Pizza chains of Canada

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Little Caesars

Little Caesar Enterprises Inc.

Little Caesar Enterprises Inc. (doing business as Little Caesars) is the third-largest pizza chain in the United States, behind Pizza Hut and Domino's Pizza. The Little Caesars headquarters is located in the Fox Theatre building in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It operates franchises internationally in Asia, the Middle East, Australia, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Little Caesars Pizza was founded on May 8, 1959, by Detroit Tigers farm team shortstop Mike Ilitch (1929–2017) and his wife (since 1955) Marian Ilitch (1933– ). The first location was in a strip mall in Garden City, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. Mike wanted to call it simply "Pizza Treat," but Marian wanted a name that would be more suitable. Marian considered Mike her "little Caesar". Mike ultimately relented, and the store opened as "Little Caesar's Pizza Treat." The original store is still open today.

The company is famous for its advertising catchphrase, "Pizza! Pizza!" which was introduced in 1979. The phrase refers to two pizzas being offered for the comparable price of a single pizza from competitors. Originally, the pizzas were served in a single long package (a piece of corrugated cardboard in 2-by-1 proportions, with two square pizzas placed side by side, then slid into a form-fitting paper sleeve that was folded and stapled closed). In addition to pizza, they served hot dogs, chicken, shrimp, and fish. Little Caesars has discarded the unwieldy packaging in favor of typical pizza boxes.

In 1998, Little Caesars filled what was then the largest pizza order, filling an order of 13,386 pizzas from the VF Corporation of Greensboro, North Carolina.

Starting in 2004, the chain began offering "Hot-N-Ready", a large pepperoni pizza sold for $5. The concept was successful enough to become a permanent fixture of the chain, and Little Caesars' business model has shifted to focus more on carryout.

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Mother%27s Pizza

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Panago

Panago Pizza

Panago is a Canadian pizza delivery and takeout chain with over 190 locations across 7 provinces. Panago is a franchise business with each location being franchisee-owned and operated. In 2015, Panago generated over 150 million dollars in sales.

Owned by the Rooke family, Panago is a privately held company. The first three stores opened in 1986 in Abbotsford, BC and operated under the brand "Panagopoulos", which is the name the chain grew under, until it was rebranded as "Panago" in 2000. Panago has a strong presence in British Columbia, which has a total of 96 locations followed by 68 locations in Alberta. Other stores in operation include 8 in Saskatchewan, 4 in Manitoba, 19 in Ontario, 1 in New Brunswick and 1 in Newfoundland.

The Panago head office is located in Abbotsford, BC and there is a regional office in Downtown Toronto. Current expansion efforts are heavily focused in the province of Ontario. The first urban Toronto location opened at Bay and Gerrard in April 2007. According to the company, further expansion is planned for the Greater Toronto Area.

Panago currently has two Customer Contact Centres located in Abbotsford and Burnaby, servicing calls from all stores.

Panago specializes in pizza and offers over 40 different recipes on the menu. Customers can order by recipe or create their own. They offer regular, thin, multigrain and gluten-smart crusts, nine sauces, five cheeses and over thirty toppings. The dough is made on a daily basis in each store and contains no additives.

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Papa John%27s Pizza

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Pizza 73

Pizza 73

Pizza 73 is a Canadian restaurant chain that offers a number of different styles of pizza, along with chicken wings. It has been operated by Pizza Pizza since 2007.Toronto-based Pizza Pizza had acquired the restaurant for a total of $CAN70.2 million. There are 89 locations throughout Western Canada, which include the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. The restaurant's name originates from its original phone number: 473–7373. Founded by David Tougas and Guy Goodwin in 1985, Pizza 73 is headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,.

It was the first delivery chain in Western Canada that provided a centralized call center, allowing customers to order their meal by phone; Pizza 73 has allowed orders online by the internet since 1995. The restaurant has been recognized as one of Canada's 50 best managed services, and one of Alberta's 50 fastest growing companies by Alberta Venture. On August 18, 2011, Pizza 73 launched its iPhone application, thus allowing potential customers a new way to order food.

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Pizza Corner (Halifax)

Coordinates: 44°38′42″N 63°34′28″W / 44.644975°N 63.574419°W / 44.644975; -63.574419

Pizza Corner is an intersection in Halifax, Nova Scotia, at the junction of Blowers Street and Grafton Street. It is a local landmark originally consisting of three pizzerias: King of Donair, Sicilian Pizza and the European Food Shop. Completing the four corners is the Presbyterian Church of Saint David, a provincially recognized heritage building. All three pizzerias are known for their Halifax-style donairs, and the corner is a popular destination for hungry patrons of the local bars and pubs.

