Pizza Haven
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Pizza Haven is an Australian restaurant chain and franchise operation specialising in pizza.
In 1984, brothers Evan, Louis, Bill and Gabriel Christou started Pizza Haven with the aid of a $AUD24,000 mortgage on their parents' home. The first Pizza Haven outlet was at Glenelg in Adelaide. Employing twelve people, the Christou brothers were active in the running of the business. Today, Pizza Haven is a franchised business.
In May 2006, New Zealand Pizza Haven stores were bought by Domino's Pizza and a majority were converted to Domino's while some stores were able to stay branded as Pizza Haven[1].
In December 2006, it was announced that the matriarch of the Christou brothers who founded Pizza Haven, Chrystalla Christou had passed away. She assisted them in the early years in the development of the Pizza Haven concept.
According to offical website, Pizza Haven have 16 stores in their home state of South Australia[2], although the Sensis White Pages lists 18.[3]
[edit] Pizza Haven (US)
Pizza Haven is also the name of a Seattle-based pizzeria and pizza delivery chain, founded in 1958 and unrelated to the Australian company[4]. At its peak in the 1980s, this Pizza Haven chain included 42 restaurants throughout the west coast of the United States, but bankruptcy and consolidation reduced it to a single store in the Seattle Center Center House by the year 2000.
[edit] References
- ^ Joint press release (12 May 2006). Domino’s buys Pizza Haven in food franchise sector. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
- ^ Pizza Haven (Glev Pty Ltd). Stores - South Australia. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
- ^ Telstra Corporation Ltd. Pizza Haven (Search Results). Whitepages.com.au. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
- ^ Jones, Jeanne Lang (19 October 2001). Pizza Haven founder is at it again. Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle). Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
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