Company-owned vs. Franchise Operations, 2024
We have built a foundation of strong, casual dining restaurants through our company-owned and franchise locations.
Breakdown of Company-owned vs. Franchised Restaurants
- Company-owned: 81.7%
- Franchised: 18.3%
As of December 29, 2024 • 10-K 2024
About Our Restaurants.
Something Craveable for Everyone
For over 50 years, we have been serving burgers and brews for the young and the young at heart. We believe in creating a place where our guests experience memorable moments while enjoying Gourmet Burgers and other mainstream favorites. Our Gourmet Burgers are made with the highest-quality ingredients and can be customizable and allergen-free if needed. All our burgers are served with our famous Bottomless Steak Fries®. We offer a large selection of national and craft beers and signature alcoholic and non-alcoholic specialty drinks, cocktails, and wine.
Besides burgers, we provide guests other craveable items to choose from like appetizers, salads, soup, seafood and a variety of entrees. We have also partnered with Donatos® pizza to offer that as an option in many of our restaurants. We pride ourselves in our guest service and want our guests to enjoy delectable food while relaxing and connecting with friends. Our middle-income, multi-generational guests value our unique approach to off-premise sales serving the correct order every time.
mission
Awesome American Food and Bottomless Fun
vision
Be the Most Loved Restaurant Brand in the Communities we Serve
Where are We?
We operate 498 restaurants across the United States and in British Columbia, Canada.
Select a state to get a breakdown of our locations in that area
Alaska
British Columbia
As of December 29, 2024 • Source: 10-K 2024
Our History.
Serving High-Quality Deliciousness since the 1940's
Red Robin started as Sam’s Tavern in the college party town of Seattle in the 1940s. Sam was part of a quartet, and he loved singing "When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin’ Along)" and ended up using that to rename the popular burger joint to Sam’s Red Robin. In 1969 Sam’s name was dropped, and the menu got beefed up to make burgers like no one had seen before. Fans raveled from all over the states just to taste these Gourmet Burgers, and eventually, people started opening up Red Robins across the country.
By 1983, there was a total of 22 Red Robin locations and Red, the Red Robin mascot, was created. Just three years later, Red Robin bloomed across the U.S. and Canada with over 175 locations serving an expanded menu that everyone craved. In 2019, we celebrated 50 years of serving Gourmet Burgers and Brews with our passion for bringing people together and having fun. The future will only get better for Red Robin due to our continuous desire to innovate and have fun while serving the highest quality ingredients to the best customers.
Just like a gourmet burger needs quality ingredients, a dependable company needs a stellar leadership team. We feel the leadership team of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers exemplifies our B.U.R.G.E.R. values and core strategy in creating a fun, profitable place that everyone can enjoy.