132 | Business World Magazine |
December 2013
SERVING CUSTOMERS AND
COMMUNITIES
Boston’s Pizza business success has also
beneficially impacted lives well beyond
the millions of customers that are annual-
ly served. More than 20 years ago, Boston
Pizza established a foundation which, to
date, has generated more than $16 million
in philanthropic support for a variety of
worthwhile causes. The foundation, man-
aged today by Founder Jim Treliving’s
Daughter, has contributed critical funding
to initiatives that include the Juvenile Di-
abetes Research Foundation, Kids Help
Phone, Big Brothers & Big Sisters and
much more. “We’re quite proud to help
wherever we can ... and we’re always
looking for a way to respond to needs in
our communities,” says Pacinda, adding
that support hasn’t been limited to com-
munities of Canada. For example, Bos-
ton Pizza has been busy delivering aid to
the disaster recovery program underway
in the Philippines in the wake of the dev-
astating storm which recently ravaged
the country. Boston Pizza doesn’t have
