Papa John’s Pizza

Name: Papa John’s Pizza

Type of Food: Pizza

Interesting Fact: Papa John’s Pizza is the third largest take-out and delivery pizza restaurant chain in the United States, behind Pizza Hut and Domino’s Pizza.

History: In 1983, “Papa” John Schnatter delivered his last campus pizza, picked up his business degree from Ball State University, and went back to Jeffersonville, Indiana. There, at age 22, he knocked down the broom closet in his father’s tavern (Mick’s Lounge), sold his prized 1972 Z28 Camaro, purchased $1,600 worth of used restaurant equipment, and began delivering pizzas out of the back of the bar. In 1985, the first Papa John’s restaurant was opened. Today, there are more than 3,300 Papa John’s stores worldwide including over 2,600 in the U.S., and more than 500 worldwide in over 30 different countries.

Papa John’s Pizza Website: www.papajohns.com

Official Papa John’s Pizza Social Media: Facebook - Twitter

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Pizza Donini

Name: Pizza Donini

Type of Food: Pizza

Interesting Fact: Pizza Donini was the first pizza chain in the Montreal area to develop and use a state-of-the-art computerized one-number central telephone system to process customers’ orders.

History: Founded in 1987 by Mr. Peter Deros, Pizza Donini Inc, started business in early 1987. Original operating delivery counters with only 3 sizes of pizza. Donini, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation was established in 2001 when the company acquired control, by way of a reverse merger, of Pizza Donini, a Canadian company that has been operating and licensing Italian style restaurants specializing in pizza and related products within the Greater Montreal Area in province of Quebec for over 20 years.  The Company has recently completed a consolidation of its operations by establishing two Subsidiaries, Donini Group Inc. and Pizzacorp Franchises DTC Inc., whose purposes are, respectively, to hold and control the intellectual property of the Company and to license the trade marks and oversee the licensed franchisees of the marks.   The Company plans to expand its operations into the United States and the rest of Canada. Through its Canadian Subsidiaries, the Company is a full-support franchise management company in the Greater Montreal area, Quebec, Canada that currently supports five Pizza Donini delivery restaurants with limited seating of between 40 to 75 seats.” Besides pizza, the menu includes pasta dishes, a variety of hot submarines, chicken wings, salads and desserts.

Website: www.pizzadonini.com

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Pizza Hut

Name: Pizza Hut

Type of Food: Pizza

Interesting Fact: The true reason it was called ‘Pizza Hut’ is because when Dan and Frank Carney got the sign to put in front of their first restaurant in ‘Wichita, Kansas’ there was only enough room for a three letter word after Pizza.

History: Pizza Hut was founded in 1958 by two brothers, Dan and Frank Carney, in Wichita, Kansas. A family friend gave them the idea of opening a pizza parlor, and while the concept was relatively new at the time, the brothers quickly saw the potential of this new enterprise. Borrowing $600 from their mother, they purchased second-hand equipment and rented a small building on a busy intersection in Wichita, Kansas. The result of their efforts was the first Pizza Hut and the foundation for what would become the largest and most successful pizza restaurant in the world. Today Pizza Hut chain has nearly 34,000 restaurants, delivery-carry out units, and kiosks in 100 countries.

Pizza Hut Website: www.pizzahut.com

Official Pizza Hut Social Media: Facebook - Twitter

View the Pizza Hut menu: here

Find your local Pizza Hut: in the USA here in Canada here

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Sbarro

Name: Sbarro

Type of Food: Pizza and Pasta

Interesting Fact: Sbarro is located in more than 65 airports worldwide from Holland to New Zealand.

History: In 1956, Gennaro, Carmela, and their sons Mario, Joseph and Anthony, left Italy and settled in New York City. The family opened their first Salumeria (Italian grocery store) in Brooklyn. The success of the Sbarro Salumeria led to the opening of more locations throughout the New York City area. In 1967, Sbarro opened its first mall-based restaurant in Brooklyn’s Kings Plaza Shopping Center, marking the birth of the modern Sbarro concept: delicious, fresh and authentic Italian food in an open kitchen that allowed for fast self-service. Currently Sbarro is the largest mall-based Italian restaurant chain in the world, with some 1,000 locations across more than 30 countries. The company has grown to include mall locations also restaurants in airports, hospitals, travel plazas, universities, rest stops, train stations and casinos.

Sbarro Website: www.sbarro.com

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Miami Subs Pizza & Grill

Name: Miami Subs Pizza & Grill

Type of Food: American: Submarine Sandwiches, Philly Cheesesteaks, Pizza, Chicken Wings

Interesting Fact: Gus Boulis the founder of Miami Subs Pizza and Grill, showed the original owners of MR.SUB, Jack Levinson and Earl Linzon how to franchise.

History: Gus Boulis founded Miami Subs Pizza and Grill in 1979 after retring to Florida and selling his shares in MR.SUB.

Gus’ Boulis Miami Subs Pizza & Grill expanded rapidly in the 90′s, quickly spread, with new restaurant locations and stores in less typical locations, such as schools, highway rest areas (particularly along Florida’s Turnpike) and airports.The restaurants featured a distinctive exterior design with South Beach-inspired pastels trimmed with pink and blue neon lights and interiors decorated in a tropical motif.

In 1999, Nathan’s Famous purchased the chain for $14.4 million. The chain had approximately 175 outlets at acquisition. However, the chain struggled, due in part to instability in the management ranks, and in 2007, Nathan’s Famous announced the sale of Miami Subs to a private investment group, Miami Subs Capital Partner 1 Inc, for $3.3 million.

Today there are  multiple locations in Florida, the Carolinas, New York, and Indiana with a number of locations projected to open in the coming year.

Miami Subs Pizza & Grill Website: www.miamisubs.com

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