Papa Murphy’s has bucked trends in past year
While the Hollister Papa Murphy’s location off of Airline
Highway has seen the highest volume sales in the area, the
restaurant chain has announced its total U.S. sales grew in 2009 by
$630 million, or up 7 percent from 2008, and it also ended the year
with 1,185 locations, while opening 83 during 2009.
Papa Murphy’s has bucked trends in past year
While the Hollister Papa Murphy’s location off of Airline Highway has seen the highest volume sales in the area, the restaurant chain has announced its total U.S. sales grew in 2009 by $630 million, or up 7 percent from 2008, and it also ended the year with 1,185 locations, while opening 83 during 2009.
The press statement from Papa Murphy’s also notes how same-store sales were up more than 2 percent while most industry watchers estimated the pizza category to be down 7 percent overall.
Hollister’s Papa Murphy’s is owned by Victor Gomez, who is mayor of the city this year and is serving his first term on the Hollister City Council.
Papa Murphy’s also lists off other highlights for the year such as having franchise agreements signed last year that would equate to 130 future stores, many in major markets that are new for Papa Murphy’s. The chain ended the year with 478 franchise owners in 34 states and two Canadian provinces.
And for the seventh straight year, Papa Murphy’s was named the “Best Pizza Chain in America” in the Restaurants and Institutions “Consumers’ Choice in Chains” survey.
