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{{Infobox company
| name = BJ's Restaurants, Inc.
| name = BJ's Restaurants, Inc.
| image = BJ's Restaurants Headquarters 2022.jpg
| image = BJ's Restaurants Headquarters 2022.jpg
| image_caption = Headquarters in Huntington Beach, California
| image_caption = Headquarters in Huntington Beach, California
| logo = BJ's Restaurants logo.svg|logo_upright=0.4
| logo = BJ's Restaurants logo.svg
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| former_name = BJ's Chicago Pizzeria
| former_name = BJ's Chicago Pizzeria
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{NASDAQ|BJRI}}<br>[[S&P 600]] component
| traded_as = {{NASDAQ|BJRI}}<br>[[S&P 600]] component
| trade_name = {{plain list|
| trade_name = {{plain list|
* BJ's Grill
* BJ's Grill
* BJ's Pizza & Grill
* BJ's Pizza & Grill
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* BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse
* BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse
}}
}}
| industry = {{flat list|
| industry = {{flat list|
* [[Restaurant]]
* [[Restaurant]]
* [[microbrewery]]
* [[microbrewery]]
}}
}}
| genre = [[Casual dining]]
| genre = [[Casual dining]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1978|p=y}} in [[Santa Ana, California]], US
| foundation = {{start date and age|1978|p=y}} in [[Santa Ana, California]], US
| founders = {{plain list|
| founders = {{plain list|
* Mike Phillips
* Mike Phillips
* Bill Cunningham
* Bill Cunningham
}}
}}
| hq_location_city = [[Huntington Beach, California]]
| hq_location_city = [[Huntington Beach, California]]
| hq_location_country = US
| hq_location_country = US
| locations = 212 (2021)
| locations = 212 (2021)
| key_people = Greg Levin (CEO and president)
| key_people = Greg Levin (CEO and president)
| area_served = United States
| area_served = [[United States]]
| products = American food
| products = American food
| services = [[Catering]]
| services = [[Catering]]
| num_employees = 23,000 (2021)
| num_employees = 23,000 (2021)
| revenue = {{increase}} {{US$}}1.195 billion (2021)<ref name=nasdaq>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/bjri/financials|title=BJRI Financials|date=January 30, 2021|publisher=Nasdaq}}</ref>
| revenue = {{increase}} {{US$}}1.195 billion (2021)<ref name=nasdaq>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/bjri/financials|title=BJRI Financials|date=January 30, 2021|publisher=Nasdaq}}</ref>
| net_income = {{increase}}{{USD}}52.882 million (2021)<ref name=nasdaq>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/bjri/financials|title=BJRI Financials|date=January 30, 2021|publisher=Nasdaq}}</ref>
| net_income = {{increase}}{{USD}}52.882 million (2021)<ref name=nasdaq>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/bjri/financials|title=BJRI Financials|date=January 30, 2021|publisher=Nasdaq}}</ref>
| operating_income = {{increase}}{{USD}}79.452 million (2021)<ref name=nasdaq>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/bjri/financials|title=BJRI Financials|date=January 30, 2021|publisher=Nasdaq}}</ref>
| operating_income = {{increase}}{{USD}}79.452 million (2021)<ref name=nasdaq>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/bjri/financials|title=BJRI Financials|date=January 30, 2021|publisher=Nasdaq}}</ref>
| assets = {{increase}} US$1.059 billion (FY 2021)<ref name=nasdaq>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/bjri/financials|title=BJRI Financials|date=January 30, 2021|publisher=Nasdaq}}</ref>
| assets = {{increase}} US$1.059 billion (FY 2021)<ref name=nasdaq>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/bjri/financials|title=BJRI Financials|date=January 30, 2021|publisher=Nasdaq}}</ref>
| equity = {{increase}} US$353.788 million (FY 2021)<ref name=nasdaq>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/bjri/financials|title=BJRI Financials|date=January 30, 2021|publisher=Nasdaq}}</ref>
| equity = {{increase}} US$353.788 million (FY 2021)<ref name=nasdaq>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/bjri/financials|title=BJRI Financials|date=January 30, 2021|publisher=Nasdaq}}</ref>
| website = {{url|bjsrestaurants.com}}
| website = {{url|bjsrestaurants.com}}
}}
}}


