Extreme Pizza

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Extreme Pizza, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryRestaurant Franchising
Founded1994;31 years ago (1994)
Headquarters San Francisco, California
ProductsPizzas, Sandwiches (main)
Website extremepizza.com

Extreme Pizza, Inc. is a privately held restaurant franchise chain specializing in conventional and California-style pizza, founded by Todd Parent [1] and Michael Pastor [2] in 1994 in San Francisco, California. [2] The chain currently includes over 30 locations in the United States; a previous location in Ireland has now closed. 24 franchises are located in Central California. Others are present in Boise, Idaho; McAllen, Texas; Clearwater Beach, Florida; Grosse Pointe, Michigan; Wantage, New Jersey; and Charlottesville and Henrico, Virginia. Entrepreneur Ernest Harris has recently brought the franchise to Northern Virginia, opening locations in Pentagon City and Arlington County. [3] The company primarily sells pizza; other menu items include calzones, sandwiches, and salads. [4]

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Most West Coast restaurants have decor of extreme sports, such as photographs of extreme athletes and benches made out of snowboards. [5] [6] In keeping with its extreme sports theme, Extreme Pizza was an early sponsor of the X Games. [7] According to the Seattle Times , Extreme Pizza is "lauded within the business world for its enlightened corporate policies and savvy extreme-sports sponsorships". [8]

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References

  1. Hughes, Robert J. (2002-08-16). "Never Stop Learning" (PDF). The Wall Street Journal . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-04-03. Retrieved 2007-03-03.[ better source needed ]
  2. 1 2 Saekel, Karola (1994-09-21). "What's new". The San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved 2007-03-06.
  3. "Store locator". Extreme Pizza. 2019-08-04. Retrieved 2019-08-04.[ better source needed ]
  4. Mulson, Jen (2002-08-02). "Extreme-ly good pizzas satisfy fed-up GO! staffers". The Gazette (Colorado Springs) . Retrieved 2007-03-06.
  5. Northrop, Jane (2006-11-26). "Extreme Pizza satisfies Pacifica customers". Pacifica Tribune . Retrieved 2007-03-06.
  6. Paterik, Stephanie (2003-05-10). "X-actly what Gilbert taste buds longed for". The Arizona Republic . Retrieved 2007-03-06.
  7. Yacoubi, Omar (2005-10-03). "'Extreme' addition to local pizza scene". The Commonwealth Times. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-03-03.
  8. Robinson, Kathryn (2005-08-12). "Daring combinations make sense to the taste buds". The Seattle Times . Retrieved 2007-03-06.