Editing Jack in the Box (section)

{{Short description|American fast-food restaurant chain}}
{{About|the fast food restaurant|the toy|Jack-in-the-box|other uses|Jack in the Box (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Jack in the Box, Inc.
| logo = [[Image:Jack in the Box 2022 logo.svg|150px|center]]
| logo_caption = Logo used since October 4, 2022.<ref name="YT">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzTp7TQYgEE | title=Double Bonus Jack Combo {{!}} The Head {{!}} Jack in the Box | publisher=[[YouTube]] | date=October 4, 2022 | accessdate=October 8, 2022 | author=Jack in the Box}}</ref>
| image = 9357 Spectrum Center Boulevard.jpg
| image_caption = Jack in the Box headquarters in [[San Diego]], California, in February 2025
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{NASDAQ|JACK}}<br />[[List of S&P 600 companies|S&P 600 Component]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1951}}
| locations = 2,217 {{small|(2021)}}<ref name="AR21"/>
| location = 9357 Spectrum Center Blvd, [[San Diego]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| area_served = 21 states in the U.S. / 1 state in Mexico
| key_people = Darrin Harris ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])<br>David Goebel ([[chairman]])
| founder = [[Robert O. Peterson]]
| industry = [[Restaurant]]s
| genre = [[Fast food]]
| num_employees = {{circa}} 5,300 {{small|(2021)}}<ref name="AR21"/>
| subsid = Different Rules, LLC<br>[[Del Taco]]
| products = {{hlist|[[Hamburger]]s|[[chicken (food)|chicken]]|[[sandwich]]es|[[salad]]s|[[breakfast]]|[[dessert]]s}}
| revenue = {{increase}} {{US$|link=yes}}1.021 billion (2020)<ref name='Jack in the Box Inc. Form 10K'/>
| operating_income = {{increase}} {{US$}}230.584 million (2020)<ref name='Jack in the Box Inc. Form 10K'/>
| net_income = {{increase}} {{US$}}89.764 million (2020) <ref name='Jack in the Box Inc. Form 10K'/>
| assets = {{decrease}} {{US$}}1.906 billion (2020)<ref name='Jack in the Box Inc. Form 10K'>{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/807882/000080788220000018/jack-20200927.htm |title=Jack in the Box Inc. Form 10-K |publisher=United States Securities and Exchange Commission |date=November 11, 2020 |access-date= February 27, 2021}}</ref>
| equity = {{decrease}} −{{US$}}793.361 million (2020)<ref name='Jack in the Box Inc. Form 10K'/>
| homepage = {{URL|jackinthebox.com}}
| footnotes = <ref name="AR21">{{cite web |url=https://s25.q4cdn.com/507451327/files/doc_financials/2021/q4/2021-10-K.pdf |title=2021 Annual Report (Form 10-K) |date=November 23, 2021 |access-date=September 13, 2022 | orig-date= |publisher=Jack in the Box IR |website= |page= |pages= |language=en |format= |url-access= |via=}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Jackintheboxheadquarters.jpg|thumb|right|Former headquarters in San Diego, February 2008 (since demolished in 2025)]]
'''Jack in the Box, Inc.''' is an American fast food restaurant chain founded on February 21, 1951, by [[Robert O. Peterson]] in [[San Diego]], California, where it is headquartered.  The chain has over 2,200 locations, primarily serving the [[West Coast of the United States]]. Restaurants are also found in large urban areas outside the West Coast, as well as two in Guam.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Locations|url=https://www.jackinthebox.com/locations/gu/tamuning%20guam/96913/8255|access-date=August 12, 2020|website=Jack In The Box|language=en}}</ref> The company also formerly operated the [[Qdoba Mexican Grill]] chain until [[Apollo Global Management]] bought the chain in December 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bomey |first=Nathan |date=December 19, 2017 |title=Jack in the Box sells struggling Qdoba for $305 million |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/12/19/jack-box-qdoba/964005001/ |access-date=December 19, 2017}}</ref>

Food items include a variety of [[chicken tenders]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Food – Chicken & Salads|url=https://www.jackinthebox.com/food/chicken|access-date=July 29, 2021|website=Jack In The Box|language=en}}</ref> and [[french fries]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Food – Taco, Fries & Sides|url=https://www.jackinthebox.com/food/taco-and-sides|access-date=July 29, 2021|website=Jack In The Box|language=en}}</ref> along with [[hamburger]] and [[cheeseburger]] sandwiches<ref>{{Cite web|title=Food – Burgers|url=https://www.jackinthebox.com/food/burgers|access-date=July 29, 2021|website=Jack In The Box|language=en}}</ref> and selections of internationally themed foods such as [[taco]]s<ref name=":0" /> and [[egg roll]]s.