'''BJ's Restaurants, Inc.''' is an American restaurant chain, headquartered in [[Huntington Beach, California]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Company Overview of BJ's Restaurants, Inc. |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=374469 |publisher=Bloomberg |access-date=January 4, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Hampson23">{{cite book |last=Hampson |first=Tim |date=2008 |title=The Beer Book |location=London |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |page=23 |isbn=978-1405333016}}</ref> Some locations feature microbreweries that supply beer to other locations in the chain.<ref name="Hampson23"/> The chain operates under the names BJ's Restaurant & Brewery, BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse, BJ's Grill, and BJ's Pizza & Grill. BJ's menu features pizza, its own beers, appetizers, entrees, pastas, sandwiches, salads, and desserts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/companies/bjs-restaurants/|title=BJ's Restaurants|website=Forbes|access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref>
'''BJ's Restaurants, Inc.''' is an American [[restaurant chain]], headquartered in [[Huntington Beach, California]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Company Overview of BJ's Restaurants, Inc. |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=374469 |publisher=Bloomberg |access-date=January 4, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Hampson23">{{cite book |last=Hampson |first=Tim |date=2008 |title=The Beer Book |location=London |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |page=23 |isbn=978-1405333016}}</ref> Some locations feature [[microbreweries]] that supply beer to other locations in the chain.<ref name="Hampson23"/> The chain operates under the names BJ's Restaurant & Brewery, BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse, BJ's Grill, and BJ's Pizza & Grill. BJ's menu features [[pizza]], its own beers, [[appetizers]], [[Entrée|entrees]], [[Pasta|pastas]], [[Sandwich|sandwiches]], [[Salad|salads]], and [[Dessert|desserts]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/companies/bjs-restaurants/|title=BJ's Restaurants|website=Forbes|access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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BJ's was founded in 1978 and first opened in [[Santa Ana, California]], as BJ's Chicago Pizzeria<ref name="ocr-2012sep23">{{cite news |url=http://www.ocregister.com/2012/09/23/bjs-restaurant-brewhouse/ |title=Best of Orange County: BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse |newspaper=[[Orange County Register]] |date=September 23, 2012 |first=Jocelyn |last=Alvarado}}</ref> by Mike Phillips and Bill Cunningham.<ref name="lat-1994sep29">{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-09-29/news/ol-44225_1_huntington-beach-pizza |title=Restaurants : BJ's Dishes Pizza That Pans Out |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 29, 1994 |first=Max |last=Jacobson}}</ref><ref name="lat-2010may05">{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/05/business/la-fi-bjs-restaurants-20100505 |title=BJ's takes a bigger slice of casual-dining market: The Huntington Beach-based chain's vast menu and modest prices are helping it thrive after a tough few years for the restaurant industry. |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=May 5, 2010 |first=Andrea |last=Chang}}</ref> Phillips and Cunningham sold their company to their accountants Paul Motenko and Jerry Hennessy in 1991.<ref name="ocr-2008dec22">{{cite news |url=http://www.ocregister.com/2008/12/22/bjs-restaurants-co-founders-leave-pizza-chain/ |title=BJ's Restaurants co-founders leave pizza chain |newspaper=[[Orange County Register]] |date=December 22, 2008 |first=Nancy |last=Luna}}</ref><ref name="lat-2010may05" />
BJ's was founded in 1978 and first opened in [[Santa Ana, California]], as BJ's Chicago Pizzeria<ref name="ocr-2012sep23">{{cite news |url=http://www.ocregister.com/2012/09/23/bjs-restaurant-brewhouse/ |title=Best of Orange County: BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse |newspaper=[[Orange County Register]] |date=September 23, 2012 |first=Jocelyn |last=Alvarado}}</ref> by Mike Phillips and Bill Cunningham.<ref name="lat-1994sep29">{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-09-29/news/ol-44225_1_huntington-beach-pizza |title=Restaurants : BJ's Dishes Pizza That Pans Out |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 29, 1994 |first=Max |last=Jacobson}}</ref><ref name="lat-2010may05">{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/05/business/la-fi-bjs-restaurants-20100505 |title=BJ's takes a bigger slice of casual-dining market: The Huntington Beach-based chain's vast menu and modest prices are helping it thrive after a tough few years for the restaurant industry. |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=May 5, 2010 |first=Andrea |last=Chang}}</ref> Phillips and Cunningham sold their company to their accountants Paul Motenko and Jerry Hennessy in 1991.<ref name="ocr-2008dec22">{{cite news |url=http://www.ocregister.com/2008/12/22/bjs-restaurants-co-founders-leave-pizza-chain/ |title=BJ's Restaurants co-founders leave pizza chain |newspaper=[[Orange County Register]] |date=December 22, 2008 |first=Nancy |last=Luna}}</ref><ref name="lat-2010may05" />


