Perkins & Marie Callender's at a Glance
Perkins & Marie Callender's, LLC represents full service dining establishments under the brand names Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, and Marie Callender's Restaurant & Bakery.
The Company is majority-owned by an affiliate of Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York-based investment firm.
The combination of the Perkins Restaurant & Bakery chain with Marie Callender's occurred in May 2006.
Founded in 1958, Perkins operates 440+ restaurants in 34 states and five Canadian provinces. The Company also has a bakery goods manufacturing division, Foxtail Foods which manufactures pies, pancake mix, cookie doughs, and muffin batters for in-store bakeries and third party customers.
Marie Callender's, which dominates California and the southwest, operates 52 company and 37 franchised restaurants. It is famous for its fresh-baked pies and has a national presence through its licensed supermarket frozen entree lines.
Joseph "Jay" Trungale is Chief Executive Officer, and Fred Grant is Chief Financial Officer of Perkins & Marie Callender's Inc., headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.