4 | Boston Pizza with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Treliving, as the story goes, was so enamored with the friendly environment of the early eatery established in Edmonton (all begun by an immigrant who was fond of Boston sports teams) that in 1968, he resolved to resign from the R.C.M.P. to open his own Boston Pizza in Penticton, British Columbia. Five years later, Treliving formed a partnership with Accountant George Melville and these two went on to open dozens of other locations, ultimately leading to the development of a dynamic franchising model which has proven effective in empowering entrepreneurs to rapidly achieve success while also collectively provide jobs for more than 22,000 people. As President and Chief Executive Officer ofBostonPizza InternationalMark Pacinda says, “From a company perspective, it is very exciting anytime you can start with one location and successfully grow that brand so that it stretches from Western Canada to Eastern Canada, but a business couldn’t achieve such size if it wasn’t a good business. The validation of a good brand comes from the number of customers it serves ... we’re excited by
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