Pizza Corner (restaurant)
Pizza Corner was an international franchise of pizzeria chains that offered a wide range of pizzas, pastas and side dishes from chicken wings to salads. Pizza Corner operated as both standalone restaurants or combined with other Global Franchise Architects brands such as Coffee World or Cream & Fudge. Its service formats included: large dine-in restaurants, delivery outlets, express dine-ins, and express kiosks.
Pizza Corner was a brand of Global Franchise Architects, a Geneva, Switzerland-based company that builds, operates, and franchises a specialty food service brands.
All Pizza Corner restaurants and kiosks were designed by Itorama and built by Interbuild Solutions, two companies that are part of the Synergia One Group.
In 2014, Pizza Corner was acquired by the Indian subsidiary of Papa John's Pizza. At time of the announcement, Pizza Corner had 70 locations. All of the existing restaurants were converted to Papa John's Pizza outlets.
History
Founded by Fred Mouawad, the first Pizza Corner opened in Chennai, India, in 1996. By 2004, Mouawad had bought out the shares held by his equity partners and formed the Global Franchise Architects. It operated over 100 restaurants and delivery outlets in five countries: Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, and Thailand.Partnerships
As with all GFA brands, Pizza Corner utilizes the services of its partners under the Synergia One Group: Synova Foods, for its product development and production and Itorama which manages GFA's restaurant designs, advertising and website development.In 1998, Pizza Corner launched the Food for Good program in association with the Don Bosco Yuva Kendra as part of the initiative to help provide education to 20 deserving street children in Bangalore, India.