Restaurants

Your Pizza Shop Corporate Office

The original Your Pizza location was founded by a family in Massillon, Ohio, in the 1950s. This family-owned business grew very slowly over the next few decades until 1978, when current CEO Dave Newstetter purchased the restaurant. He opened a second location in 1981.

Today, the company has 11 franchised locations in Ohio and Florida. Offering more than just pizza, the company also offers fish, wings, salads, special Italian foods, such as spaghetti, and other specialty pizzas.

In 2002, a newcomer to the neighborhood saw a sign above the Canton, Ohio, Your Pizza location that advertised a “420 Special”. Understanding this to be marijuana-related, the women asked that the sign be removed. After much protest, the sign was eventually removed, but the special pizza remained.

The company was named one of the best pizza franchises by Franchise Opportunity Blog in 2019.

Your Pizza Shop has future plans for expansion, including offering a sports bar, although the location has yet to be revealed.

The corporate office for Your Pizza Shop remains in Massillon, Ohio.

Your Pizza Shop

History

The company was named one of the best pizza franchises by Franchise Opportunity Blog in 2019.

Your Pizza Shop has future plans for expansion, including offering a sports bar, although the location has yet to be revealed.

The corporate office for Your Pizza Shop remains in Massillon, Ohio.

CoreLife Eatery Corporate Office

CoreLife Eatery was founded by Lawrence Wilson in 2015. The company operates a chain of casual/fast-food vegetarian restaurants. Currently, the company has 52 locations in 11 states with 26 being corporate owned and 26 being franchised locations.

The menu consists of three types of vegetarian “bowls”; grain bowls, bone-broth bowls, and green bowls. Customers can also choose “make your own bowl.” While being vegetarian based, the restaurant chain does offer menu items with chicken, pork, tuna, and beef. The children’s menu includes items like pasta and chicken noodle soup.

Forbes states that the chain doubled its revenue in 2018.

The restaurant chain came under fire in early June 2018 when a Salt Lake City manager was captured on video aggressively attacking an employee and her family. The manager was later fired.

Despite the coronavirus, CoreLife Eatery continues to open new locations.

Company headquarters is currently located in Syracuse, New York.

CoreLife Eatery

History

Forbes states that the chain doubled its revenue in 2018.

The restaurant chain came under fire in early June 2018 when a Salt Lake City manager was captured on video aggressively attacking an employee and her family. The manager was later fired.

Despite the coronavirus, CoreLife Eatery continues to open new locations.

Company headquarters is currently located in Syracuse, New York.

Focus Brands Corporate Office

Focus Brands is an affiliate of Roark Capital Group, founded in 2001. The company owns multiple restaurant and dessert chains, including Moe’s Southwest Grille, Cinnabon, Jamba Juice, Schlotzsky’s, and McAlister’s Deli.

The company has more than 1,300 locations in all and more than 5,000 employees.

In 2015, the company moved its headquarters location to Atlanta’s perimeter submarket.

Focus Brands deployed POS system Revel, a Cloud-based business management platform, at all locations in early May 2019.

In mid-May 2019, the company announced that it had hired its first global chief marketing officer, Dan Gertsacov, for creating menu innovation and marketing strategies.

Company headquarters are still located in Atlanta, Georgia.

Focus Brands

The company has more than 1,300 locations in all and more than 5,000 employees.

History

In 2015, the company moved its headquarters location to Atlanta’s perimeter submarket.

Focus Brands deployed POS system Revel, a Cloud-based business management platform, at all locations in early May 2019.

In mid-May 2019, the company announced that it had hired its first global chief marketing officer, Dan Gertsacov, for creating menu innovation and marketing strategies.

Company headquarters are still located in Atlanta, Georgia.

Jimboy’s Tacos Corporate Office

Jim and Margaret Knudson had never heard of tacos before they ate some at a friends house in 1949. In fact, much of the US had yet to hear about Mexican tacos. Jim, known in his town as Jimboy, decided tacos would be a hit. He converted a trailer and took it to Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe, California. He was right.

Franchising began out of Sacramento, California, in 1969. Today, there are 40 locations throughout California, Texas, and Washington. In 2013, the company announced that it would go international with locations in India.

In April 2019, the company announced that it was rebranding and remodeling most of its restaurants.

While Jimboy’s Tacos has been criticized for not being authentic Mexican tacos, the company doesn’t advertise them as such, calling them the “original American taco.

The corporate office for Jimboy’s is located in Sacramento, California.

Jimboy's Tacos

History

In April 2019, the company announced that it was rebranding and remodeling most of its restaurants.

While Jimboy’s Tacos has been criticized for not being authentic Mexican tacos, the company doesn’t advertise them as such, calling them the “original American taco.

The corporate office for Jimboy’s is located in Sacramento, California.

Tazza Kitchen Corporate Office

Tazza Kitchen was founded in 2013 by friends John Davenport, John Haggai, and Jeff Grant. All had previous restaurant and finance experience, which came together when they decided to create a restaurant that they themselves would love.

This upscale restaurant features a from scratch menu that is cooked over a wood-fired grill or oven. The original restaurant became so popular that the company has since expanded into 6 other locations in 3 states, including Virginia, North & South Carolina.

In 2018, the original restaurant site in Short Pump, Virginia, was remodeled to include an additional 1,000 square feet of dining room and kitchen space at a cost of $500,000.

Tazza Kitchen also announced in late 2018 that they were launching a drive-through option, offering their gourmet foods from the Short Pump restaurant for those who wish to take items home. Called “The Big Kitchen”, this concept eliminates people standing in the main restaurant for to-go orders.

Headquarters for The Tazza Kitchen are located in Henrico, Virginia.

Tazza Kitchen

History

In 2018, the original restaurant site in Short Pump, Virginia, was remodeled to include an additional 1,000 square feet of dining room and kitchen space at a cost of $500,000.

Headquarters for The Tazza Kitchen are located in Henrico, Virginia.