verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message jack s family restaurants lp type restaurant industry fast food founded 1960 headquarters homewood alabama united states key people jack caddell founder products fast food including hamburgers fried chicken french fries soda milkshakes breakfast parent jack s family restaurants lp website eatatjacks.com jack s corporate headquarters homewood alabama originally known as jack s hamburgers also known as jack s family restaurants inc. is a fast food restaurant chain with locations in several southeastern states . it was founded in november 1960 by jack caddell as a single walk up stand in homewood alabama a suburb of birmingham . contents 1 history 2 trademark design 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the original menu featured items such as fifteen cent hamburgers and fries twenty cent shakes and a twenty cent fish on a bun . jack s rapidly expanded and by the mid 1960s there were at least nine locations in the birmingham area and additional stores as far as mississippi and south carolina in the mid to late 1970s jack s was expanding into south alabama and the florida panhandle . in the 1980s many of these locations began to close but at least one individual was having success with jack s. benny larussa primarily involved in the grocery business had purchased a single franchise in the 1960s . in 1979 larussa abandoned groceries and purchased a franchise territory of 13 jack s stores . from then until 1988 he expanded his territory to 33 stores . then in 1989 larussa purchased the total franchise rights to the jack s concept . in 2006 there were approximately 76 jack s locations across alabama mississippi tennessee and georgia . jack s family restaurants inc. is still a privately held company with one franchisee manna enterprises inc. the original jack s in homewood is still present and was recently renovated . as of 2013 there are 120 locations across the south . 2016 there are 134 stores located in alabama georgia mississippi and tennessee with several in the building process . trademark design edit jack s restaurants were originally walk up stands with a slanted roof and vertical orange and yellow stripes on each side . in the late 1960s the chain began converting their walk up stands to full dine in restaurants . most upgraded restaurants featured faux stone walls . the original signs featured jack s in five individual white rectangles with the word hamburgers on a separate sign underneath . in the mid 1970s jack s began using new signage featuring the name written on an angle in white inside a red circle ; the word hamburgers was dropped . in the early 2000s jack s changed the logo from the original all capital font to a mixed case font . it still appears on the familiar red circle but the circle is smaller so that the text extends outside of it . see also edit milo s hamburgers another alabama based burger joint similar to jack s references edit hollis tim november 13 2010 . back to jack s . birmingham magazine . retrieved november 21 2010 . jack s . bhamwiki . july 26 2006 . retrieved august 1 2006 . jack s hamburgers . birmingham rewound . retrieved october 23 2010 . external links edit jack s official website v t e fast food and fast casual restaurant chains in the united states chicken chains coffeehouse chains pizza chains hamburgers a & w back yard big boy burger king carl s jr. checkers rally s cook out fatburger five guys freddy s fuddruckers the habit hardee s in n out jack in the box johnny rockets krystal mcdonald s roy rogers shake shack smashburger sonic steak n shake wayback wendy s whataburger white castle asian l & l hawaiian barbecue manchu wok panda express pei wei asian diner pick up stix sarku baked goods au bon pain auntie anne s bruegger s cinnabon corner bakery cafe dunkin donuts einstein bros. great american cookies honey dew donuts krispy kreme mrs. fields nestl toll house panera bread pretzelmaker pretzel time shipley do nuts tim hortons t.j. cinnamons wetzel s winchell s beverages argo tea biggby coffee caribou coffee bean & tea leaf coffee beanery dunn bros gloria jean s jamba juice juice it up orange julius peet s planet smoothie robeks seattle s best coffee smoothie king starbucks teavana tropical smoothie cafe tully s frozen desserts baskin robbins ben & jerry s braum s bruster s carvel cold stone culver s dairy queen dippin dots fosters freeze friendly s golden spoon graeter s h agen dazs handel s kiwi yogurt maggiemoo s marble slab menchie s pinkberry red mango rita s sweet frog tastee freez tcby tropical sno tutti frutti yogen fr z yogurtland hot dogs hot dog on a stick nathan s famous portillo s wienerschnitzel mexican style tex mex baja fresh cafe rio chipotle del taco el pollo loco freebirds green red burrito moe s pancheros qdoba rubio s taco bell taco bueno taco cabana taco del mar taco john s taco mayo taco time wahoo s fish taco noodles fazoli s noodles & company sandwiches arby s atlanta bread blimpie capriotti s charley s cos cousins d angelo daphne s erbert & gerbert s firehouse subs great wraps jason s jerry s subs jersey mike s jimmy john s lenny s sub mcalister s deli miami subs mr. hero newk s eatery penn station port of subs pdq potbelly quiznos rax runza sandella s schlotzsky s steak escape subway togo s tubby s tudor s biscuit world which wich seafood arthur treacher s captain d s h. salt esquire ivar s long john silver s skippers seafood & chowder house defunct bresler s ice cream brigham s burger chef carrols d lites druther s henry s hamburgers hot n now hot sam pretzels naugles red barn sandy s zantigo retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title jack % 27s & oldid 707063776 categories companies based in birmingham alabamarestaurants in birmingham alabamajefferson county alabamafast food chains of the united statesfast food hamburger restaurantsfast food franchisesrestaurant chains in the united statesregional restaurant chains in the united statesrestaurants established in 1960hidden categories articles needing additional references from july 2010all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 26 february 2016 at 19 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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