Beef O'Brady's
Beef 'O'Brady's Family Sports Pubs is a restaurant franchise in the United States established in 1985 by Jim Mellody in Brandon, Florida.[1]
Jim Mellody moved from his native Pennsylvania to Florida in 1971, and tried numerous restaurant ideas before hitting on the concept of a family friendly (no hard liquor) Irish pub theme. Founded in 1985, by August 2000 it had grown to 40 locations.[2] When founder Mellody died in November 2002, the chain had grown to 88 in seven southeastern U.S. states,[1][3][4] and by December 2005 it had 183 locations in 19 states.[5]
In 1998, Mellody sold most of his interest to Family Sports Concepts Inc., headed by Chuck Winship, but retained an interest in 13 locations.[2][3][5] After Mellody's death, the remaining interest was bought out.[6] As of 2009, Mellody's daughter still ran the original Brandon location.[6]
In early April 2010, CEO Chuck Winship retired from Beef 'O' Brady's, and was replaced by Chris Elliot former executive of Cinnabon and Church's Chicken.
As of January 2011, the Beef O Brady's franchise has 215 locations in many different states, which are mostly located in the Gulf/Southern Coast of the United States.
Beef 'O'Brady's is also the title sponsor of the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Restaurant Owner Founded Beef 'O'Brady's". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. November 26, 2002. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9EAgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9YMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4526,431955&dq=beef-o-brady%27s&hl=en. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
- ^ a b Andrew Meadows (August 12, 2000). "Beef 'O'Brady's 'Bama bound". The Tampa Tribune. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/tampatribune/access/57915327.html?dids=57915327:57915327&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+12%2C+2000&author=ANDREW+MEADOWS&pub=Tampa+Tribune&desc=Beef+O%27Brady%27s+%27Bama+bound&pqatl=google. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
- ^ a b "Jim Mellody, founder of the Beef 'O'Brady's family sports pub chain". Nation's Restaurant News. November 26, 2002. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-94872433/jim-mellody-founder-beef.html. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
- ^ Michael Sandler (November 25, 2002). "Jim Mellody, who founded Beef 'O' Brady's". St. Petersburg Times. http://www.sptimes.com/2002/11/25/TampaBay/Jim_Mellody__who_foun.shtml. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
- ^ a b Carolyne Park (December 16, 2005). "Beef 'O'Brady's market push". Memphis Business Journal. http://memphis.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2005/12/19/story5.html. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
- ^ a b Margaret Cashill (January 29, 2009). "Owner operators advance ‘family’ philosophy". Tampa Bay Business Journal. http://tampabay.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2009/01/26/smallb1.html. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
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