Papa John's Plans To Expand To Germany With 250 Restaurants Over Next Seven Years - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Papa John's International, Inc. (PZZA), in partnership with its franchise partner PJ Western Group, announced Tuesday its expansion into Germany, with plans to open 250 restaurants in the German market over the next seven years.

To accelerate this expansion into Germany, PJ Western is looking for new franchisees to join the Papa John's family

PJ Western Group, one of Papa John's largest global franchisees in Central and Eastern Europe, has opened the first seven Papa John's in Magdeburg and Leipzig and plans to open another six stores in Halle and Merseburg by the end of the summer.

In May 2019, PJ Germany, together with PJ Western, acquired 13 existing locations of another pizza restaurant with plans to convert each site into a Papa John's restaurant. The project was initially postponed due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

PJ Western Group currently operates 200 Papa John's restaurants, in addition to ten dough production plants in Europe and Asia.

Papa John's continues to focus on its rapid global development and is seeking potential franchisees in Brazil, Japan and Southeast Asia. It is currently in 50 international countries and territories around the globe.

In recent years, it has entered 12 new countries, including France, Spain, Tunisia, Iraq, the Netherlands, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, Pakistan and Portugal.