By 1996, seven restaurants had opened between [[San Diego]] and Los Angeles. Originally known as Chicago Pizza, the company went public about 1996, raising $9.4 million.<ref name="pbj Rose">{{cite news |last=Rose |first=Michael |title=BJ's Pizza to revamp Pietro's with breweries, remodeling |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1996/11/18/story6.html?page=all |access-date=March 15, 2013 |newspaper=[[Portland Business Journal]] |date=November 17, 1996}}</ref> The company then bought 26 [[Pietro's Pizza]] restaurants in March 1996 in a $2.8 million deal in cash and assumed debt, but then sold off seven of the locations with plans to convert the remaining Pietro's to what was then BJ's Pizza.<ref name="pbj Rose"/> During the same year, the company opened a microbrewery at its Brea restaurant.<ref name="ocr-2013jan21">{{cite news |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2013/01/21/bjs-restaurant-and-brewhouse-2/ |title=BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse |newspaper=[[Orange County Register]] |date=January 21, 2013 |first=Earl |last=Bloom}}</ref>
By 1996, seven restaurants had opened between [[San Diego]] and [[Los Angeles]]. Originally known as Chicago Pizza, the company went public about 1996, raising $9.4 million.<ref name="pbj Rose">{{cite news |last=Rose |first=Michael |title=BJ's Pizza to revamp Pietro's with breweries, remodeling |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1996/11/18/story6.html?page=all |access-date=March 15, 2013 |newspaper=[[Portland Business Journal]] |date=November 17, 1996}}</ref> The company then bought 26 [[Pietro's Pizza]] restaurants in March 1996 in a $2.8 million deal in cash and assumed [[debt]], but then sold off seven of the locations with plans to convert the remaining Pietro's to what was then BJ's Pizza.<ref name="pbj Rose"/> During the same year, the company opened a [[microbrewery]] at its Brea restaurant.<ref name="ocr-2013jan21">{{cite news |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2013/01/21/bjs-restaurant-and-brewhouse-2/ |title=BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse |newspaper=[[Orange County Register]] |date=January 21, 2013 |first=Earl |last=Bloom}}</ref>


Between 2010 and 2011, the [[National Retail Federation]] named it as one of the 10 fastest growing restaurants in the U.S. based on year-over-year sales.<ref name=ocr20120802>{{cite news |last=Luna |first=Nancy |title=BJ's pizza among 10 fastest-growing chains |newspaper=[[The Orange County Register]] |date=August 2, 2012 |url=http://www.ocregister.com/2012/08/01/bjs-pizza-among-10-fastest-growing-chains-2/}}</ref>
Between 2010 and 2011, the [[National Retail Federation]] named it as one of the 10 fastest growing restaurants in the U.S. based on year-over-year sales.<ref name=ocr20120802>{{cite news |last=Luna |first=Nancy |title=BJ's pizza among 10 fastest-growing chains |newspaper=[[The Orange County Register]] |date=August 2, 2012 |url=http://www.ocregister.com/2012/08/01/bjs-pizza-among-10-fastest-growing-chains-2/}}</ref>