In 1995, when the G7 Summit was held in Halifax several world leaders made a point of visiting the location and buying donairs.

Recently King of Donair has moved to another location, leaving the iconic corner with only two pizzerias. The former KOD location has been replaced by a frozen yogourt chain. The European Food Shop closed in 2015 after operating since 1987. The building's owner said the space "will still be a food shop but likely not a pizza shop".

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Pizza Delight

Pizza Delight

Pizza Delight is a Canadian pizza restaurant franchise. Founded in 1968 in Shediac, New Brunswick by Léandre Bourque and later purchased by Bernard Imbeault and two of his friends, its head offices are now located in Moncton. The restaurant serves mainly Pizza, Pasta, Salads. Today it has over 95 restaurants, and operates in Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada.

Beginning in the early 2000s Imvescor Inc. (formerly known as Pizza Delight Corporation Ltd.) began buying out other Canadian restaurant chains including Mikes, a prominent chain in Quebec and Ontario. The company now owns and operates over 350 restaurants across Canada under four different banners. These include:

The core menu of Pizza Delight consists of pizza, pasta, and salads, but the restaurant also offers various Italian-inspired appetizers and main courses.

Coordinates: 46°05′18″N 64°46′39″W / 46.088308°N 64.777536°W / 46.088308; -64.777536

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Pizza Nova

Pizza Nova

Pizza Nova Take Out Ltd., doing business as Pizza Nova, is a Canadian franchise chain of pizza restaurants headquartered in Scarborough, Toronto. The chain was founded in 1963 by a young family of Italian immigrants. The first restaurant was located in the eastern Toronto suburb of Scarborough, Ontario on Kennedy Road near Lawrence Avenue, which currently operates under the name Nova Ristorante.

There are more than 140 locations in Canada. Pizza Nova's competitors include: Pizza Pizza, Pizza Hut, 241 Pizza, Little Caesars, Domino's Pizza and other regional pizza chains.

The Pizza Nova location in Varadero, Cuba is not related but use a similar logo formerly used by the Canadian company.

Some of Pizza Nova's signature products include:

The beverages that Pizza Nova sells are Coca Cola products.

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Pizza Pizza

Pizza Pizza Ltd.

Pizza Pizza Ltd. is a franchised Canadian pizza fast-food restaurant, with its headquarters in Etobicoke, Toronto. Its restaurants are mainly in the province of Ontario. Other locations operate in Quebec, Nova Scotia, and in western Canada. Franchises in western Canada are mostly run through Alberta-based subsidiary Pizza 73, and in non-traditional locations such as university campuses and movie theatres throughout Canada. It has over 500 locations, including over 150 non-traditional locations.

The chain was founded by Michael Overs, who opened the first location on December 31, 1967, at the corner of Wellesley and Parliament Streets in Toronto. He owned the chain until his death in 2010. It expanded throughout the Toronto area in the 1970s, and throughout the rest of Ontario throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

The chain opened its first locations in Quebec in the mid-1980s, but withdrew after a few years. It returned to the province, in Gatineau, in March 2007. Locations were opened in the Montreal area in late 2007 in the boroughs of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Pierrefonds-Roxboro.

In 2012, Pizza Pizza accounted for 21% of the market in Quebec by revenue, while competitors Domino's and Pizza Hut held 30% and 23% respectively. Double Pizza, which held 26% of the market in 2006 before Pizza Pizza entered the market, had been reduced to 15%.

Pizza Pizza began to expand significantly outside Ontario during the 2000s. In its 2005 initial public offering filings, the chain announced it would consider expansion in western Canada, potentially including purchasing existing local chains. This led to a June 2007 agreement to purchase Alberta-based Pizza 73. As well, in October 2006, the company announced it would expand in the Quebec market, beginning with sponsorship of the Montreal Canadiens. The chain expanded to the British Columbia Lower Mainland in 2009, however all locations closed (Pizza 73 already had a location in Prince George in the B.C. Interior), and soon after added locations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Pizza Pizza opened its first store in Halifax, Nova Scotia in June 2010.

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Pizzaiolo

Pizzaiolo is a gourmet pizza chain in Canada. The chain has 37 restaurants in the Greater Toronto Area.

According to its website, Pizzaiolo was founded in Montorio, Italy in the early 1940s by Nonno Giuseppe and Nonna Ida, and was run at a small pizzeria. The company name derives from the Italian word pizzaiolo [pittsaˈjɔːlo] which means "pizza maker". In the 1960s, the company moved to Toronto where the chain was started by "Mama Anna" and "Papa Antonio". They opened their first full-fledged restaurant in 1967.

Pizzaiolo has 37 locations in the GTA.

It was the winner of a Now magazine Best of Toronto: Readers' Poll" for "Best Pizza Slice".

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