Ground Round

Ground Round Grill & Bar is an American casual dining restaurant that was founded in 1969 by Howard Johnson's.[1][2] On January 17, 2010, Independent Owners Cooperative, LLC became the owner of Ground Round—a group originally formed of 30 franchisee owners, which is based in Freeport, Maine.[3]

This article is about the restaurant chain. For the food, see Round steak and Ground beef.
Ground Round Grill & Bar
TypeCasual dining restaurant
IndustryRestaurants
FoundedOctober 25, 1969
HeadquartersFreeport, Maine, U.S.
Number of locations
15
Websitewww.groundround.com

During the 1970s and 1980s, Ground Round was well known for its children's parties, showing silent movies and cartoons on a big screen, a mascot named Bingo the Clown and for passing out whole peanuts where consumers were not discouraged from dropping the shells on the floor.[4] At its peak, the chain had over 200 restaurant locations[5] The newest incarnation of Ground Round markets to families and also to the adult dining and cocktails crowd with a Sports Bar and Lounge section.[6]

On February 13, 2004 the franchisor for Ground Round filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In the process, all 59 corporate-owned restaurants (almost half of the Ground Rounds then open) abruptly closed their doors.[7] A group of franchisees joined together in order to buy out the company, at the time Ground Round, Inc., and started the Ground Round Independent Owners Cooperative, LLC (GR IOC).[8]

References
  1. International Directory of Company Histories. 1997. ISBN 9781558623514.
  2. "Welcome to New Jersey's last Ground Round". NJ.com. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  3. MRM Staff (2017-06-23). "MRM Franchise Feed: White Castle Weddings, Ground Round Growing and KFC in Space". Modern Restaurant Management. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  4. "It's 1981 all over again: Ground Round is back". OnMilwaukee.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  5. https://actionsdower.blogspot.com/2019/10/all-size-appetites.html
  6. "Ground Round Grill & Bar plans new restaurant in Rutland | Vermont Business Magazine". www.vermontbiz.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  7. The Ground Round Rebound, Fortune Small Business, February 1, 2005
  8. Daley, Jason (2012-05-29). "How Ground Round, Sizzler and Bennigan's Bounced Back from Bankruptcy". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
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