Freshslice Pizza

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Freshslice Pizza
TypeRestaurant franchise
IndustryFast food
Founded1999; 23 years ago (1999)
HeadquartersBurnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Key people
Ray Russell (founder and CEO)
ProductsPizza, pasta
Websitewww.freshslice.com

Freshslice Pizza is a Canadian pizza chain and franchise founded by Ray Russell in 1999. The franchise owns 70 branches across British Columbia. They are known for their pizza by the slice.[1]

Awards and recognition[]

In 2014 and 2015, Freshslice received a Golden Plate award for Best Pizza By The Slice from the ; a Vancouver-based weekly publication Georgia Straight.[2][3]

In 2016, Ray Russell and Freshslice were awarded runner-up for the Entrepreneur of the Year Award through BCBusiness and Ernst & Young (EY) for his involvement at Freshslice.[4]

Controversy[]

In 2011, two Freshslice Pizza companies and the owner of two franchise outlets were fined $44,000 (Canadian dollars) for employing illegal workers. Companies owned by Ray Russell and corporate employee Bahman Afshari were all charged by the Canada Border Services Agency after a tip led to the discovery that over a dozen illegal immigrants were employed at Freshslice locations in Vancouver. Afshari was also personally charged.[5]

In 2014 Russell was found guilty by the B.C Supreme Court of wrongful dismissal of a corporate employee. The courts ordered a judgement of over $40,000 (Canadian dollars) to the former employee.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "A Unique Pizza Company". Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  2. ^ {s|publisher=Georgia Straight|access-date=2014-12-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110132503/http://www.straight.com/goldenplates/2014/winners%7Ca{cite web|url=https://www.straight.com/goldenplates/2014/winners%7Ctitle=2014 Golden Plate Awardrchive-date=2015-01-10|url-status=live}}
  3. ^ "2015 Golden Plate Awards". Georgia Straight. Archived from the original on 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  4. ^ "2016 Ernst & Young Awards". BCBusiness. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
  5. ^ "Freshslice Pizza fined $44,000 for illegal workers". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2017-12-13. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
  6. ^ "FreshSlice Pizza owner had affair with employee before she was fired, judge rules", Metro Vancouver, archived from the original on 2015-08-22, retrieved 2014-10-14
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