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4 unusual facts about Jack in the Box


Bill Catambay

While going to high school, Bill worked part-time at Jack-in-the-Box, and when he began college, he worked part-time at Lockheed.

Brent Noon

Barnes is the current world record holder in the shot put and was a mentor to the younger Noon, residing with the Noon family while visiting California training for the Jack in the Box Invitational meet where he ultimately set the record.

Eastwood Academy

The Eastwood Academy campus expanded when HISD purchased the property fronting on Dumble and across from the neighboring Jack in the Box restaurant in Spring 2007.

Jeff Benedict

His most recent book, Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak That Changed the Way Americans Eat, details the story of Bill Marler's work on the Jack in the Box restaurant chain's E. Coli scandal.


2009 Holiday Bowl

On December 8, 2009, the Holiday Bowl committee announced a marketing campaign with fast food franchise Jack in the Box where Jack Box, the fictional Chairman and CEO of the company and star of its marketing campaigns, would be the Honorary Chairman of the game and the Grand Marshal of the Port of San Diego Big Bay Balloon Parade.

Coca-Cola Raspberry

The only remaining place that Coca-Cola Raspberry can be found is in Coca-Cola's new line of touch screen vending machines called Freestyle found in select Jack in the Box, Taco Time Northwest, Five Guys, Moe's Southwest Grill, Fuddruckers, Burger King, Wegmans, Davanni's Restaurants, Wendy's, Firehouse Subs, Schlotzsky's, Pei Wei Asian Diner, and select Popeyes stores in the US.

The Mall at Sierra Vista

Additionally, stores, eating establishments, a bank and hotel have opened around the perimeter of the mall; these include: Applebee's, Wells Fargo, Jack in the Box, Best Buy, Home Depot, Texas Roadhouse and Fairfield Inn.


see also

Robert Peterson

Robert O. Peterson (1916–1994), American businessman, founder of Jack in the Box