Pizza Factory
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Pizza Factory Inc.[1] is a chain of pizza restaurants in the western United States, based in Oakhurst, California.[2] The company began in 1979, when Danny Wheeler and his wife Carol opened Danny's Red Devil Pizza in Oakhurst. Ron Willey and his wife Joyce subsequently opened a second location in 1981, known as Pizza Factory.
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Industry | Restaurants |
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Founded | 1979; 45 years ago (1979) in Oakhurst, California, US (as Danny's Red Devil Pizza) |
Founder | Danny Wheeler Carol Wheeler |
Headquarters | Oakhurst, California , United States |
Number of locations | 110 (2017) |
Areas served | Western United States |
Key people | Mary Jane Riva (president and chief executive officer) |
Products | Pizzas and other food |
Revenue | $60.3 million (2015) |
Owner | Mary Jane Riva |
Website | pizzafactory |
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In 1986, Wheeler and Willey began franchising the company under the Pizza Factory name. By 2000, the company had expanded throughout the western U.S. In 2012, longtime franchisee and marketing team member Mary Jane Riva purchased the company and became its president and chief executive officer. As of 2016, Pizza Factory had 115 locations in six U.S. states.