citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message earls restaurants ltd type private industry restaurants founded 1982 founder leroy earl fuller headquarters vancouver british columbia revenue 250 million 2014 1 net income n a number of employees 5 000 2014 2 website www.earls.ca saskatoon earls earls is a family owned casual dining chain that operates a total of 68 restaurants in canada as well as washington colorado boston chicago orlando and miami in the united states . their head office is in vancouver british columbia canada . contents 1 founding 2 sustainability 3 references 4 external links founding edit leroy earl bus fuller b. 1928 the founder of earls was a korean war veteran and an experienced restaurateur with over twenty successful and failed restaurants to his name . his first restaurant was opened in sunburst montana united states in 1954 under the name green & white . in the late 1950s fuller moved his young family to canada and operated a series of a & w canada locations in edmonton alberta . soon the fullers were operating thirty locations . 3 4 in the 1970s the fullers moved west to vancouver british columbia canada . it was during this time that fuller went into business with his son stan fuller founding the first earls restaurant in 1982 in edmonton . the chain quickly grew when the fullers set up an earls restaurant in their new home town of vancouver in 1983 . although its menu originally consisted mostly of burgers and beer earls has changed the menu to offer dishes inspired by trips around the world . 5 over the years earls restaurants have spread across western canada the united states and ontario . while the chain was originally a family business in 2013 mo jessa became the first non fuller to be named as company president . 6 interestingly the fullers are involved in a number of other western canadian restaurant chains . jeff fuller and stewart fuller two other sons of leroy are involved in joey a western canadian restaurant chain and cactus club cafe respectively . earls owns a 65 % share of the latter establishment . 7 sustainability edit the earls chain has utilized chicken raised cage free and sustainable seafood vetted by ocean wise and the marine stewardship council . 8 in april 2016 following a trial at its flagship locations earls announced that all of its locations would only serve beef sourced from farms accredited under humane farm animal care s certified humane standards . while canadian suppliers were used for the trial earls stated that there were not enough suitable farms to meet the required demand across their entire chain . as such the chain chose to source its meat from an accredited farm in kansas united states . following the announcement earls faced criticism from government officials for its decision to stop using domestic beef ; rob mcnabb head of the canadian cattlemen s association criticized the implication that canadian cattle producers were not working towards humane cattle raising practices and stated that they were second to none in ensuring the welfare of their animals . the earls company stated that it would use a canadian supplier if it met these standards while meeting its supply demands 9 10 but on may 5 2016 the chain decided to reverse its decision entirely . company president mohammad jessa explained that the decision was a mistake and stated that the company planned to work with ranchers in alberta to encourage humane practices . 11 references edit https www.biv.com article 2013 7 mo jessa duke of earls https www.biv.com article 2013 7 mo jessa duke of earls https earls.ca about timeline http vanmag.com best of the city 48 bus fuller stan fuller and jeff fuller https earls.ca about timeline https www.biv.com article 2013 7 mo jessa duke of earls http www.theglobeandmail.com report on business fuller familys restaurants heading east article4297482 earl s becomes first restaurant chain in north america to serve certified humane beef . edmonton journal . retrieved 29 april 2016 . earls restaurants move to drop alberta beef provokes backlash . cbc news . retrieved 29 april 2016 . earls switch to u.s. meat a slap in the face alberta beef producers boss says . cbc news . retrieved 29 april 2016 . earls to put alberta beef back on the menu after controversial switch to u.s. supplier . cbc news . retrieved 4 may 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title earls restaurant chain & oldid 741051459 categories restaurant chains in canadacompanies based in vancouverhidden categories articles needing additional references from october 2010all articles needing additional referencesofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 september 2016 at 02 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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