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Brinker International

Industry: Retail/Restaurants

Brinker International, Inc. primarily engages in the ownership, operation, development, and franchising of the Chili's Grill & Bar, Romano's Macaroni Grill, Maggiano's Little Italy, On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina, Corner Bakery Cafe, and Big Bowl Asian Kitchen restaurant concepts in the United States. The company also has a 43% interest in Rockfish Seafood Grill restaurant. Chili's restaurant features a varied menu of chicken, beef and seafood entrees, steaks, fajitas, sandwiches, salads, appetizers, and desserts, as well as Big Mouth Burgers and Baby Back Ribs. The Margarita Bar, available at Chili's restaurant, offers a variety of margaritas. Macaroni Grill is an Italian restaurant, which offers pastas, grilled features, seafood, salads, and pizza from Rome, Sicily, Portofino, Milan, Bologna, and Naples. It offers family-style menu, as well as a lunch and dinner menu, including, southern Italian appetizers, homemade bread, pasta, chicken, seafood, veal, and prime steaks, as well as a range of alcoholic beverages. It also features banquet facilities. On The Border is a Mexican restaurant chain, which offers bar service, in-restaurant dining, and patio dining. Corner Bakery Cafe is a quick-casual bakery cafe, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Breakfast choices include egg scramblers, breakfast pastries, and mixed-berry parfaits. Lunch and dinner feature hearty soups, fresh salads, delicious sandwiches, hot panini, and decadent desserts. Big Bowl Asian Kitchen offers a menu featuring appetizers and entrees of a varied cuisine of Asia, including Chinese, Japanese, Thai, and Vietnamese. As of June 30, 2004, the company operated, jointly-developed, and franchised 1,476 restaurants located in 49 states. Brinker International was founded in 1983 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Brinker International's rank changes

The company's ranking in 2009 was a decline from 2008 when it was ranked 519th on the Fortune 500. The Previous ranking was based on its 2008 revenue of $4,377 million (a change of 0 million compared to 2009) and profits of $230 million (a change of -178 million compared to 2009).

Another point of view

To many investors, profits are more important than the revenue a company earns. If the Fortune 500 was ranked by profits instead of revenue then Brinker International would be ranked 420th rather than 533rd due to its profits of $52 in 2009.

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• Address
  • Brinker International
    6820 LBJ Freeway
    Dallas
    TX
    75240
• Contact Details
  • Phone: 972-980-9917
  • Fax: N/A
  • Website: www.brinker.com
  • Stock Symbol: EAT

Brinker International is not ranked in this year's Fortune 500