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.JPG) A Kotipizza restaurant inHelsinki. | |
| Nasdaq Helsinki: PIZZA | |
| Company type | Julkinen osakeyhtiö |
| Industry | Pizza restaurant chain |
| Founded | 1987; 38 years ago (1987) |
| Founder | Rabbe Grönblom |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Tommi Tervanen (CEO) |
| Products | Pizza |
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| Website | www |
Kotipizza Oyj is the largestpizzarestaurant chain in theNordic countries. Its head office is inHelsinki,Finland. Kotipizza was founded in 1987 inVaasa, Finland.
Kotipizza was founded in 1987 byRabbe Grönblom. By the end of 2010, the Kotipizza chain constituted some 281 restaurants in over 130 municipalities.[1] Some Kotipizza restaurants are located in conjunction with gas stations. The most northern Kotipizza restaurant in Finland is located inKarigasniemi in the municipality ofUtsjoki.
The overall revenue of the Kotipizza restaurant chain in 2012 was 72 millioneuro. Over 95% of the Kotipizza restaurants inFinland are operated byfranchising. In addition to Finland, Kotipizza restaurants are found inSaint Petersburg,Estonia and inChina inSuzhou, nearShanghai.[2][3]
Kotipizza has been chosen as the best franchising chain of the year in 1992 and 2009.[4] Kotipizza's motto is"Pizza, Love & Understanding".Koti isFinnish and translates to "home". Some restaurants offer delivery and accept orders by phone or via the internet.
Poro, formerly known as theBerlusconi, is Kotipizza's product name for a pizza with smokedreindeer,tomato sauce,cheese,chanterelle mushrooms andred onion.[5]
It was named "Pizza Berlusconi" in summer 2008 afterItalian Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi. Berlusconi had caused a minordiplomatic incident in 2005, when he said that he had had to "endure"Finnish cuisine,[6] and joked disparagingly about Finns eating "marinatedreindeer". Although marinated reindeer is a common dish inLapland, in the rest of Finland the meat is traditionally stewed or dried.[7]
With Pizza Berlusconi, Kotipizza won theAmerica's Plate International pizza contest inNew York City in March 2008, beating theItalian-Americans, who came in second place, and theAustralians in third.[8]
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