultaneously closing a different location in Cleveland.

Earth Fare maintains a corporate office in Asheville, North Carolina.

Earth Fare

History

In February 2020, Earth Fare filed for bankruptcy protection and stated that it would possibly go out of business.

After initially closing all locations, the company was able to reopen approximately 20 locations open as of 2021.

In June 2022, the company opened a new location in Cleveland, Ohio, while simultaneously closing a different location in Cleveland.

Earth Fare maintains a corporate office in Asheville, North Carolina.

Chi-Chi’s Pizza Corporate Office

Chi-Chi’s Pizza was founded in 1958 in Panorama City, California, by Frank Paul “Judge” Miccolis. Miccolis grew up in Italian restaurants that his father owned in Indianapolis. He wanted to bring real Italian pizza to Southern California. The name comes from a nickname his father had.

The company acquired Lido Pizza in 1967. The company opened two more locations in Simi Valley and Saugus, California shortly after. In 2001, the company closed the aging Panorama City store and opened a new location in Canyon Country, California. Judge Miccolis passed away in 1992, however, the company is still owned and operated by his son.

Chi-Chi’s Pizza currently has 5 locations and also owns the Carson Peak Inn, located in June Lake, California.

Chi-Chi's Pizza

Chi-Chi’s Pizza currently has 5 locations and also owns the Carson Peak Inn, located in June Lake, California.

History

HoneyBaked Ham Corporate Office

Honeybaked Ham was founded in 1957 in Detroit, Michigan, by Harry Hoenselaar. The company operates a chain of ham and other meats to go, along with sandwiches, stores in the US. Honenselaar would select hams by hand, then smoke them. Afterward, he spiral cut them so his special honey glaze would permeate the meat.

Today, the company has more than 200 franchises and approximately 100 company-owned locations across America. The company also has an eCommerce site, as well as popup stores located in major malls during the Thanksgiving/Christmas holiday season. In addition to ham, the company also offers turkeys, pot roast, and BBQ pork. Many locations also offer side dishes, such as coleslaw, sweet potatoes, or corn.

While the company is privately owned, new CEO Dave Keil has stated that the company has revenue in the $500 million range. Three families, the Kurz family in Ohio, the Schmidt family in Michigan, and the Farbolin family in Georgia, who all owned part of the company, recently came together to form one corporation in 2015, under the name Honeybaked Ham Company, LLC. This consolidation allows the company to work together more easily and should allow for faster expansion.

Forbes reports that millennials love working for the company because they feel like family, not employees.

During National Sandwich Month (August) the company offers a BOGO free offer, even during the COVID crisis of 2020.

The company has purchased a new corporate headquarters that will serve as its customer support center for its customers as well as company-owned owned and franchise store locations. The new 22,660 square foot building on Mansell Road in Alpharetta was purchased for $2.29 million.

HoneyBaked Ham

History

Forbes reports that millennials love working for the company because they feel like family, not employees.

During National Sandwich Month (August) the company offers a BOGO free offer, even during the COVID crisis of 2020.

Atlanta Bread Company Corporate Office

Atlanta Bread Company was founded in 1993, when brothers, Jerry and Basil Couvaras purchased a Sandy Springs Sandwich shop. The company began franchise operations the following year. The company operates a chain of sandwich and bakery shops in the US.

The company grew very quickly and by 2006 had more than 232 franchises, as well as corporate owned locations. The Couvaras brothers were charged with fraud in South Africa in 2004 and paid more than $5.5 million in fines, but avoided jail time. The company suffered as a result, with most small business administration loans going into default. The company ranked #11 on the SBA’s list of 25 Worst Franchises.

CEO Jerry Couvaras states that the company is back on track, however, and growing once more, but this time, more slowly. Today the company has about 50 locations, but they are hiring once more and making plans to re-open some of their former locations in 2017.

Atlanta Bread Company