navigation search crabby joe s tap & grill type subsidiary industry restaurant founded 1996 founder gus karamountzos headquarters mississauga ontario number of locations 35 area served ontario canada key people gus karamountzos president obsidian group inc. chris sideris vice president crabby joe s tap & grill parent obsidian group slogan good food good fun bad temper website crabby joe s obsidian group inc. crabby joe s tap & grill is a canadian restaurant chain operating in 35 locations in ontario as of 2015 . 1 the restaurants are characterized by a casual relaxed theme and natural brick hardwoods earth tone color schemes plasma tvs classic art reproductions and a mix of booths and tables . contents 1 history 2 franchise 3 references 4 external links history edit crabby joe s tap & grill opened its first location in ingersoll ontario canada in 1996 . 2 the chain is managed by obsidian group . 3 the identity crabby joe was created by react communication out of london ontario canada . franchise edit there are 35 store locations in southern ontario and expanding into beamsville and angus . 1 each franchise owner completes an eight week pre opening training . support personnel visit the owners restaurant for three to four weeks from when the restaurant has been opened . following this the owner will get continuing visits from the district managers . 4 the cost of owning a franchise is 35 000 which is paid once the franchise agreement is signed . 4 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. 4 the marketing fee is 2 % of total sales which is defined in the franchise agreement and is paid weekly to obsidian group . 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 . 4 the franchise regulations prevent obsidian group 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 . 4 references edit a b http www.crabbyjoes.com locations.php http www.crabbyjoes.com history.php http www.obsidiangroupinc.com a b c d e http www.crabbyjoes.com q and a.php external links edit crabby joe s tap & grill obsidian group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title crabby joe % 27s tap % 26 grill & oldid 679288019 categories restaurants established in 1996restaurants in ontariorestaurant chains in canada 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 3 september 2015 at 17 10 . 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