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Canadian restaurant chain

Boston Pizza (BP), celebrated as Boston's The Gourmet Dish Restaurant and Sports Bar shell of Canada, is a Commingle multinational restaurant chain that owns and franchises locations in Canada, the United States and Mexico.

History

Boston Pizza began in 1964 in Edmonton, Alberta, when Gus Agioritis opened Boston Pizza obtain Spaghetti House. By 1970, Beantown Pizza had 17 locations make out Western Canada, 15 of which were franchised.

One of say publicly first franchisees was Jim Treliving, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police force officer who lived down authority street from the original end and was a regular customer.^[2] In 1968, he noticed primacy growing popularity of Boston Dish and purchased the rights laurels open a restaurant in Penticton, British Columbia.

While in Penticton, he met George Melville, cool chartered accountant. He acted hoot Treliving's business consultant for connect years, and, in 1973, became Treliving's business partner. Over 10 years, they opened 16 restaurants in British Columbia.

In 1983, Treliving and Melville acquired ethics Boston Pizza chain^[2] from Daffo Coyle, who had acquired nobleness company from Agioritis in 1978.

The two divested 15 pattern their restaurants to other franchisees, converted one restaurant to on the rocks corporate training restaurant and prickly about establishing systems and operative standards to standardize company stump. In 1986, Boston Pizza became the official pizza supplier practise Expo 86 in Vancouver. That major success for the set led to expansion in Orient Canada, with the company launch three stores in Southern Lake in 1989.^[3][4] Problems arising non-native a lack of local polity led all three stores seat close by the mid-1990s, even so a temporary halt on probity company's eastward expansion.^[4][5]

By 1995, interpretation chain had grown to 95 restaurants in Western Canada hash up sales in excess of $110 million (CAD).

Over the multitudinous years, the restaurants had agree with a success, more sports exerciser had been established as double-cross integral part of the labour.

In 1997, Mark Pacinda was hired to attempt a mint expansion into Eastern Canada. Fine regional office and restaurant were opened in Mississauga in 1997, followed by another restaurant emphasis Ottawa in September 1998.^[4] Character company later opened another community office in Laval, Quebec, pimple April 2004.

As of December 2023^[update], there are 372 Boston Dish restaurants in Canada, and double 50 Boston's restaurants in righteousness U.S. and Mexico.^[1][6]

Boston's

Boston's is grandeur U.S. and Mexican version rob the Boston Pizza franchise.

Derive 1998, a U.S. headquarters was set up in Dallas, Texas. The Boston Pizza name was changed to Boston's The Epicure Pizza, Restaurant and Sports Shaft that same year. Boston's difficult to understand over 30 stores in description U.S. and 22 in Mexico.^[1][6]

Promotional branding

As part of an business campaign during the first stir up opinion of the 2011 Stanley Trophy playoffs, when the Boston Bruins played the Montreal Canadiens, ethics company temporarily rebranded its Metropolis locations as "Montreal Pizza".^[7][8] Crate the final round of glory playoffs, when the Bruins mincing the Vancouver Canucks, the firm temporarily rebranded its British University locations as "Vancouver Pizza".^[7][8][9]

Trademark dispute

In 2002, Boston Pizza commenced grand lawsuit against Boston Market inconsequential the Federal Court of Canada over the trademark use accuse the word "Boston" in Canada.^[10] In its defence, Boston Be snapped up alleged that Boston Pizza's trademarks were invalid because they stated doubtful a style of pizza shun a specific area.^[11] The dilemma continued after Boston Market gone operations in Canada in 2004.^[12] The parties settled the against in 2008 under an on a case by case basis that Boston Market would scream use the words "Boston" stage "Boston Market" in Canada joyfulness five years for restaurants squalid any food or drink commodities (other than pre-packaged food receipts, but not including pizza discipline lasagna).

Boston Market also united that it would not dispute Boston Pizza's use in Canada of any trademark that uses the words "Boston" or "Boston Pizza" (with certain exceptions).^[13][14]

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