Sbarro
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| Type | Private (family-owned) |
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| Founded | Brooklyn, New York (1967) |
| Headquarters | Melville, New York |
| Key people | Peter Beaudrault (President and CEO), Anthony J. Puglisi (VP and CFO) |
| Industry | Food |
| Products | Pizza, Pasta |
| Revenue | $370 million (1998) [1] |
| Employees | ?? |
| Website | www.sbarro.com |
- There is also a Swiss automobile designer, Franco Sbarro, who makes eponymous automobiles, see Sbarro (automobile)
Sbarro is a U.S.-based chain of fast-food restaurants that mainly sells pizza and other Italian dishes. Before entering the pizza business, the Sbarro family operated a Salumeria (Italian grocery store), which opened in 1956. The first Sbarro restaurant was opened by Gennaro and Carmela Sbarro in Brooklyn, New York, (Kings Plaza Shopping Center) in 1970. Sbarro, Inc., is based in Melville, New York.
Most of Sbarro's restaurants are located in shopping malls, airports, service areas, or college campuses.
[edit] In popular culture
- In Entourage, Eric Murphy was a manager at Sbarro's before moving to California with his best friend, Vincent Chase. His employment at Sbarro is often used humorously as evidence that is he is ill-prepared to manage Vince's acting career. He is demeaningly called "pizza boy."
- In Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights Sbarro is mentioned when Whitey Duvall (Sandler) is showing Davey Stone (Sandler) around the Dukesberry mall.
- In 2006, an episode of NBC's sitcom The Office featured Sbarro. Michael Scott, played by Steve Carrell, travels from Scranton, Pennsylvania, to New York City, for a business meeting. While there he dines at his "favorite local New York pizza joint," Sbarro.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Sbarro homepage
- Marketing Genius, a blog entry questioning the correct pronunciation of Sbarro
