verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message crispers llc type private industry restaurants founded lakeland florida 1989 headquarters lakeland fl u.s. area served florida key people scott m anderson ceo revenue 13m usd 2008 est number of employees 710 2013 website www.crispers.com crispers is a lakeland florida based chain of fast casual restaurants with an emphasis on health conscious fare and a menu that consists mainly of salads and sandwiches . crispers was founded in south lakeland florida in 1989 by bill whitaker and his wife vanessa . in 2002 publix supermarkets inc. bought an interest in the company 1 and publix bought the entire company in 2007 . 2 in 2008 the former ceo of the company was convicted of embezzling more than 400 000 from the company . 3 on may 10 2011 publix announced they had reached an agreement to sell crispers to healthy food concepts llc 4 and the deal was completed in july 2011 . as of 2013 crispers has 28 restaurants throughout florida . by 2015 crispers only had 24 restaurants opened 5 with locations recently closed in jacksonville and gainesville . 6 references edit michael sasso publix buys stake in crispers restaurants ocala star banner august 10 2002 . jaclyn giovis publix goes shopping grocer seeks new locations for its restaurant chain sun sentinel october 6 2007 . jason geary former crispers ceo gets 2 years in prison the ledger september 26 2008 . arlene satchell publix to sell crispers restaurant chain sun sentinel may 10 2011 . locations . crispers.com . retrieved 8 september 2015 . call box why don t more businesses post their address . the florida times union . 13 august 2015 . retrieved 8 september 2015 . external links edit official website restaurant review by the ocala star banner retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title crispers restaurant & oldid 740418820 categories fast casual restaurantsfast food chains of the united statesrestaurants established in 1989regional restaurant chains in the united statescompanies based in lakeland floridahidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2014all articles needing additional references 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 20 september 2016 at 23 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view