241 Pizza is a Canadian franchise chain of pizza restaurants. There are 62 locations across Ontario, particularly in The Greater Toronto Area

Greater Toronto Area

The Greater Toronto Area is the largest metropolitan area in Canada, with a 2006 census population of 5.5 million. The Greater Toronto Area is usually defined as the central city of Toronto, along with four regional municipalities surrounding it: Durham, Halton, Peel, and York...

. There are also locations in Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

 and Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

. 241 Pizza competes heavily in the Greater Toronto Area with other pizza chains such as Pizza Pizza

Pizza Pizza

Pizza Pizza is a Canadian franchise of pizza restaurants mainly located in the province of Ontario. Other locations operate in Quebec, Nova Scotia, in western Canada , and in non-traditional locations such as university campuses and movie theatres throughout Canada...

, Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut is an American restaurant chain and international franchise that offers different styles of pizza along with side dishes including pasta, buffalo wings, breadsticks, and garlic bread....

, Little Caesars

Little Caesars

Little Caesars is a pizza chain, estimated to be the 4th largest in the United States. The Little Caesars headquarters is located in the Fox Theatre building in Downtown Detroit, Michigan.-History:...

, and Pizza Nova

Pizza Nova

Pizza Nova is a Canadian franchise chain of pizza restaurants founded in 1963. The first restaurant was located in the eastern Toronto suburb of Scarborough, Ontario on Kennedy Road near Lawrence Avenue. There are more than 120 locations in Canada, the United States and Cuba. The majority of...

. However, 241 Pizza is mutually exclusive with the American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 Papa John's chain, with restaurants in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 only existing in Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

 and some in the Maritimes

Maritimes

The Maritime provinces, also called the Maritimes or the Canadian Maritimes, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. On the Atlantic coast, the Maritimes are a subregion of Atlantic Canada, which also includes the...

. There are no locations in Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, ceding that market to Double Pizza.

History

241 Pizza was founded in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 in 1986. Since then 241 Pizza has expanded across Ontario, and currently has locations in three provinces.

Coffee Time

Coffee Time

Coffee Time is a chain of Canadian fast-serve doughnut restaurants. The company is the main competitor of the highly successful Tim Hortons chain in the Greater Toronto Area...

's parent company Chairman's Brand Corp. acquired 241 Pizza in October 2006.

External links

• Official website
• http://www.241pizza.com/pdfs/CoffeeTimesParenthasPurchasedRobinsDonuts.pdf