Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced franchisee Gurnek Singh has opened his second Papa John’s store in Sheffield. Gurnek also runs franchised stores in Banbury, Rugby, Leamington Spa, Nuneaton, Hinkley and has recently opened in Dudley.

Gurnek Singh previously worked in the fast food industry for 13 years before following in some of his family’s footsteps by joining Papa John’s as a franchisee. He commented: “Sheffield is a great big-city location. Its urban mix of families and students total more than 1.5 million in population. I have one successful Papa John’s already located in a main shopping centre and customers let me know there was plenty of demand for a second outlet.

“Dudley in the West Midlands, which opened a few weeks ago, is also exceeding my expectations,” continues Gurnek.  

“Staff have been busy since the first night, even though I’ve held off with any big promotional launches so far. Some basic leafleting has initially tempted customers and now they keep coming back for more!”

“The recent Papa John’s national TV advertising has definitely impacted positively on sales across all my Papa John’s,” explains Gurnek.  “This, plus the chance to take advantage of the franchisee incentive scheme, where Papa John’s provides deals on equipment, help with marketing plus discounted fees, means I can plan to open further stores soon!”

Papa John’s is the only branded pizza chain to use only 100% fresh dough, giving a better natural flavour and our unique tomato sauce is made from the best Californian tomatoes, picked and packed from vine to can in just six hours. Its ‘Better Ingredients, Better Pizza’ concept has proved popular around the world and Papa John’s has opportunities for franchisees throughout the UK.

Papa John’s is currently running an incentive scheme to help franchisees in the early stages of growing their businesses which includes discounted royalty fees, contribution towards marketing spend plus free equipment for new stores opening our the enterprise development zones of the Midlands, Wales, The North West, North East and Scotland. These great deals are available for openings in 2015, so first come first served!