Pizza Delight is a Canadian pizza restaurant franchise. It was founded in 1968 in
Shediac
Shediac (official in both languages; ''Shédiac'' is colloquial French) is a heavily Acadian town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. The town is home to the famous Parlee Beach and is known as the "Lobster Capital of the World". It hosts ...
,
New Brunswick
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by Léandre Bourque and Allard Robichaud and then later purchased by Bernard Imbeault and two of his friends. The chain's head offices are now located in
Moncton
Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces. The city has earned the nickname "Hub City" because o ...
. The restaurant primarily serves pizza, pasta and salad dishes. Today, it has over 70 restaurants, and operates in
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...
and
Atlantic Canada with almost half of their locations in New-Brunswick.
Imvescor
In 2000, Pizza Delight purchased
Mikes
Mikes may refer to:
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* Mikes (restaurant), a chain of Italian restaurants
* Mikes (surname), a surname
* Mikes, the Hungarian name for Miceşti village, Tureni Commu ...
, a prominent chain in
Quebec
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and
Ontario
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, for $15 million. Further acquisitions followed; the company acquired
Scores in 2005, and
Baton Rouge
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in 2006.
In 2006, it changed its name to Imvescor, to reflect its larger stable of restaurants.
At its peak, the company owned and operated over 350 restaurants across Canada under four different banners. These included:
* 95 Pizza Delights
* 94
Mikes Restaurants
* 28
Bâton Rouge Restaurants
* 40
Scores Restaurants
In December 2017,
MTY Food Group
MTY Food Group is a Canadian franchisor and operator of numerous casual dining, fast casual, and quick service restaurants operating under more than 70 brand names, some of them through wholly owned subsidiaries. Headquartered in the Montreal boro ...
acquired Imvescor (including Pizza Delight) for $248 million.
See also
*
List of Canadian restaurant chains
Although many of the largest restaurant chains in Canada are US-based (McDonald's and Yum Brands among others), some Canadian-based (owned and operated from Canada) restaurant chains are growing and have expanded into other markets, especially i ...
References
External links
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Pizza chains of Canada
1968 establishments in New Brunswick
Restaurants established in 1968
Companies based in Moncton
Food and drink in New Brunswick
Restaurants in New Brunswick
Restaurant chains in Canada
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