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Jacobs Engineering Corporate Office

Jacobs Engineering

Jacobs Engineering was founded by Joseph J. Jacobs in 1947 as Jacobs Engineering Company. The original company was both a consulting agency and a manufacturer’s representative for makers of large-scale equipment in the processing industry.

In 1956 the company completed its first substantial chemical project – the engineering of a chlorine plant in Louisiana.

In 1970 Jacobs Engineering went public, trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

History

From 1968 to 1978 the company completed one-third of the uranium projects in the United States with 1,600 employees.

In 1995 Jacobs Engineering expanded to Italy, Spain, and France and in 1999 to the Middle East.

Today Jacobs Engineering is an international architecture, engineering, and construction firm with offices all over the world. The company’s largest single client (20%) is the United States Government, for which it does aerospace and defense work.

Typical projects for Jacobs Engineering include oil refineries, manufacturing plants, and roads and highways.

Jacobs Engineering is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol JEC, is a member of the S&P 500, is #249 in the Fortune 500, has 50,000 worldwide employees, and had $12.13 billion in revenue in 2013.

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Yum! Brands Corporate Office

Yum! Brands

Yum! Brands was created in 1997 when PepsiCo spun-off its fast food division. The new company was named Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc and was the new owner and franchiser of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell brands worldwide.

Because of the company’s pre-existing relationship with PepsiCo, all brands have a lifetime contract with the company and do not serve Coca-Cola products.

In 2002 Tricon acquired Yorkshire Global Restaurants, owner of Long John Silver’s and A&W Restaurants for $320 million. The same year the company changed its name to Yum! Brands, Inc.

History

In 2003 Yum! launched WingStreet.

In 2011 Yum! sold Long John Silver’s to LJS Partners, LLC and A&W Restaurants to A Great American Brand LLC.

In 2003 Yum! acquired Little Sheep, a Chinese hot pot restaurant, condiment processing, and meat processing company with $2 billion in revenue, or 2% of all Chinese dining-out receipts, for $587 million.

Today Yum! is a Fortune 500 corporation, is a member of the S&P 500, is #201 in the Fortune 500, is #247 in the FT 500, has 75,500 employees, and had $13.08 billion in revenue in 2013.

Taco Bell Corporate Office

Taco Bell

Taco Bell was founded by Glen Bell as a hot dog stand called Bell’s Drive-In in San Bernardino, California in 1946. Glen Bell was 23 at the time. He watched the long lines of steady customers at the Mexican restaurant across the street and thought he might change from hot dogs and hamburgers to Mexican food.

Six years later, he sold the hot dog stand and started a new business selling tacos under the name Taco-Tia. Over the next few years, Bell owned and operated a number of restaurants, several of which sold tacos.

History

Bell built the first Taco Bell in 1962. He sold his first franchise, to former police officer Kermit Becky, in Torrance, California, in 1964.

The company grew explosively and opened its 100th restaurant in 1967.

Taco Bell went public in 1970 with 325 restaurants.

In 1978 PepsiCo acquired Taco Bell with 868 restaurants. Glen Bell became a shareholder in PepsiCo.

Throughout the 1990’s, the Taco Bell Chihuahua commercial was extremely popular. A small chihuahua would look at the camera and “say” Yo Quiero Taco Bell” (I want or I like Taco Bell. )

Today Taco Bell is owned by Yum! Brands, a company that also owns KFC, Pizza Hut, and WingStreet.

Taco Bell is international, operating in Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Iceland, India, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Spain, South Korea, and the U.K. Taco Bell has not been successful in attempts to enter the Mexican market.

The parent company announced in November 2018 that sales at Taco Bell were “tremendous” during the last quarter with a net income of $454 million.

The company has nearly 8,000 locations and says that it plans to have a workforce of more than 100,000 persons by the end of 2022. Taco Bell partnered with ride-sharing company Lyft to offer drive-through service at Taco Bell. In January 2018, Yum! Brands purchased a 3% stake in GrubHub, the online delivery service, allowing the company to integrate with their websites.

Since the purchase of GrubHub, the company is testing a possible delivery service for both Taco Bell and KFC brands.

Taco Bell recalled over 2 million pounds of ground beef after customers found metal shavings in the meat. This occurred in early October 2019. The recall involved 4 states and while no one was injured, the company was quick to say that customers who feel they might have been affected should seek medical help.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic in the spring of 2020, Taco Bell was making the unprecedented move of closing their dining rooms and only selling food via the drive through or through their delivery service.

Yum Brands, who owns Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Pizza Hut stated on March 13th, 2020, that all employees who were forced to stay home due to restaurant closures and the coronavirus, would continue to receive their pay. This applies only at company owned locations, however, and while they urged franchise owners to do the same, it is unknown which, if any, would do so.

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Monster Beverage Corporate Office

Monster Beverage Corporation

Monster Beverage Corporation started as a single natural soda brand, Hansen’s Natural Sodas, which began in the 1930’s when Hubert Hansen and his three sons began selling juice in Southern California to retailers and film studios.

In the 1970’s Hubert Hansen’s grandson, Tim Hansen, developed and marketed a variety of sodas and juices, also under the Hansen label.

History

The company became Hansen’s Juices, and later, The Fresh Juice Company of California.

In 1988 the company was bought by California CoPackers Corporation after filing for bankruptcy. The company name was changed again, to Hansen’s Beverage Company.

The company changed its name once again in 2012, this time to Monster Beverage Corporation.

Monster Beverage distributes its products primarily under the Monster Energy, Monster Rehab, Monster Energy Extra Strength, Java Monster, X-Presso Monster, Worx Energy, Peace Tea, Hansens, Hansens Natural Soda, Junior Juice, Blue Sky, Huberts, Blue Sky, and Vidration brands.

Monster Beverage holds nearly 35% of the $31.9 billion energy drink market.

In 2015, Coca-Cola purchased the brand for $15 million.

In late 2021, Constellation Brands considered a merger with Monster to create a CBD infused drink.

Monster Beverage is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol MNST, is a member of the S&P 500, is #930 on the FORTUNE 1,000, has 3,340 employees and had $4.18 billion in revenue in 2020.

Headquarters for Monster are located in Corona, California.

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Steak ‘n Shake Corporate Office

Steak 'n Shake

Steak ‘n Shake was founded by Gus Belt in Normal, Illinois in 1934.

The companies’ original slogan was “In sight must be right,” which referred to Gus’ custom of grinding steaks and tenderloins into ground beef right in front of the customers. This was done to ensure them of the quality of the meat in the “steakburger.”

History

Gus Belt died in 1954 and ownership of the chain passed to his wife, Edith Belt, until 1969. The company was bought by Longchamps, Inc. in 1969, by Franklin Corporation in 1971, and by E.W. Kelley and Associates in 1981.

Today Steak ‘n Shake is owned by Biglari Holdings.

Steak ‘n Shake has more than 400 company-owned Steak ‘n Shakes and 100 more that are franchised, including 40 in the United Arab Emirates. Typical locations have sit-down restaurants, drive-thru, and front window service, making Steak ‘n Shake a combination of fast-food-to-go and diner-style-sit-down services.

Due to the coronavirus of 2020, Steak N Shake has decided to completely remodel its business practice and elminiate all inhouse or outdoor dining areas permanently.

A few locations are bringing back the old style “car hop” service, where customers wait in their vehicles and are served by a waitress.

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