• June 24, 2008

Papa John's International, Inc. has signed a development agreement with Berjaya Pizza Company Sdn Bhd to open 100 Papa John's restaurants in Malaysia over the next 10 years, with the first slated to open later this year.

According to Dato' Francis Lee, executive director of Berjaya, the company plans to focus its development initially in Kuala Lumpur before developing further within the Klang Valley region and other cities over the next decade.

There currently are 171 Papa John's restaurants in Asia, including China and South Korea. There are more than 3,200 Papa John's restaurants open worldwide, including 495 international restaurants in 29 countries.

--Nina M. Lentini