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Papa Murphy's
Papa Murphy's, a business based in Vancouver, Washington, United States, is a take-and-bake pizza company.〔(Papa Murphy’s Take ‘N’ Bake Pizza | Pizza Marketplace )〕 Started in 1981 as Papa Aldo's Pizza and 1984 as Murphy's Pizza, the two chains merged in 1995. The company and its franchisees operate more than 1,300 outlets in the United States and Canada. Papa Murphy's is the fifth-largest pizza chain in the country.〔(Press Room | Papa Murphy’s )〕
==History==
The chain of take and bake pizzerias traces its history back to 1981, when the Papa Aldo's Pizza chain was begun in Hillsboro, Oregon. Three years later Murphy's Pizza chain began in Petaluma, California. Eventually both chains were acquired by Terry Collins, who in 1995 merged the two chains into the Papa Murphy's chain. The chain was incorporated as Papa Murphy's International, Inc. In 2003, Papa Murphy's was voted "Best Pizza Chain in America" by ''Restaurants and Institutions'' Magazine.〔(Papa Murphy's International, Inc. - Company History )〕 The company was merged with PMI Holdings, Inc. in 2004.
Papa Murphy's won the platinum award for Consumers’ First Choice in pizza chains in 2006,〔(Consumers' Choice in Chains - Restaurants & Institutions )〕 and was also winner of ''Pizza Today'''s 2001, 2006, 2008, and 2009 Chain of the Year. Papa Murphy’s Pizza was voted #1 Rated Pizza Chain for the third consecutive year, according to more than 10,500 respondents, in Zagat’s 2012 Fast-Food Survey. in 2013 QSR (Quick Service Restaurant) Magazine,〔(Quick-Service and Fast Casual Restaurant News and Information - QSR magazine )〕 recognized Papa Murphy’s with a 2013 Franchisee Satisfaction Award 〔(Papa Murphy’s Wins Award for Franchisee Satisfaction - Restaurant News - QSR magazine )〕 and in 2014 as top Top Pizza Chain and was rated first for both quality and healthy food.〔(New Study Reveals America’s Favorite Quick-Service Chains - Restaurant News - QSR magazine )〕
In 2010, the chain sold out to Lee Equity Partners of New York. Sales for the chain totaled $702 million in 2011, which grew to $800 million in 2012 from 1,350 outlets. Reuters reported in 2013 that Papa Murphy’s New York parent, Lee Equity Partners, was preparing a public offering for the take-and-bake pizza chain. Official plans for the IPO were announced in March 2014.
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