Eddie Rocket's
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:More citations needed {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for clobbered parameters|check|nested=1|template=Infobox company|cat=Template:Main other|name; company_name|logo; company_logo|logo_alt; alt|trade_name; trading_name|former_names; former_name|type; company_type|predecessors; predecessor|successors; successor|foundation; founded|founders; founder|defunct; dissolved|hq_location; location|hq_location_city; location_city|hq_location_country; location_country|num_locations; locations|areas_served; area_served|net_income; profit|net_income_year; profit_year|owners; owner |homepage; website }}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox company with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | ignoreblank=y | alt | area_served | areas_served | assets | assets_year | aum | brands | company_logo | company_name | company_type | defunct | dissolved | divisions | embed | equity | equity_year | fate | footnotes | former_name | former_names | foundation | founded | founder | founders | genre | homepage | hq_location | hq_location_city | hq_location_country | incorporated | image | image_alt | image_caption | image_size | image_upright | income_year | industry | ISIN | key_people | location | location_city | location_country | locations | logo | logo_alt | logo_caption | logo_class | logo_size | logo_upright | members | members_year | module | name | native_name | native_name_lang | net_income | net_income_year | num_employees | num_employees_year | num_locations | num_locations_year | operating_income | owner | owners | parent | predecessor | predecessors | production | production_year | products | profit | profit_year | rating | ratio | revenue | revenue_year | romanized_name | services | subsid | successor | successors | traded_as | trade_name | trading_name | type | website| qid | fetchwikidata | suppressfields | noicon | nocat | demo | categories }} Eddie Rocket's is an Irish restaurant chain, with its headquarters in Dublin.<ref>"Contact." Eddie Rocket's. Retrieved on 9 February 2012. "7 South Anne St. Dublin 2 Ireland"</ref> It offers American-style food in 1950s-style diners (similar to the Johnny Rockets diner restaurants in the United States). It is owned by Rocket Restaurants Limited.
CompanyEdit
Rocket Restaurants Limited opened their first restaurant in Dublin in 1989 and at one pointTemplate:When were present in 42 locations in Ireland (both in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland), England, Wales, and Spain.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The company still has a substantial franchisee base. The Spanish, English and Welsh sites have since closed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> They also have a number of restaurants branded Rocket's by Eddie Rocket's these restaurants are smaller fast casual restaurants which feature self service instead of table service which is the norm in Eddie Rockets locations and have a more modern decor similar to that found in chains such as Five Guys and Shake Shack.
FranchiseEdit
Eddie Rocket's restaurants are largely franchised, with 32 of the 40 restaurants held by franchisees.Template:Citation needed It is a member of the Irish Franchise Association.
LocationsEdit
There are currently 38 restaurants in operation in Ireland including: Template:Div col
- Arklow
- Athlone<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Belfast
- Carlow
- Dublin
- Drogheda
- Killarney
- Mullingar<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Naas
- Navan
- Newbridge
- Newry
- Portlaoise
- Tullamore
Shake Dog / Rockin' Joe'sEdit
A number of Eddie Rocket's restaurants in Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford, Wexford and Clonmel were dissociated from the company and were rebranded as Rockin' Joe's in 2013 following a dispute between Eddie Rocket's and its largest franchisee, Limerick businessman Brian Dunne.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Rockin' Joe's later rebranded as Shake Dog.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>