Local Restaurant Chain Jimmy's Egg Opens in Tulsa
The first of seven breakfast and lunch restaurant chain Jimmy's Egg locations planned for the Tulsa market has opened.
-- Chain Leader, 12/12/2008 6:56:00 AM
PRESS RELEASE: TULSA, Okla., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The first of seven Jimmy's Egg locations planned for the Tulsa market has opened at 41st Street and South Peoria adjacent to the Ace Hardware store. Jimmy's Egg is a 30-year-old Oklahoma-based breakfast and lunch chain that is recognized for its high value build your own omelets and fresh baked raisin and country white breads. The Peoria Jimmy's Egg is open daily serving a full breakfast and lunch menu with most meals priced below $6.00.
"Being a Tulsa native I understand that great corner locations on South Peoria are hard to come by so we were very fortunate to have had Ace Hardware offer us such a great site to launch our development program," said Ken Burke, operating partner of Overeasy, LLC. According to Burke the second Jimmy's Egg is under construction at southeast 71st and Garnett and will open in March 2009.
Jimmy's Egg has 15 locations operating in Kansas and Oklahoma. Jimmy's Egg Franchise Systems began franchising in April of 2008 and currently has franchise development partners in Tulsa, OK, Wichita, KS, Springfield, MO and Houston, TX. "We expect to add at least three additional Area Developers in 2009," according to Jim Burke, manager of Jimmy's Egg Franchise Systems.
Jimmy's Egg Franchise Systems is based in Oklahoma City and is owned by a partnership group led by Tulsa native Jim Burke, the former president and CEO of Oklahoma-based Eateries Inc and Loc Le, the founder of Jimmy's Egg. Burke co-founded the Garfield's Restaurant chain of 55 restaurants in 20 states which was sold to an investment group at the end of 2006.
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