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Pizza Nova wins top franchising award

April 10, 2012

The Canadian Franchise Association (CFA) has named Pizza Nova as the grand prize winner of the 2012 CFA Awards of Excellence in Franchising and Gold Winner in the Category of Traditional Franchises - Mature/Established.

Open exclusively to CFA Franchise System members who have been franchising for three years or more, the CFA Awards of Excellence in Franchising recognizes excellence in franchise operations. Winning systems must demonstrate a dedication to superior franchisee relations, leadership, business planning, marketing, training and support, ongoing operations and communications. The award was presented to the family-owned pizza franchise on April 2 during a gala awards presentation dinner at the 21st annual CFA National Convention in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

"Now I know what it feels like to get an Academy Award," said Domenic Primucci, president of Pizza Nova who accepted the award on behalf of Pizza Nova. His father founded the company in 1963.

More than 50 CFA member franchise systems participated in the competition this year, the highest number of entries in the history of the CFA Award of Excellence program. The winning franchise systems are decided based on the results of a survey completed by CFA member franchisors and franchisees about their experiences with their franchise system.

The CFA Awards of Excellence in Franchising is sponsored by CFA and administered by InfoFeedback, a third-party research firm.

The CFA Award of Excellence in Franchising competition includes four categories to enable franchise systems to be rated against their peers. Entries are separated into Traditional Franchises (i.e. those with bricks and mortar locations) and Non-Traditional Franchises (i.e. mobile, home-based, etc.). Within these groups, entrants were grouped based on the length of time the franchise system has been operating (3 to 10 years and 11-plus years).

Toronto-based Pizza Nova is a family-operated business with more than 125 locations in Southern Ontario.

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