woensdag 30 juli 2008
vrijdag 25 juli 2008
History of "Jack in the Box"
History of “Jack in the Box”
In 1951, a businessman named Robert O. Peterson opened the first Jack in the Box restaurant in San Diego on the main east-west thoroughfare leading into city. Equipped with an intercom system and drive-thru window, the tiny restaurant served up hamburgers to passing motorists for just 18 cents, while a large jack-in-the-box clown kept watch from the roof.
Along with his Jack in the Box restaurants, Mr. Peterson operated other restaurant concepts as well as a food-manufacturing facility as divisions of a parent company called San Diego Commissary Co. In 1960, San Diego Commissary changed its name to Foodmaker Co., and Jack in the Box expanded outside of California with the opening of its first restaurants in Phoenix, Arizona. Three years later, Jack in the Box expanded into Texas, where it opened restaurants in the Houston and Dallas-Ft. Worth areas.
In 1968, Ralston Purina Co. acquired controlling interest in Foodmaker and operated the company as a wholly-owned subsidiary. Under Ralston Purina, Jack in the Box restaurants underwent a major expansion in an effort to penetrate the eastern and midwestern markets, and the business grew to more than 1,000 restaurants by 1979. That same year, Foodmaker decided to concentrate its efforts and resources in the western and southwestern markets, which it believed offered the greatest growth and profit potential. Accordingly, the company sold or closed more than 200 Jack in the Box restaurants in the eastern and midwestern markets.
An investment group, including members of Foodmaker management, completed a leveraged buyout of the company from Ralston Purina in 1985. Foodmaker went public two years later before an investment group, again including members of Foodmaker management, converted the company to a privately owned corporation in 1988. In 1992, Foodmaker again went public, with an offering of 17.2 million shares priced at $15 per share.
In 1995, Foodmaker launched an advertising campaign that featured Jack as the company's fictional founder, CEO and ad pitchman. Longtime customers will remember Jack as a clown who formerly served atop the company's family-friendly drive-thru speaker box. Then in 1980, he was blown up in a television commercial that signaled a shift toward more adult fare. With his oversized, ping-pong ball-shaped head, biting wit and unfailing dedication to offering the finest fast-food experience to his guests, Jack and his commercials were an instant hit. Soon, his likeness appeared on premiums ranging from antenna toppers to Pez dispensers. More than 27 million premiums bearing Jack's likeness have been sold since 1995.
Over the years, Foodmaker divested itself of all restaurant concepts except Jack in the Box and closed its food-manufacturing facilities. Acknowledging the strength and growth of the Jack in the Box brand, the company changed its name to Jack in the Box Inc. in 1999 and converted its New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol to JBX. That same year, Jack in the Box expanded into the southeastern U.S., with new restaurants opening in Charlotte, Baton Rouge and Nashville. A fourth southeastern market, Greenville-Spartanburg, was opened in 2001.
In 2002, Jack in the Box introduced a new, co-branded concept that combined a full-size Jack in the Box restaurant with the company's proprietary brand of convenience store called Quick Stuff.
With a long-term goal of becoming a national restaurant company, Jack in the Box entered the fast-casual restaurant category in 2003 with the acquisition of Qdoba Restaurant Corporation, operator and franchiser of Qdoba Mexican Grill. With more than 400 restaurants operating in 39 states, Qdoba is an emerging leader in fast-casual dining. Qdoba is renowned for offering nouveau Mexican cuisine that appeals primarily to adult tastes. Orders are custom-made using blends of Mexican spices and fresh flavors, including freshly grilled chicken and steak.
In 1951, a businessman named Robert O. Peterson opened the first Jack in the Box restaurant in San Diego on the main east-west thoroughfare leading into city. Equipped with an intercom system and drive-thru window, the tiny restaurant served up hamburgers to passing motorists for just 18 cents, while a large jack-in-the-box clown kept watch from the roof.
Along with his Jack in the Box restaurants, Mr. Peterson operated other restaurant concepts as well as a food-manufacturing facility as divisions of a parent company called San Diego Commissary Co. In 1960, San Diego Commissary changed its name to Foodmaker Co., and Jack in the Box expanded outside of California with the opening of its first restaurants in Phoenix, Arizona. Three years later, Jack in the Box expanded into Texas, where it opened restaurants in the Houston and Dallas-Ft. Worth areas.
