Telepizza

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Telepizza Group S.A.
Telepizza
TypeSociedad Anónima
BMAD: TPZ
IndustryRestaurant
FoundedMadrid, Vigo (1987; 35 years ago (1987))
FounderLeopoldo Fernández Pujals
Headquarters
San Sebastian de Los Reyes
,
Spain
Area served
Nationwide
Key people
ProductsPizza, Salads, Other food products
Websitewww.telepizza.es
Poland Telepizza

Telepizza (Spanish pronunciation: [teleˈpitsa]) is a Spanish multinational pizza restaurant chain. As of 2017 it is the largest pizza chain not originating in North America by number of stores.[1]

Telepizza was founded as "Pizza Phone" in 1987[2] by Leopoldo Fernández Pujals, a Cuban-born American businessman, in Madrid's El Pilar neighbourhood. By 1995 it had 200 locations in Spain with a 52% market share.[3]

The company had factories in the Spanish cities of Guadalajara, Barcelona, Móstoles, and Alcobendas, but those were later sold and all production was moved to a factory in Daganzo de Arriba, Madrid.[citation needed] The pizza base is distributed from the factories to the different stores.

As of 2010, Telepizza has 1025 outlets worldwide; thereof 603 stores in Spain and 422 in countries such as Portugal, the United Kingdom,[4] Peru, Chile, Poland, Russia, Central America, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia,[5] and Iran.[6]

In 2010 Telepizza bought the Colombian chain Jeno's Pizza.[7]

In April 2016, Telepizza completed an IPO reported to be valued at euro 550 million.[8] Prior to its IPO, the company was owned by the founding Ballvé family and private equity fund Permira.

References[]

  1. ^ "Telepizza aterriza en Irán". Expansión.com (in Spanish). 1 July 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Telepizza, la cadena de 1.300 puntos de venta que nació en un local de barrio de Madrid". abc (in Spanish). 26 April 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Telepizza, la cadena de 1.300 puntos de venta que nació en un local de barrio de Madrid". abc (in Spanish). 26 April 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  4. ^ Patel, Salina (7 April 2017). "Telepizza launches first food outlet in the UK in Hounslow". Getwestlondon. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  5. ^ Telepizza. "Telepizza Opens its First Three Stores in Saudi Arabia". Prnewswire.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  6. ^ Telepizza. "Telepizza Celebrates the Opening of its First Store in Iran". Newswire.ca. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  7. ^ Loeda, Roberto C. (1 June 2010). Telepizza entra en Colombia con la adquisición de Jeno's Pizza Alimarket
  8. ^ "PE-backed Telepizza completes €550m IPO". AltAssets. 27 April 2016.

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