disputed . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met . may 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message eegee s the eegee s logo since 2011 type privately held company industry restaurants genre fast food founded tucson arizona u.s. 1971 founder ed irving and bob greenberg headquarters tucson arizona u.s. number of locations 26 restaurants in arizona key people robert jensen president no longer with eegee s products subs salads french fries slush other food products owner ceo foods inc. website http www.eegees.com eegee s is a chain of 26 restaurants in the greater areas of tucson arizona as well as one in casa grande arizona . it specializes in submarine sandwiches subs and salads but it is most famous for its frozen fruit drinks officially called eegee s drinks but colloquially known simply as an eegee s. it was founded in 1971 by edmund irving and robert greenberg who combined their initials e from edmund and g from greenberg to create the name eegee s. 1 the company has been highly noted for its social and environmental involvement such as its tradition of donating time food and money to local charities ; the collection of donations for local charitable organizations ; 2 instituting the community recycling program recycle for people first ; and its program for training and employing the mentally disabled . 3 it is owned and operated by ceo foods inc. history edit eegee s original logo used from 1970 s to 2011 . in 1971 edmund irving and robert greenberg pooled their resources and bought a used vending truck . in the beginning ed or bob served their lemon eegee s frozen drink in front of high schools at sporting events and at concerts . over the years the vending trucks were retired as they turned their business into a growing restaurant chain in southern arizona . currently there are 23 locations in the greater tucson area as well as one location in casa grande . 4 on september 18 2006 eegee s was sold to the o connor family ceo foods inc. thus continuing the family owned and operated tradition that eegee s was founded on . . 5 external links edit official website evolution of eegee s from tucson weekly article on eegee s recycling practices references edit eegee s our story jfcs to benefit from eegee s annual coupon card promotion eegee s launches restaurant to train mentally disabled nation s restaurant news find articles at bnet http www.eegees.com about tucson success story worth preserving www.azstarnet.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eegee % 27s & oldid 741375434 categories fast food chains of the united statesregional restaurant chains in the united statescompanies based in tucson arizonahidden categories npov disputes from may 2015all npov disputes 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 27 september 2016 at 03 15 . 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