In 1968, Ralston Purina Co. acquired controlling interest in Foodmaker and operated the company as a wholly-owned subsidiary. Under Ralston Purina, Jack in the Box restaurants underwent a major expansion in an effort to penetrate the eastern and midwestern markets, and the business grew to more than 1,000 restaurants by 1979. That same year, Foodmaker decided to concentrate its efforts and resources in the western and southwestern markets, which it believed offered the greatest growth and profit potential. Accordingly, the company sold or closed more than 200 Jack in the Box restaurants in the eastern and midwestern markets.
An investment group, including members of Foodmaker management, completed a leveraged buyout of the company from Ralston Purina in 1985. Foodmaker went public two years later before an investment group, again including members of Foodmaker management, converted the company to a privately owned corporation in 1988. In 1992, Foodmaker again went public, with an offering of 17.2 million shares priced at $15 per share.
In 1995, Foodmaker launched an advertising campaign that featured Jack as the company's fictional founder, CEO and ad pitchman. Longtime customers will remember Jack as a clown who formerly served atop the company's family-friendly drive-thru speaker box. Then in 1980, he was blown up in a television commercial that signaled a shift toward more adult fare. With his oversized, ping-pong ball-shaped head, biting wit and unfailing dedication to offering the finest fast-food experience to his guests, Jack and his commercials were an instant hit. Soon, his likeness appeared on premiums ranging from antenna toppers to Pez dispensers. More than 27 million premiums bearing Jack's likeness have been sold since 1995.
Over the years, Foodmaker divested itself of all restaurant concepts except Jack in the Box and closed its food-manufacturing facilities. Acknowledging the strength and growth of the Jack in the Box brand, the company changed its name to Jack in the Box Inc. in 1999 and converted its New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol to JBX. That same year, Jack in the Box expanded into the southeastern U.S., with new restaurants opening in Charlotte, Baton Rouge and Nashville. A fourth southeastern market, Greenville-Spartanburg, was opened in 2001.
In 2002, Jack in the Box introduced a new, co-branded concept that combined a full-size Jack in the Box restaurant with the company's proprietary brand of convenience store called Quick Stuff.
With a long-term goal of becoming a national restaurant company, Jack in the Box entered the fast-casual restaurant category in 2003 with the acquisition of Qdoba Restaurant Corporation, operator and franchiser of Qdoba Mexican Grill. With more than 400 restaurants operating in 39 states, Qdoba is an emerging leader in fast-casual dining. Qdoba is renowned for offering nouveau Mexican cuisine that appeals primarily to adult tastes. Orders are custom-made using blends of Mexican spices and fresh flavors, including freshly grilled chicken and steak.
woensdag 16 juli 2008
Introduction
Hello dear visitor,
First of all we would like to please welcome you at our Blog.
Before we will introduce our subject, we would like to introduce ourselfs.
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Why Jack in the box
We have chosen Jack in the Box because we all didn't know much about this compagny.
We all know Mc Donalds, Burger King and KFC. So we love to discover all the new things about this compagny.
And the second reason why we choose Jack in the Box is because of Jiskefet's "stiften".
Does Jack in the Box also have a burger that's compared to the Big Mac and the Whopper?
That's a question everybody wants to know, but our research will be more about the futureplans of Jack in the Box.
First of all we would like to please welcome you at our Blog.
Before we will introduce our subject, we would like to introduce ourselfs.
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Piet & Tom
Name: Piet Van Olphen
Age: 18+
Education: Urban Management
Identifying mark: 5.708592 feet tall
Likes to wear: Nike Air Maxies
Name: Tom Meulemans
Age: 19
Education: Urban Design
Don't like: KFC, Mc D and BKing
Favourite pet animal: A Blue bird with a yellow head
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Jessica
Name: Jessica Wagemaker
Age: Under age
Education: Upcoming Management & Tourism student
Likes to play: Soccer
Position: Midfield playmaker
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Menno
Name: Menno Obbema
Age: 20
Education: Logistics & Transport Management
Nickname: Obbie
..............And in the weekends also recognizable as: 
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Why Jack in the box
We have chosen Jack in the Box because we all didn't know much about this compagny.
We all know Mc Donalds, Burger King and KFC. So we love to discover all the new things about this compagny.
And the second reason why we choose Jack in the Box is because of Jiskefet's "stiften".
Does Jack in the Box also have a burger that's compared to the Big Mac and the Whopper?
That's a question everybody wants to know, but our research will be more about the futureplans of Jack in the Box.
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