Crabby Joe's Bar ● Grill is a Canadian restaurant chain operating in 15 locations in Ontario in 2022.
The restaurants are characterized by a "casual relaxed" theme, with natural brick, hardwoods, earth tone colour schemes, plasma TVs, classic art reproductions and a mix of booths and tables.
History
Crabby Joe's Bar ● Grill opened its first location in
Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada, in 1996.
The chain is managed by Obsidian Group.
The identity of Crabby Joe was created by React Communication of
London, Ontario
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.
Franchise
There are 16 store locations in southern Ontario and plans to expand into
Angus.
Each franchise owner completes eight weeks of pre-opening training. Support personnel visit the owner's restaurant for three to four weeks after the restaurant opens. Following this, the owner has continuing visits from the district managers.
The cost of a franchise is $35,000 which is paid once the franchise agreement is signed. The royalty fee is 5% of the total sales which is characterized under the franchise agreement and is paid on a weekly basis to the Obsidian Group Inc. The marketing fee is 2% of total sales which is defined in the franchise agreement and is paid weekly to Obsidian. These fees are kept in a "Crabby Joe's Marketing Account" and are used for system advertising and promotion of the Crabby Joe's system as established by the franchisor. The franchise regulations prevent Obsidian from disclosing return of investment made. What can be made is totally based on various variables including: sales mix, competition in the area, operational costs, time of year and more.
Locations
Crabby Joe's Bar ● Grill has locations in
Beamsville,
Cambridge
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,
Brantford,
Kitchener,
Waterloo,
Woodstock,
Listowel,
Stratford,
London
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,
Strathroy,
Petrolia,
Sarnia
Sarnia is a city in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. It had a Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population of 72,047, and is the largest city on Lake Huron. Sarnia is located on the eastern bank of the junction between the Upper and Lower Great Lakes, ...
,
Essex
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and
Exeter, Ontario.
See also
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List of Canadian restaurant chains
Although many of the largest restaurant chains in Canada are United States, US-based (McDonald's and Yum! Brands among others), some Canadian-based (owned and operated from Canada) restaurant chains are growing and have expanded into other marke ...
References
External links
Crabby Joe's Bar ● Grill websiteObsidian Group Inc.
Restaurants established in 1996
Restaurants in Ontario
Restaurant chains in Canada
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