LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - Papa John's
International, Inc announced the opening of its
first restaurant in south China on November 10.
The restaurant, located in Shenzhen in Guangdong province, is
the first of many planned Papa John's locations in
the region.
"This is the forerunner to
significant growth expected in the south China
region for Papa John's," said Bill Van Epps, Chief
Operations Officer. "We are confident that the
residents of Shenzhen will embrace Papa John's
commitment to quality,
making our pizza a big winner
for families seeking 'Better Ingredients, Better
Pizza'. Asian culture expects higher quality and
that is what they will get from us."
Papa
John's is the second largest American pizza
franchiser in China, with 15 restaurants in Shanghai, five
restaurants in Beijing and now a
restaurant in Shenzhen. Papa John's opened its
first international restaurant in Mexico City in
1998. Today, Papa John's has 415 international
restaurants in 19 countries, including Bahrain,
China, Canada, Oman, Peru, Portugal, Russia, South
Korea, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates,
Kuwait, Ecuador and Venezuela.
While
international menus may vary based on the needs
and preferences of different cultures, Papa John's
core superior-quality pizza product remains the
same all over the world. The crust of every Papa
John's traditional pizza is made with fresh (never
frozen) dough prepared with clear-filtered water.
Papa John's uses only fresh-packed tomato sauce
made from vine-ripened tomatoes, cheese made with
100% mozzarella and other high-quality toppings.
In the past six years, Papa John's
received the highest rating among all national
fast food restaurants in The American Customer
Satisfaction Index survey conducted by The
National Quality Research Center at the University
of Michigan Business School. Papa John's has also
been recognized as "Best Pizza" in more than 50 US
markets.
Headquartered in Louisville,
Kentucky, Papa John's International, Inc is the
third largest pizza company in America. As of
September 25, 2005, there were 2,894 Papa John's
restaurants (572 company-owned and 2,322
franchised) operating in 49 states and 19
countries. The company is also the franchiser of
113 Perfect Pizza locations in the United Kingdom.
