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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.
In 1984, former The Wholesale Club executives founded BJ's Wholesale Club, owned by Zayre. As of 1988, Price Club was the leader of the warehouse club industry, with over 40 warehouses operating across the United States and Canada. [1]
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]
From March 2009 to December 2010, if you bought shares in companies when Carlos M. Gutierrez joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 89.2 percent return on your investment, compared to a 70.3 percent return from the S&P 500.
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At one point, known as BJ Services Company, the company operated in more than 50 countries worldwide. BJ Services generated record revenue of $5.4 billion in fiscal 2008, up 13% from the prior year, and had 18,000 employees. [1] On April 28, 2010, the company was bought by Baker Hughes in a $5.5 billion stock and cash deal.
Nashville SC won for the first time in 11 games overall, beating Atlanta United on the road for B.J. Callaghan's first win as Nashville's coach.
John Barker (born 1965) is an American entrepreneur and advertising executive based in New York City, NY. [1] He is the founder of 3 companies: integrated advertising and interactive agency Barker/DZP; branded entertainment firm The ACME Brand Content Company, and multi-platform digital content production company Digital Zen Productions.