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BJ's was founded in 1978 by Jim Kozen and Leonard Allenstein. [4] It first opened in Santa Ana, California, as BJ's Chicago Pizzeria. [5] The original name was BJ Grunts, but due to a federal trademark conflict with RJ Grunts, a Chicago-based hamburger restaurant, the name was changed. [6]
BJ's Restaurants was founded in 1978 in Santa Ana, California, with the dessert mashup being created shortly after. [7]In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, BJ's donated all proceeds from their $3 Pizookies on Tuesdays to the American Red Cross to help with disaster relief.
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc., commonly referred as BJ's, is an American regional membership-only warehouse club chain based in Marlborough, Massachusetts, operating in the eastern United States in addition to Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Tennessee, and Alabama.
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Conversions began on some stores in 1997, with the Eugene, Oregon, restaurant being the first location converted to BJ's. [3] By March 1999 BJ's had converted all but 10 Pietro's, [4] with the chain shrinking to three locations by 2004. [1] [5] In February 2004, employees Ken Bay and Ray David bought the remaining three stores for $2.2 million. [5]
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