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Hard Rock Cafe Corporate Office

Hard Rock Cafe, Hotels, and Casinos

The Hard Rock Cafe was founded by two Americans in London in 1971. Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton began covering the walls of their restaurant with rock and roll posters, records, and other memorabilia. The Seminole Tribe of Florida purchased the chain in 2007.

The company has amassed one of the largest collections of rock and roll memorabilia in the world. The first piece of memorabilia came from Eric Clapton, who wanted to hang his Fender guitar over his regular seat. This caused Pete Townshend to put one of his guitars over his regular seat at the Picadilly restaurant. The movement went on from there. There are currently 191 locations in 59 countries. There are approximately 157 cafes, 22 hotels and 11 Hard Rock gambling casinos.

The company runs a chain of themed restaurants, hotels, and casinos. Some of the hotels and casino locations have been sold to various companies over the years, but the cafe’s remain under the control of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, with headquarters in Orlando, Florida.

History

Universal Studios Florida Corporate Office

Universal Studios Florida

Universal Studios Florida, sometimes called Universal Studios Orlando, was founded in 1982. Originally designed by the Universal Studios movie company to be an active working movie set and theme park, which would allow visitors to see how movies are made “behind the scenes.” However, in 1986, co-founder of the park, Steven Spielberg, believed that they could compete with Disney World if they designed a theme park from the ground up.

History

The theme park officially opened in July of 1990. Universal Studios Florida designs roller coaster rides, water rides, and animated fantasy rides mostly based on popular movies from their own library, however, they are not above using licensed characters from other studios such as Men in Black and The Simpsons.

In February 2019, leaked documents showed that Universal intended to copy one of Disney’s most profitable theme’s- Mario Kart or Super Mario World.

A family from Guatemala sued Universal in 2018 for having warning signs only posted in English after the father had a heart attack on the Skull Island Adventure ride in 2016.

Universal Studios Florida, like the one in Hollywood, is owned by NBC Universal Company. The theme park is the 8th most visited park in the US and the 16th most visited park in the world, with 7.06 million guests in 2013.

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Amy’s Ice Creams Corporate Office

Amy's Ice Creams

Amy’s Ice Creams was founded by former Steve’s Ice Cream employee, Amy Simmons in 1984. While a student at Tufts University, Simmons and her business partner Scott Shaw, decided to open their own ice cream shop in Austin, Texas. Simmons did not have enough cash for her first store lease, but wrote a hot check, hoping to make enough money to cover it by the second deposit.

Today, the company has 13 locations, mostly in Texas. Simmons has said that she did not want to lose control of her business, so she plans to expand it slowly. While Amy’s Ice Creams has more than 300 flavors of ice cream and fruit ices, each store has a limited number of flavors and rotates them each month.

Amy’s Ice Creams is known for allowing, and even encouraging, employees to be a bit outlandish in their dress and serving style. Purple hair, multiple piercings, and made up songs are an every day occurrence at many locations.

History

Amy's Ice Creams was founded by former Steve's Ice Cream employee, Amy Simmons in 1984. While a student at Tufts University, Simmons and her business partner Scott Shaw, decided to open their own ice cream shop in Austin, Texas. Simmons did not have … [Continue reading] about Amy’s Ice Creams Corporate Office

Jet’s Pizza Corporate Office

Jet's Pizza

John and Eugene Jetts opened their first Jet’s Pizza in Sterling Heights, Michigan, in 1978. The company offers casual dining and makes pizzas, salads, and submarine sandwiches. Jet’s Pizza is known for their signature Deep Dish, 8 Corner pizza, which they have trademarked.

History

Today, the company has 350 locations in 18 states across the US. The Jetts decided to expand the business and added their cousins, the Galloways, as partners, forming Jet’s America, Inc. Jet’s Pizza had annual revenue in 2013 of $268 million.

In April 2020, Jet’s introduced its “Mexican Pizza” with black olives, jalapeno peppers, and premium chorizo.

In October 2020, the company announced a reward program for frequent diners.

The original pizza recipe comes from one that the Jetts mother used. It hasn’t been changed since 1978 and the Jetts say that, although it might cost a bit more to make it this way, they believe it is the best pizza recipe in America.

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Gold Star Chili Corporate Office

Gold Star Chili

Gold Star Chili restaurants was founded in 1965 by the four Daoud brothers, in the Mount Washington area of Cincinnati. The original name of the company was Hamburger Heaven. The original idea was to sell hamburgers and chili burgers, however, the brothers noticed that people were ordering more chili than hamburgers. The company changed its focus and its name.

Today, the company has 95 franchised and company locations in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. In 2015, one of the founding brothers’ sons, Roger David, returned from college to take his place as CEO of the company.

Gold Star Chili is one of the major sponsors of the Cincinnati Bengals and is the official chili of the team.

History

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