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This is a composition of 29 logos.

Marks of various historical regional franchisees of the Big Boy restaurant system. These "co-brands" were required by Bob Wian to be used along with the Big Boy name/mark to represent Big Boy restaurants. The graphic is an array of 29 historic franchisee logos to be placed in the franchisee section of the article. This is a composition of 29 logos owned by various entities as follows.

Operating as Big Boys:

• Frisch's: Frisch's Restaurants, Inc.
• Azar's: Azar Incorporated (franchisee of Frisch's Restaurants)
• Bob's: Big Boy Restaurants International, LLC. (Successor)

Operating, no longer affiliated with Big Boy:

• Eat'n Park: Eat'n Park Restaurants, Inc.
• Shoney's: Shoney's North America, LLC
• JB's: JB's Restaurants, Inc.
• Lendy's: Oi Polloi LLC (new trademark registration filed, pending approval)

Not Operating, known or assumed owners

• Elias Brothers, Elby's, TJ's: Big Boy Restaurants International, LLC. (Successor)
• Vip's, Kebo's, Leo's: JB's Restaurants, Inc. (Successor)
• Kip's: Frisch's Restaurants, Inc. (Successor)
• Marc's: Marcus Corporation
• Manners: Sara Lee Corporation (Successor)
• Shap's, Tunes: Shoney's North America, LLC (Successor)
• Franklin's: Friendly's Restaurants (Successor)
• Others: defunct and unknown

Word mark placed in red oval ground

Note: Because Eat'n Park, Shoney's, and JB's are operational restaurants not affiliated with Big Boy, their logos displayed here are marks used only while a Big Boy franchisee, circa 1960.

The entire word mark was generally used placed in a red oval ground. The red oval ground was used by Bob's (parent franchisor) and most others but not all franchisees. (The oval scheme was offered on master artwork of menu's, matchbook covers, and ad past-up art. This material was provided to the franchisees to personalize.) The oval provided visual contrast and balance of the various marks displayed together. The extensions of the Eat'n Park word mark were truncated at the oval's edge.

These regional franchise marks will be as essential as the overall Big Boy logo presented in the infobox. Big Boy restaurants were historically presented and known by the combined name/logo of the regional franchisee and that of Big Boy. Bob Wian required franchisees to use their own/existing name and the franchise agreement required promotion of the Big Boy name/mark. (Big Boy was unique in this way and complicates this rational template which is designed for a single logo.) The red oval ground was used by most but not all franchisees. Its use provides ground but also balances the visual composition. The logos are arranged in an alphabetical array excepting that Bob's, as the original parent franchise, is slightly larger and placed at the top center.

These marks were widely published.

Franchise logos displayed may not be the only design used. When multiple logos were found, the logo displayed represents one used exclusively while a Big Boy franchisee, if possible.

Logos for Arnold's, Bud's and Chez Chap were not found and are presently omitted.

HISTORIC PURPOSE. Logos included do not infer current affiliation with Big Boy Restaurants (Big Boy Restaurants International or Frisch's Big Boy Restaurants, current parent owners of the Big Boy mark). The graphic serves historic local affiliation in the relevant section of the Big Boy Restaurants article.

DISCLAIMER: EAT'N PARK RESTAURANTS, SHONEY'S RESTAURANTS AND JB'S RESTAURANTS ARE NOT NOW BIG BOY RESTAURANTS. THEY ARE INDEPENDENT OPERATIONS.