In October 2012, Greg Trojan became president and CEO.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foodnewsfeed.com/content/bjs-restaurants-inc-announces-incoming-president-and-upcoming-ceo-transition |title=BJ's Restaurants, Inc. Announces Incoming President and Upcoming CEO Transition |website=foodnewsfeed.com |date=October 31, 2012 |access-date=April 2, 2018}}</ref>
In October 2012, Greg Trojan became president and [[CEO]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foodnewsfeed.com/content/bjs-restaurants-inc-announces-incoming-president-and-upcoming-ceo-transition |title=BJ's Restaurants, Inc. Announces Incoming President and Upcoming CEO Transition |website=foodnewsfeed.com |date=October 31, 2012 |access-date=April 2, 2018}}</ref>


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In 2013, BJ's produced a combined total of 60,000 barrels annually at their 11 brewery restaurants to serve their chain of 136 restaurants in 15 states.<ref name="cbb-2013aug16">{{cite news |url=https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/business-marketing/brewpub-files-bjs-restaurants-crafts-brand-quality-across-restaurants/ |title=Brewpub Files: BJ's Restaurants crafts brand quality across its restaurants |website=Craft Brewing Business |date=August 16, 2013 |first=Jason |last=Morgan}}</ref> In 2010, the company's BJ's Hefelightzen was awarded a gold medal at the [[Great American Beer Festival]].<ref name="nbc-2010sep28">{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39403932/ns/business-press_releases/t/bjs-restaurants-wins-gold-medal-great-american-beer-festival/ |title=BJ's Restaurants Wins Gold Medal at the Great American Beer Festival |website=[[NBC News]] |date=September 28, 2010 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref>
In 2013, BJ's produced a combined total of 60,000 barrels annually at their 11 [[Brewery|brewery restaurants]] to serve their chain of 136 restaurants in 15 states.<ref name="cbb-2013aug16">{{cite news |url=https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/business-marketing/brewpub-files-bjs-restaurants-crafts-brand-quality-across-restaurants/ |title=Brewpub Files: BJ's Restaurants crafts brand quality across its restaurants |website=Craft Brewing Business |date=August 16, 2013 |first=Jason |last=Morgan}}</ref> In 2010, the company's BJ's Hefelightzen was awarded a gold medal at the [[Great American Beer Festival]].<ref name="nbc-2010sep28">{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39403932/ns/business-press_releases/t/bjs-restaurants-wins-gold-medal-great-american-beer-festival/ |title=BJ's Restaurants Wins Gold Medal at the Great American Beer Festival |website=[[NBC News]] |date=September 28, 2010 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref>


== Operations ==
== Operations ==

Revision as of 23:58, 30 May 2022

BJ's Restaurants, Inc.
  • BJ's Grill
  • BJ's Pizza & Grill
  • BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery
  • BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse
FormerlyBJ's Chicago Pizzeria
Company typePublic
Nasdaq: BJRI
S&P 600 component
Industry
GenreCasual dining
Founded1978 (46 years ago) (1978) in Santa Ana, California, US
Founders
  • Mike Phillips
  • Bill Cunningham
Headquarters
Huntington Beach, California
,
US
Number of locations
212 (2021)
Area served
United States
Key people
Greg Levin (CEO and president)
ProductsAmerican food
ServicesCatering
RevenueIncrease US$1.195 billion (2021)[1]
IncreaseUS$79.452 million (2021)[1]
IncreaseUS$52.882 million (2021)[1]
Total assetsIncrease US$1.059 billion (FY 2021)[1]
Total equityIncrease US$353.788 million (FY 2021)[1]
Number of employees
23,000 (2021)
Websitebjsrestaurants.com

