{"id":2247,"date":"2013-02-28T12:22:06","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T06:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2013-02-28T12:22:06","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T06:52:06","slug":"manhattan-pizza-anticipates-success-in-india-with-franchise-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/manhattan-pizza-anticipates-success-in-india-with-franchise-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan Pizza anticipates success in India with franchise expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Manhattan Pizza \u2013 which has locations in Ashburn, Leesburg, South Riding and Herndon \u2013 and luv’nberry have just announced plans to expand operations to India this year, through their international affiliate, Manhattan Pizza Company International Inc.<\/p>\n

The company has signed a master franchise agreement with a prominent business group based in Hyderabad, India to enter the Indian Food and Beverage Market, according to Jack Azar, Manhattan Pizza\u2019s CEO. That means an entrepreneurs overseas wants to operate under the Manhattan and luv’nberry names.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe think this may be the first time in Leesburg’s history that a pair of our beloved Leesburg restaurants have expanded operations to India or perhaps anywhere outside the U.S.,\u201d said Leesburg Mayor Kristen Umstattd. \u201cI am truly excited for Jack and his partners and I look forward to hearing how successful they are as they expand their Leesburg venture internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n

Azar said he\u2019s confident the restaurants will find success in India.<\/p>\n

The master franchise team from India visited local operations in Leesburg and Ashburn recently to prepare for the pilot launch in Bangalore. They learned business procedures and systems training, observed daily preparation work, got some hand-on experience and met supply chain partners, Azar said.<\/p>\n

The agreement calls for 35 dine-in and 15 express and food court outlets in five years within the master franchisee\u2019s territory.<\/p>\n

Azar plans to travel next month to India to find the initial location and get the process moving. He is also meeting with two groups \u2013 one in Mumbai and one in Delhi \u2013 that have expressed an interest in becoming franchisees.
\n\u201cThe timing looks optimum and the market still remains an open ball park, even with the head start a [other] few chains might have had,\u201d Manhattan Pizza International Franchise team wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see a lot of scope to grow not only in Tier I cities but also in Tier II cities. We are optimistic and excited to launch Manhattan Pizza into India.\u201d<\/p>\n

Manhattan Pizza opened its first restaurant in 1997 in Ashburn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Manhattan Pizza \u2013 which has locations in Ashburn, Leesburg, South Riding and Herndon \u2013 and luv’nberry have just announced plans to expand operations to India this year, through their international [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,787],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-franchise-news","category-news","list-style-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}