76 Business View - February 2015
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
Sbarro
WHAT:
Quick-service New York-style pizza res-
taurant with 825 locations worldwide, including
625 franchised operations
WHERE:
Corporate headquarters in Columbus,
Ohio
WEBSITE
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business districts and college campuses – while seek-
ing out smaller-footprint sites where people are more
naturally inclined to eat pizza by the slice and carry-out
pizza.
“Those are opening up new growth opportunities for
us domestically,” Karam said.
“And it’s our hope and expectation that we’ll get this
brand growing by 30, 40 50 stores a year domestically,
to complement that great international growth. We’ve
remodeled some stores. We’ve opened some new
ones, both domestically and internationally, so the
mileposts are in the stores that have already opened.
We’re very confident.”
The first franchisee conference since the company
emerged from bankruptcy and relocated its corporate
headquarters to Columbus, Ohio took place in Octo-
ber, and the recovery process was further validated
by strong attendance from both domestic and interna-
tional operators.
In fact, he said the tumult of the last few years hasn’t
at all negated interest from new candidates.
“It’s not been a problem at all,” Karam said.
“And frankly, it’s been an exciting part of the job for me
FRANCHISE
