Boston Pizza | 3 Birthdays are said to be nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake, yet some celebrations call more for a slice of pizza. In 2014, Boston Pizza will celebrate 50 years of success with a birthday bash planned for franchise partners in Hawaii and opportunities for guests to sample some of the classic menu favorites that helped compel this brand to become one of the leading business models in the franchising industry.The anniversary coincides with launch of a new prototype that will lead locations as they increasingly transition to a new design/décor aesthetic, which just goes to show that despite fifty years of growth and profitability, Boston Pizza continues to focus on keeping things fresh. Since its humble inception in 1964 as a family-friendly casual dining venue and community sports bar in Edmonton, Alberta, Boston Pizza has grown to become one of the most successful enterprises in the franchising industry. Annually serving more than 40 million guests among its 350 locations, Boston Pizza sales soared above $943 million last year. In addition to being the only franchise that has consistently maintained annual profitability in every province of Canada, the brand has also increasingly blossomed into markets within the United States and Mexico, and to be sure, after 50 years of operations, Boston Pizza is still on-the-go and growing. Boston Pizza’s emergence as a leading franchise originates with a man known as Jim Treliving who formerly served as an officer
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