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Ricky's All Day Grill
Company typeFranchise
IndustryRestaurant
Founded1962
HeadquartersBurnaby, BC, Canada
Websitewww.gotorickys.com

Ricky's All Day Grill is a restaurant chain in western Canada. The restaurant was founded in 1960 as a family breakfast house. The first location in eastern Canada opened in Peterborough, Ontario in November 2007.

History

Al Sheren opened the first Ricky's, naming the chain after his son, Ricky. This was Ricky's Pancake House & Chicken and it opened in the early 1960s in Park Royal Shopping Centre in West Vancouver, BC. Park Royal had just opened and it was the first indoor mall in Canada.

Roy Hildebrand bought a franchise in 1979 and became the franchisor in 1982. Roy and his family quickly expanded the chain, opening locations throughout Western Canada.

Frank Di Benedetto acquired Ricky's in 1997 as majority owner, President and CEO. Ricky's All Day Grill. Ricky's is now open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Ricky's All Day Grill has become one of the fastest growing mid-scale family restaurants in Canada with 67 locations.

See also

References

  1. Korstrom, Glen (January 27, 2014). "Owner of Fatburger Canada and Ricky's All Day Grill plans acquisition". Business Vancouver. Archived from the original on May 14, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  2. "B.C. restaurateur Frank Di Benedetto adds 28-location chain to holdings". www.vancouversun.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  3. "A good ol' family grill house". TheRecord.com. October 4, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  4. "Successful B.C. franchisor buys ABC Country Restaurant chain". Business In Vancouver. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

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