list of references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . june 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message shakey s usa inc. the new logo used since 2013 . type private industry restaurants founded sacramento california u.s. april 30 1954 ; 62 years ago 1954 04 30 founders sherwood johnson ed plummer headquarters alhambra california products pizza sandwiches pasta fried chicken desserts website shakeys.com shakey s pizza is a pizza restaurant chain based in the united states . founded in 1954 it was the first franchise pizza chain in the united states . 1 the chain currently has about 500 stores globally and about 60 in the united states . contents 1 history 1.1 expansion 1.2 sale to colorado milling 1.3 second sale 1.4 philippines 2 in popular culture 3 gallery 4 see also 5 references 6 further reading 7 external links history edit a shakey s restaurant in the philippines shakey s pizza was founded in sacramento california on april 30 1954 by sherwood shakey johnson and ed plummer . johnson s nickname resulted from nerve damage following a bout of malaria suffered during world war ii . the parlor opened on a weekend but since the pizza ovens were not yet completed 2 only beer was served and shakey took the profits from beer sales and bought ingredients for pizza the following monday . shakey personally played dixieland jazz piano to entertain patrons and hired the original members of the silver dollar jazz band for 10 per person plus all the beer and pizza they wanted he soon realized it was cheaper to pay the musicians scale this brought the music of lu watters to the sacramento area and caused a local sensation . jazz historian k. o. eckland gives this band the credit for the jazz revival in sacramento that extended to the formation of the sacramento traditional jazz society . 3 shakey s also became known outside sacramento not for its pizza but for the jazz program it sponsored on a regional radio network . shakey johnson is honored in the american banjo museum in oklahoma city oklahoma for his longtime use of banjo music at his pizza parlors . other live music including piano was also a staple in the old shakey s parlors . the original store a remodeled grocery store 2 at 57th and j streets in sacramento remained in business until the mid 1990s . expansion edit original shakey s logo the second shakey s pizza parlor opened in beaverton oregon in 1956 . shakey s opened their third parlor in albany oregon in 1959 which was the first building shakey s actually owned and the first building to be built in the distinct building style for which shakey s is known . it now operates as a used bookstore . according to johnson shakey s pizza engaged in little market research and made most of its decisions on where to locate stores by going where kinney shoes opened stores . by the time johnson sold his interest in 1967 there were 272 shakey s pizza parlors in the united states . the first international store opened in winnipeg manitoba canada in 1968 . by 1975 the company had expanded to the pacific rim including japan and the philippines . sale to colorado milling edit shakey johnson sold his half of the company for 3 million to colorado milling and elevator in 1967 which acquired plummer s half for 9 million the next year . second sale edit shakey s was again sold this time to hunt international resources in 1974 run by the hunt brothers famous for their attempt to corner the silver market . two franchisees bought the chain in 1984 and they sold out to inno pacific holdings of singapore in 1989 . by that time the number of franchisees had declined to 221 . 4 most of the remaining u. s. stores closed during the time inno pacific owned the chain . some of the remaining franchisees took inno pacific to court in 2003 . before this could come to trial shakey s was sold to jacmar companies of alhambra california in 2004 . jacmar had been the franchisee of 19 shakey s restaurants . at the time hunt international bought shakey s in 1974 the restaurant chain had approximately 500 stores throughout the united states including stores as far east as colonie new york and westbrook maine . as of july 2016 there are 51 shakey s pizza restaurants in the u.s. 47 u.s. locations are in california all but oroville in southern california and the remainder are located in auburn alabama ; waipahu hawaii ; and two washington locations in renton & pasco . 5 there is one location in the greater mexico city metro area . philippines edit the brand became a particularly well established franchise in the philippines 6 where it began in 1975 under the ownership of the country s largest food conglomerate san miguel corporation primarily promoting their san miguel draft beer . beginning with a restaurant on makati avenue in makati the brand expanded rapidly in metro manila with most of the restaurants offering live music . san miguel had difficulty maintaining the consistency of the branches and ultimately sold the franchise in 1987 to international family food services inc. a group led by sports executive leo prieto . by 1997 the brand had evolved into mostly a fast food franchise . in 2003 the company began a reengineering of the brand as a family oriented casual dining brand . in 2004 shakey s partnered with sports vision for the launch of the shakey s v league one of the pioneering volleyball leagues in the country . 7 as of early 2015 there were 153 shakey s outlets in the philippines more than double the number remaining than the united states . 8 9 in march 2016 a new group formed by the century pacific group and the singapore based gic private limited acquired the majority shares of international family food services inc. from the prieto family which will keep their minority shares in the company . 10 11 in popular culture edit in the abc sitcom fresh off the boat set in orlando florida during the 1990s the youth basketball team considers quitting a lopsided game at half time enticed with a map to the nearest shakey s . it is thought that no shakey s were open in orlando during the 1990s however . the lyrics of old timer the first single from that dog s self titled debut album released in 1993 are a character sketch of an old man drinking wine alone at shakey s. in the cd s liner notes singer anna waronker explains that the song was based on an actual man she saw at a nearby table while attending a family friend s 8th birthday party at a west l.a. location of the chain . the franchise is featured in the film license to drive 1988 starring corey haim and corey feldman . citation needed in a season five episode of south park entitled kenny dies cartman uses human stem cells to clone a shakey s restaurant . 12 gallery edit branch in festival supermall filinvest city alabang muntinlupa metro manila philippines a shakey s restaurant in hong kong . shakey s had its own pledge of allegiance in the early 1970s . a ye old notice sign . see also edit list of pizza chains of the united states references edit shakey s in the oxford encyclopedia of food and drink in america oxford university press 2013 isbn 978 019973496 2 p. 245 . excerpts available at google books . a b shakey s philippines about us burt wilson silver dollar jazz band youtube posted august 10 2010 . singapore group buys shakey s inc. . the new york times . 10 february 1989 . retrieved 30 june 2016 . locations shakey s pizza parlor . retrieved 30 june 2016 . robert frank when small chains go abroad culture clashes require ingenuity the wall street journal april 12 2000 . navarro dante november 21 2015 . shakey s v league turning dormant sport to a sporting spectacle . the philippine star . retrieved march 28 2016 . shakey s reengineering from rock band fast food joint into family restaurant chain philippine daily inquirer september 7 2013 . from service crew to ceo manila standard february 14 2015 . gonzales iris march 24 2016 . century pacific singapore s gic gain control of shakey s philippines . the philippine star . retrieved march 28 2016 . dela paz charisse march 23 2016 . century pacific and singapore s gic to buy shakey s philippines . rappler . retrieved march 28 2016 . doyle greene 2007 . politics and the american television comedy a critical survey from i love lucy through south park . mcfarland & company . p. 219 . isbn 978 0 7864 3235 6 . further reading edit wilson burt . shakey & me . sacramento ca paloria press 2001 . isbn 0 9676 5752 0 brack ray october 7 1967 . shakey s serving music with pizza . billboard . retrieved 14 april 2015 . back and forth shakey s pizza was the place to be . postbulletin.com . retrieved 15 april 2015 . analysis sale of shakey s pizza great for franchisees even better for inno pacific . pizzamarketplace.com . retrieved 15 april 2015 . shakey s pizza parlors . where have they all gone . cny news . march 8 2013 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