Sarpino's Pizzeria
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| Privately held company | |
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Founded |
2001 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Founder | Gerry Koutougos |
| Headquarters |
Lincolnshire, Illinois (Sarpino's USA) Singapore (Sarpino's International) |
Number of locations | Over 250 |
Area served | International |
Key people |
Dmitry Shapiro CEO, Sarpino's International |
| Products | Pizza |
| Website |
www |
Sarpino's Pizzeria is a fast food restaurant chain specializing in pizza, with international operations headquartered in Singapore and U.S. operations headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Lincolnshire, Illinois.
History
The first Sarpino's pizza delivery store was opened by Gerry Koutougos in 2001 in Victoria, British Columbia. The name has its origins in a vacation that founder Gerry Koutougos took to Italy in 1999, where he visited a restaurant that was operated by a woman named Sarpina. Sarpino's expanded to Singapore in 2002 and to the United States in January 2003 with the opening of a Phoenix, Arizona location. Within a year after opening the first U.S. location, the chain had close to 20 American stores. During that first year, David Chatkin served as the original franchisee for two stores in the Chicago area and partnered with Dmitry Shapiro, a software consultant that previously served as a business analyst with Sears and Kraft Foods. Shapiro found that Chatkin's operations were not profitable due to lack of marketing, standardized operations, cost controls, and training. As a result, Shapiro purchased the U.S. operations from Koutougos in 2005 and renamed it Sarpino's USA. He then went on to develop the areas that were lacking to provide the needed support to franchisees. By 2013, Sarpino's USA grew to 47 stores throughout six states. By the end of 2014 it had grown to 65 U.S. locations with a goal of 350 stores open within five years.[1][2][3]
Locations
United States markets
The largest market for Sarpino's USA is in and around Chicago; however, the company also operates in several other markets around the United States. Sarpino's locations are delivery and carry-out focused, and they feature late-night hours 365 days a year, sometimes until 5:00 a.m.[2]
Sarpino's USA stores are located in the following markets:
- Chicago metropolitan area (23 stores)
- Minneapolis–Saint Paul (11 stores)
- Kansas City metropolitan area (7 stores)
- Greater Houston (3 stores)
- Greater Austin (2 stores)
- Atlanta, GA (1 store)[4]
- Clive, IA (1 store)
- Fort Lauderdale, FL (1 store)
- Moorhead, MN (1 store)
International markets
Sarpino's International operations are completely independent from Sarpino's USA, and international operations are headquartered in Singapore.
See also
References
- ↑ "Case Study: Sarpino's, Lincolnshire, Ill. - Foodservice Equipment & Supplies". fesmag.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
- 1 2 "Sarpino's expanding despite slowing pizza market - tribunedigital-chicagotribune". articles.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
- ↑ "Sarpino’s Pizzeria Has Customer Experience and Training Down to a Science – Literally | RestaurantNews.com". restaurantnews.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
- ↑ Wenk, Amy (April 22, 2014). "Sarpino's Pizzeria entering Atlanta market". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved October 16, 2016.