Boston Pizza

















































Boston Pizza
Type
 Public
Traded as
TSX: BPF.UN
Industry Pizzeria
Founded
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
(1964; 55 years ago (1964))
Headquarters
Richmond, British Columbia
,
Canada
Number of locations
 348 (Canada)
40 (U.S. & Mexico)
Products
Pizza, Pasta, Ribs, Hamburgers, Salads and Entrees
Revenue
IncreaseCA$943.1 million (2012)
Owner
Jim Treliving
George Melville
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund
Website bostonpizza.com

Boston Pizza (also known as BP and, in the United States and Mexico, as Boston's) is a Canadian-based restaurant chain that owns and franchises locations in Canada, the United States and Mexico.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Boston's


    • 1.2 Promotional branding




  • 2 Trademark dispute


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





History




Boston Pizza in London, Ontario


Boston Pizza began in Edmonton, Alberta, on August 12, 1964, when a Greek immigrant, Gus Agioritis, opened Boston Pizza and Spaghetti House. By 1970, Boston Pizza had 17 locations in Western Canada, 15 of which were franchised.


One of the first franchisees was Jim Treliving, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer. In 1968, he noticed the growing popularity of Boston Pizza and purchased the rights to open a restaurant in Penticton, British Columbia. While in Penticton, he met George Melville, a chartered accountant. He acted as Treliving's business consultant for four 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 the Boston Pizza chain from Ron Coyle, who had acquired the company from Agioritis in 1978. The two divested 15 of their restaurants to other franchisees, converted one restaurant to a corporate training restaurant and set about establishing systems and operating standards to standardize company operations. In the early 1980s, Boston Pizza expanded into Eastern Canada but by late 1985 most, if not all restaurants in Ontario were closed.[citation needed] In 1986, Boston Pizza became the official pizza supplier for Expo 86 in Vancouver. This major success for the company led to expansion in Eastern Canada. In the next two years, it led to another 17 franchises.[citation needed]


By 1995, the chain had grown to 95 restaurants in Western Canada with sales in excess of $110 million (CAD). Over the many years the restaurants had become a success, more sports bars had been established as an integral part of the business.


In 1997, Mark Pacinda was hired to bring the chain to more eastern areas of Canada. Once an Eastern Office was opened in Mississauga, another restaurant was opened in Ottawa in September 1998. The company later opened a regional office in Laval, Quebec, in April 2004. As of December 2012[update], there are 348 Boston Pizza restaurants in Canada, and over 40 in the U.S. and Mexico.[1][2]



Boston's




Boston's chain logo


Boston's was the U.S. and Mexican version of the Boston Pizza franchise. In 1998, a U.S. headquarters was set up in Dallas, Texas. The Boston Pizza name was changed to Boston's The Gourmet Pizza. Boston's had over 30 stores in the U.S. and four in Mexico.[3]



Promotional branding


As part of an advertising campaign created by ZIP communication, during the first round of the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs, when the Boston Bruins played the Montreal Canadiens, the company temporarily rebranded its Montreal locations as "Montreal Pizza".[4] In the final round of the playoffs, when the Bruins played the Vancouver Canucks, the company temporarily rebranded its British Columbia locations as "Vancouver Pizza".[5]



Trademark dispute


In 2002, Boston Pizza commenced a lawsuit against Boston Market in the Federal Court of Canada over the trademark use of the word "Boston" in Canada.[6] In its defence, Boston Market alleged that Boston Pizza's trademarks were invalid because they described a style of pizza from a specific area.[7] The dispute continued after Boston Market ceased operations in Canada in 2004.[8] The parties settled the dispute in 2008 under an agreement that Boston Market would not use the words "Boston" or "Boston Market" in Canada for five years for restaurants or any food or drink products (other than pre-packaged food products, but not including pizza and lasagna). Boston Market also agreed that it would not challenge Boston Pizza's use in Canada of any trademark that uses the words "Boston" or "Boston Pizza" (with certain exceptions).



See also




  • List of Canadian restaurant chains

  • List of Canadian pizza chains


  • Pizza cake, a Boston Pizza product which later went viral



References





  1. ^ "Quick Facts" (PDF). Boston Pizza International. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-19. Retrieved 3 December 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "2012 Annual Report" (PDF). Boston Pizza International. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 3 December 2013.


  3. ^ "About Us". Boston's the Gourmet Pizza. Retrieved 3 December 2013.


  4. ^ Juanita Ng (28 February 2011). "Brilliant marketing: How Boston Pizza became Vancouver Pizza". The Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.


  5. ^ Haggarty, Elizabeth (30 May 2011). "Boston Pizza now Vancouver Pizza until the end of the playoffs". Toronto Star. Retrieved 31 May 2011.


  6. ^ "Boston Pizza battles Boston Market over name rights in Canada". Pizza Marketplace. 11 October 2002. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.


  7. ^ Charlie Smith (17 March 2005). "Pizza chain battles McDonald's over name". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 28 May 2011.


  8. ^ "Boston Pizza settles dispute with Boston Market over the name Boston". Welland Tribune. 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
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