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Company name | FATBURGER |
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Company logo | |
Caption | "The Last Great Hamburger Stand" |
Company type | Wholly owned subsidiary, Public () |
Foundation | Los Angeles, California, U.S. (1952) |
Location | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
Locations | 96 + Worldwide |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Andrew Wiederhorn (Chairman & CEO) |
Industry | Fast food restaurants |
Products | Burgers, french fries, soft drinks, milkshakes |
Num employees | 896 |
Parent | Fog Cutter Capital Group |
Official website | www.fatburger.com |
Fatburger is a fast casual restaurant chain. It uses the slogan The Last Great Hamburger Stand. While it is a fast food restaurant, the food is cooked and made to order and the restaurant has a liquor license. Its headquarters are in Santa Monica, California. It has a fairly complex franchise agreement that all who buy into the company must comply with it but does clone most other franchises, that operate in the U.S.
In addition to the United States, the chain operates in Canada, China, the UAE, Kuwait and various other countries.
The company remained mostly a California chain until the late 1990s, when it began an expansion in North America. There are currently 95 Fatburger restaurants, including four outlets in Asia, three in the United Arab Emirates, one in Indonesia and one in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. More restaurants are expected to be opened all around the Middle East by the first franchisee in the Middle East, Khalil Asfour.
Forbes Magazine published an article on 15 October 2007 titled "Celebrities love Fatburger - Juicy Tale" promoting all the Hollywood celebrities who have bought into the global giant.
On the January 5, 2010 episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, American rapper, singer, actress, and spokesperson Queen Latifah mentioned that she owns several Fatburger franchises in South Beach, Miami.
During a cartoon moment Fatburger goes global Read more: Breaking News - "Bob's Burgers" Flips Fatburger Restaurants to Serve Up Nationwide Partnership.
In Six Feet Under episode "Grinding the Corn", David says to Keith, "I think I'll go to Fatburger. Alone."
Category:Companies established in 1952 Category:1952 establishments in the United States Category:Fast-food chains of the United States Category:Fast-food hamburger restaurants Category:Fast-food franchises Category:Companies based in Los Angeles, California Category:Restaurants in California Category:Regional restaurant chains in the United States Category:Cuisine of the Western United States Category:Hamburger restaurants Category:Restaurant chains in the United States Category:Restaurant franchises Category:Santa Monica, California
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Name | The Jive Aces |
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Background | group_or_band |
Origin | Billericay, Essex, England |
Genre | JiveSwing |
Formed | 1989 |
Years active | 1989—present |
Label | Right Recordings |
Url | www.jiveaces.com |
Current members | Ian Clarkson – vocals, trumpet, ukuleleKen Smith – double bassVince Hurley – pianoPeter Howell – drumsJohn Fordham – saxophoneAlex Douglas – trombone, bongos, blues harp, kazoo, washboard, spoons. |
Past members | }} |
The Jive Aces, winners of BBC TV's Opportunity Knocks, formed in 1989. They are a six-piece UK based, high energy, jive and swing band, who have many albums and singles to their name, and have performed at many music festivals. They received an award from the Variety Club of Great Britain for their charity work, and the City of Derry International Music Award in 2006. The band performs both cover versions and original material.
The Jive Aces played at the Berkeley Dress Show Ball in April 2010, and were featured in Hello! magazine. They also played at another prestigious society event, The Berkeley Square Ball, in 2009 and were pictured in OK! magazine with singer Rhyddian.
On 9 July 2010, the Jive Aces headlined at the first ever swing dance at the Royal Albert Hall. They played to approximately 1,300 dancers on the dance floor, along side the Back To Basie Orchestra and Top Shelf Jazz.
In late August 2010, the Jive Aces performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in a show tributing one of their musical heros, Louis Prima. They had special guests, Keely Smith and Toni Elizabeth Prima, perform with them (Louis Prima's ex-wife and daughter respectively) and gained a five star review from Edinburgh Spotlight.
The band performed at the Cork Jazz Festival in October 2010 and were featured in 5 newspapers, including the front page of the national paper The Irish Examiner and The Irish Times.
In Feb 2011 the Jive Aces toured the US again. They were in the LA area recording and performing in Hollywood, Pasadena and Cerritos also playing at the Macallum Center in Palm Dessert. In Cerritos they opened for the legendary Keely Smith, former wife and partner of the Las Vegas start Louis Prima. Then they toured the Washington DC area performing at the Dulles Hilton and the Spanish Ballroom in Glen Echo Park before a successful show at the Metropolitan Room in New York City ( Cabaret Scenes review NYC.
The Jive Aces produced a music video for their cover of the well known Morecambe and Wise theme song Bring Me Sunshine in a Louis Prima jive style and put in on youtube on March 17th. It got 50,000 views in the first week and is still growing. http://www.planetjive.co.uk/
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