Boston Pizza
Name: Boston Pizza
Type of Food: 25 varieties of gourmet pizza as well as pasta, baby back ribs, chicken, seafood
Interesting Fact: Despite its name, Boston Pizza was not founded in Boston, and as yet has no locations in Boston or even Massachusetts. The company is Canadian! The name Boston was chosen because it was a considered a recognizable and established name.
History: The Boston Pizza concept began in Edmonton, Alberta in 1964 when Greek immigrant Gus Agioritis opened “Boston Pizza and Spaghetti House”. Although he lacked any significant restaurant experiences, Agioritis achieved success by combining hard work with a business strategy that included a focus on growth through franchising.
The company started franchising in the 1960s; Gus’ two younger brothers, Nino and Trifon helped found the first restaurant in Edmonton and each started a franchise in Saskatoon and Regina, respectively. When the company and its franchise rights were sold, Nino and Trifon established pizzerias under new names: Nino’s Pizza and Trifon’s Pizza still exist in these cities. Six years after opening, Gus had 17 locations (two corporate and 15 franchised) in operation across Western Canada. In 1978 Agioritis sold the company to Ron Coyle.
In 1983, Jim Treliving, a former RCMP officer who was one of the original franchisees (who had opened his first restaurant in 1968 in Penticton, British Columbia), along with business partner George Melville, bought the chain. By 1995, the company boasted 97 restaurants in Western Canada.
The first U.S. restaurant opened in 1998 under the name “Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza”. Today there are over 350 restaurants in North America and Mexico combined. Jim Treliving, Chairman and Founder of Boston Pizza Restaurants L.P. is looking towards expansion into Australia, the United Kingdom and eventually Asia.
Website: www.bostonpizza.com
View the menu: here
Find your local Boston Pizza in Canada here and Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza here
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-Newsletter – Gift Card - Coupons Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza
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By M. Gould, October 1, 2009 @ 6:21 pm
Vote:On august 31, 2009 my husband and i visited the new boston pizza in kesick, ont. We waited for more than twenty minutes before someone came to serve us. We were on point of leaving. They were not that busy, so no excuse. Some of
the staff were talking and joking instead of serving the guests. The attitude in general was not as friendly as it should have been.
The food by the way was not great.
It will be a long time before we visit boston pizza again. This is not the first time that unpleasant experiences occurred. At a minimum three other times as a large family group in both newmarket and barrie we were served
cold food that should have been piping hot or food was not exactly as ordered or not cooked to satisfaction.