The $180 million paid by Thomas H. Lee Partners for Papa Murphy's last week is raising some eyebrows in the industry. The "pricey acquisition" could signal private equity businesses' return …

New York-based private equity firm Lee Equity Partners has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the nearly 1,200 unit Papa Murphy's Take 'N' Bake pizza chain from its current majority owner …

Amidst one of the toughest years the restaurant industry has ever endured, Papa Murphy's International today announced in a statement that its total U.S. systemwide sales grew to $630 million in 2009 …

The rankings are in and Entrepreneur's 31st Annual Franchise 500 is out, with Subway taking the No. 1 spot. While Subway leads, big pizza chains made a healthy showing in the magazine's top 100 …

Franchisees of Papa Murphy's Take 'N' Bake Pizza can certainly be counted among the brand's fans: The franchisor was recently rewarded with extremely high satisfaction ratings in a survey conducted …

Nation's Restaurant News relayed earlier this week that successful take-'n-bake pizza chain Papa Murphy's International is on the selling block. "The quote in the NRN piece is all we're saying …

The pizza chains that have sustained the recession and continue to grow have a well-carved-out niche. That's the verdict issued from Technomic, a food service research firm, and reported today by …

Papa Murphy's Take 'N' Bake Pizza has selected Portland, Ore.-based Bradshaw Advertising to represent the 81 stores that make up the Papa Murphy's Portland Advertising Co-op, according to a story in …

Take 'N' Bake pizza chain Papa Murphy's is building its online fan club with a new sweepstakes that allows customers to register to win a barbecue when logging on to learn how to grill a Papa Murphy …

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices were unchanged during the shortened trading week on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, with prices averaging just under $1.12 per pound for the trading week ended July 2 …

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Papa Murphy's International has announced it was recently ranked among the five leading chains in the Top Food and Top Service categories of Zagat's 2009 Fast Food Survey …

Columbian.com (Clark County, Wash.): Papa Murphy's president and chief operating officer Clarice Turner has resigned to pursue other interests, company officials have confirmed. Ann Stone, the …

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Take & bake pizza chain Papa Murphy's International has appointed Carron Harris to the post of vice president of product development, the company has announced. Most recently …

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Papa Murphy's Take 'N' Bake Pizza is hitting the road this week on a mission to demonstrate the concept of grilled pizza. The Take 'N' Grill Tour, which will run through October …

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Take & bake chain Papa Murphy's International has signed an area development agreement with StrikerLewis LLC that includes eight new stores in the Orange County, Calif., area …

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Papa Murphy's Take ‘N' Bake Pizza is once again offering customers the popular Heart-Shaped Pizza for Valentine's Day. The pizza is topped with pepperoni and …

KANSAS CITY -- Trabon, a provider of Web-to-print restaurant technology and printing solutions, has reached an agreement with Papa Murphy's for the take 'n bake chain to use Trabon MenuNet to manage …

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Papa Murphy's International has announced that it finished 2008 with $585 million in total U.S. systemwide sales, a nearly 17 percent increase from 2007. The company opened 102 …