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year with 1,885 restaurants and a target date
for opening Store 2,000 early in 2Q 1999 – ahead
of our long-stated goal of 2,000 restaurants by
the year 2000!
In addition to opening restaurants in five
new states, finishing the year in 46 states plus
the District of Columbia, 1998 was the year
Papa John’s went international, opening four
franchised restaurants in Mexico City and two
in Puerto Rico. Plans for 1999 call for continued
development in those countries as well as
Venezuela and Central America.
Our commissaries/regional kitchens are an
integral part of our commitment to provide
Better Ingredients for a Better Pizza. We
opened a new regional kitchen in Portland,
Oregon, in the second quarter of 1998 and a
new, state-of-the-art Louisville facility in early
1999. The Raleigh, North Carolina facility was
expanded to accommodate more restaurants
and a silo system added to enhance dough
production capabilities.
We also purchased a new facility in Dallas,
allowing us to convert that distribution center
into a full-service regional kitchen which will
open in spring 1999. A full-service regional
kitchen in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is scheduled
to open in 1Q 2000 to further support our
Northeast development.
These regional kitchens will give us the
infrastructure to support up to 3,500 traditional
restaurants in the U.S. as well as non-traditional
units and some international restaurants.
Team members celebrate the opening of Papa John’s
first international restaurant in Mexico City