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. is an American restaurant chain, headquartered in Huntington Beach, California.[2][3] Some locations feature microbreweries that supply beer to other locations in the chain.[3] The chain operates under the names BJ's Restaurant & Brewery, BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse, BJ's Grill, and BJ's Pizza & Grill. BJ's menu features pizza, its own beers, appetizers, entrees, pastas, sandwiches, salads, and desserts.[4]

History

The BJ's in Hillsboro, Oregon

BJ's was founded in 1978 and first opened in Santa Ana, California, as BJ's Chicago Pizzeria[5] by Mike Phillips and Bill Cunningham.[6][7] Phillips and Cunningham sold their company to their accountants Paul Motenko and Jerry Hennessy in 1991.[8][7]

By 1996, seven restaurants had opened between San Diego and Los Angeles. Originally known as Chicago Pizza, the company went public about 1996, raising $9.4 million.[9] The company then bought 26 Pietro's Pizza restaurants in March 1996 in a $2.8 million deal in cash and assumed debt, but then sold off seven of the locations with plans to convert the remaining Pietro's to what was then BJ's Pizza.[9] During the same year, the company opened a microbrewery at its Brea restaurant.[10]

Between 2010 and 2011, the National Retail Federation named it as one of the 10 fastest growing restaurants in the U.S. based on year-over-year sales.[11]

In October 2012, Greg Trojan became president and CEO.[12]

In 2013, BJ's produced a combined total of 60,000 barrels annually at their 11 brewery restaurants to serve their chain of 136 restaurants in 15 states.[13] In 2010, the company's BJ's Hefelightzen was awarded a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival.[14]

Operations

As of April 2019, BJ's operated 210 restaurants in 28 states:[15]

  • Alabama
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Florida
  • Indiana
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Nevada
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Oregon
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Virginia
  • Washington

Awards and recognition

Some of the company's beers have been awarded gold and silver medals at various beer brewing competitions throughout the world.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "BJRI Financials". Nasdaq. January 30, 2021.
  2. ^ "Company Overview of BJ's Restaurants, Inc". Bloomberg. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Hampson, Tim (2008). The Beer Book. London: Dorling Kindersley. p. 23. ISBN 978-1405333016.
  4. ^ "BJ's Restaurants". Forbes. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  5. ^ Alvarado, Jocelyn (September 23, 2012). "Best of Orange County: BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse". Orange County Register.
  6. ^ Jacobson, Max (September 29, 1994). "Restaurants : BJ's Dishes Pizza That Pans Out". Los Angeles Times.
  7. ^ a b Chang, Andrea (May 5, 2010). "BJ's takes a bigger slice of casual-dining market: The Huntington Beach-based chain's vast menu and modest prices are helping it thrive after a tough few years for the restaurant industry". Los Angeles Times.
  8. ^ Luna, Nancy (December 22, 2008). "BJ's Restaurants co-founders leave pizza chain". Orange County Register.
  9. ^ a b Rose, Michael (November 17, 1996). "BJ's Pizza to revamp Pietro's with breweries, remodeling". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  10. ^ a b Bloom, Earl (January 21, 2013). "BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse". Orange County Register.
  11. ^ Luna, Nancy (August 2, 2012). "BJ's pizza among 10 fastest-growing chains". The Orange County Register.
  12. ^ "BJ's Restaurants, Inc. Announces Incoming President and Upcoming CEO Transition". foodnewsfeed.com. October 31, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  13. ^ Morgan, Jason (August 16, 2013). "Brewpub Files: BJ's Restaurants crafts brand quality across its restaurants". Craft Brewing Business.
  14. ^ "BJ's Restaurants Wins Gold Medal at the Great American Beer Festival". NBC News. September 28, 2010.
  15. ^ "BJ'S company snapshot". Fidelity. Retrieved June 10, 2019.

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