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Telepizza () is a
Spanish
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multinational
pizza restaurant chain. As of 2017 it is the largest pizza chain not originating in
North America by number of stores.
Telepizza was founded as "Pizza Phone" in 1987 by
Leopoldo Fernández Pujals
Leopoldo Fernández Pujals, (born March 12, 1947) is a Spanish-American businessman of Cuban origin.
Biography
Leopoldo Fernández Pujals was born in Cuba to an affluent Spanish family. His Catalan mother was an architect and his Asturian fath ...
, a
Cuban
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-born American businessman, in
Madrid
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's
El Pilar
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neighbourhood. By 1995 it had 200 locations in Spain with a 52%
market share.
The company had factories in the Spanish cities of
Guadalajara,
Barcelona
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,
Móstoles
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, and
Alcobendas
Alcobendas () is a municipality of Spain located in the Community of Madrid.
It forms an urban continuum with the neighbouring municipality of San Sebastián de los Reyes. The affluent residential area of La Moraleja lies within the municipal lim ...
, but those were later sold and all production was moved to a factory in
Daganzo de Arriba,
Madrid
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. 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 markets such as
Portugal
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, the
United Kingdom
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,
Peru
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,
Chile
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,
Poland
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,
Russia
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,
Central America
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, the
United Arab Emirates
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,
Saudi Arabia
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, and
Iran
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.
In 2010, Telepizza bought the
Colombian chain
Jeno's Pizza.
[Loeda, Roberto C. (1 June 2010)]
Telepizza entra en Colombia con la adquisición de Jeno's Pizza
''Alimarket''
In April 2016, Telepizza completed an IPO reported to be valued at euro 550 million. Prior to its IPO, the company was owned by the founding Ballvé family and
private equity fund Permira
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.
In 2017, it opened its first establishment in the United Kingdom. In July 2017, the company opened its first store in
Iran
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and with projections to open two more in December of the same year, it was the first store opened in
South Asia
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and the second in the
Middle East
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. Since November 2017, Telepizza opened its two stores in
Paraguay
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.
References
External links
Telepizza official site in Spain
Telepizza official site in Chile
Telepizza official site in Poland
Telepizza official site in Portugal
Telepizza official site in Uk
Telepizza official site in Iran
{{pizza chains
Pizza chains
Permira companies
Restaurants in Spain
Restaurants established in 1987
1987 establishments in Spain
2010 mergers and acquisitions
2016 initial public offerings
Food and drink companies based in Madrid
Fast-food chains of Spain
Companies of Spain
Publicly traded companies
Franchises
San Sebastián de los Reyes
Multinational food companies