• April 8, 2008

Development agreements call for 20 restaurants to be built throughout the Atlantic Provinces and 10 to be built in Saskatchewan. In addition, there will be 15 restaurants built in Western Ontario and 12 in Eastern Ontario. All will be built by franchise groups.

"Canada is a key focus area for our international expansion, and these multi-unit franchise operators will help us further establish a strong foothold in that country," said David Flanery, Papa John's CFO/managing director, international.

There currently are 14 Papa John's restaurants open throughout Western Canada, and more than 3,200 open worldwide, including 450 international restaurants in 28 countries.

--Nina M. Lentini