TGI Friday's

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TGI Friday’s Inc. is an American company and operator of the restaurant chain TGI Fridays with more than 990 restaurants in over 60 countries. The company is part of the Carlson Companies. The first restaurant opened on March 15, 1965 in New York City, the branches are usually organized via a franchise system. On May 20, 2014, TGI Fridays was sold to Sentinel Capital Partners and TriArtisan Capital Partners. In October 2019, TriArtisan also took over the Sentinel capital share.

Name

The name TGI Fridays is an abbreviation of Thank Goodness it’s Friday. Since TGIF is a universal abbreviation for Thank God it’s Friday, Thank Goodness it’s Friday or Thank Gosh it’s Friday in American English, the abbreviation TGI is also used differently than the official company version. TGIs is the use of the trademark in Ireland and Fridays is the colloquial use of the trademark in many countries. The American company Heinz, known for its sauces, got the license for the brand name to distribute products.

Branch

Europe
In Germany, there are no more branches after the closure of the branch at Berlin Alexanderplatz; The restaurant in the Patrick Henry Village in Heidelberg was closed in 2007 after four years and was only accessible to American military personnel. In Austria, until 2021, there was a restaurant on the Ringstraße in Vienna on Schwarzenbergplatz. In Minsk there is a branch on Nezavisimosti Prospekt. Other European branches of the chain are located in Denmark, Estonia, Greece, the UK, Ireland, Iceland, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Spain, Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Turkey, Hungary and Cyprus.

Appearance
The restaurants are red and white on the outside in the company colors and the interior is usually equipped with a retro design. You can also find old American signs or posters on the walls. The brand is also known for its Tiffany lamps, although these are no longer used in the course of a redesign around the turn of the millennium.

Weblinks
Official website (English)

Individual evidence

Company (Texas)
System catering operations
Franchisees
Founded in 1965
Carrollton, Texas