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Big Lots Stores, Inc. (stylized as Big Lots! ) is an American discount retail chain, specializing in the sale of closeout and overstock merchandise. Founded in 1967 as Consolidated Stores, the chain is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio , and includes over 900 locations across the United States.
FBB IP LLC, [4] formerly Frisch’s Restaurants Inc., doing business as Frisch's Big Boy, is a regional Big Boy restaurant chain with headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. For many years a Big Boy franchisee, in 2001, Frisch's became the exclusive owner of the Big Boy trademark in Indiana, Kentucky, and most of Ohio and Tennessee, and is no longer affiliated with Big Boy Restaurant Group.
Big Boy Restaurant Group and Frisch's Big Boy Restaurants both continue to offer franchises in their exclusive territories, each having 20 year terms. As of 2023, Big Boy Restaurant Group charged a $50,000 franchise fee and an ongoing 4% royalty and up to 3% advertising fees based on weekly gross revenue.
Big Brother is a reality competition television franchise created by John de Mol Jr., first broadcast in the Netherlands in 1999 and subsequently syndicated internationally. [2] The show features contestants called "housemates" or "HouseGuests" who live together in a specially constructed house that is isolated from the outside world.
Beginning in the late 1950s, many Bob's Big Boy restaurants were designed by Armet & Davis, an architectural firm noted for its contributions to Googie architecture. [83] The firm was hired in 1958 to produce stock plans for Bob's and various Big Boy franchises nationwide. [84] [85]
Burger Chef was an American fast-food restaurant chain. It began operating in 1954 in Indianapolis, Indiana, expanded throughout the United States, and at its peak in 1973 had 1,050 locations, including some in Canada. [1]
Biggby Coffee (pronounced "big B") is an American coffeehouse franchise based in Lansing, Michigan, United States.It was founded in 1995 in the city of East Lansing, Michigan, by Bob Fish and Mary Roszel as Beaner's Coffee. [2]
Since 2007, Subway has consistently ranked in the Entrepreneur Franchise 500. In 2015, it ranked third on the "Top Global Franchises" list, and first as the "Fastest Growing Franchise." [29] [30] At the end of 2010, Subway became the largest fast food chain worldwide– with 33,749 restaurants; 1,012 more than McDonald's. [31]