Villa Pizza
| Private | |
| Industry | Food |
| Founded | New York, New York, United States (1964) |
| Headquarters | Morristown, NJ |
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Number of locations
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322 stores in 38 U.S. states and 6 countries |
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Key people
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Anthony Scotto, CEO Ben Scotto, President |
| Products | Pizza, pasta, salads, smoothies, sandwiches |
| Website | villaenterprises.com |
Villa Enterprises Management is a privately owned, multi-concept quick service restaurant (QSR) franchisor with over 330 franchised and corporate locations in 38 US states and six countries. The company was founded in 1964 by Michele Scotto as a pizzeria called Villa Pizza, located next to the original Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City.
Villa Enterprises has five fast-casual restaurant brands: Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen (authentic Italian cuisine), Green Leaf's (salad concept), Bananas (smoothie concept), Casa Java (coffee concept), and South Philly Steak & Fries (sandwich concept). Since 2005, the company has also wholly owned and operated several upscale full service restaurants in Northern New Jersey: The Black Horse Inn & Pub and Piattinos in Mendham, George & Martha's American Grille and Café Villa in Morristown, and The Office Beer Bar and Grill.
Villa Enterprises opened a test kitchen at its Morristown corporate headquarters for menu research and development.
Villa Enterprises began in 1964 when Michele Scotto opened his first Villa Pizza shop next to the original Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City. Its success led to expansion to over 300 locations. The company is currently run by Scotto's sons; Anthony Scotto serves as CEO, and Biagio Scotto is President.
Villa's menus support the culinary philosophy of its founder Michele Scotto, who emigrated to the United States from Naples, Italy. He believed that food should always be prepared by hand on the premises – not frozen or pre-processed – and feature only fresh produce, sauces and meats.
In 2004, Villa Enterprises opened a flagship Villa Café location at Times Square in New York City, and in 2006 a new international headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey.
Entrepreneur Magazine named Villa Enterprises one of the top 500 Best Franchises of 2008.
In late December 2008, Villa Enterprises announced it had acquired six Luciano Brickoven Pizzeria locations from the Luciano Group, and planned to convert them to Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen restaurants in early 2009.
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