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| Today: |
| Based in Boston, Mass., Uno
Restaurant Holdings Corporation franchises and operates
over 160 Uno Chicago Grill restaurants. |
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| Portfolio: |
| Based in Boston, Uno Restaurant Holdings Corporation
includes over 160 company-owned and franchised full-service Uno Chicago Grill units
located in 24 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Honduras, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The company also
operates a fast casual concept called Uno Dué Go®, a quick serve concept
called Uno Express®, and a consumer foods division which supplies airlines,
movie theaters, hotels, airports, travel plazas, schools and supermarkets
with both frozen and refrigerated private-label foods and branded Uno
products. |
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| Company Strategy: |
| The objective of Uno Restaurant
Holdings Corporation is to reinforce its distinctive
niche as the only full-service, casual dining restaurant
with Original Chicago Deep Dish Pizza and a full-range,
high quality grill menu. By consistently delivering
outstanding value to customers, the company is confident
it can reach and satisfy more customers and expand
into new markets, thus achieving the goal of continued
growth. |
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| Founded: |
| Pizzeria Uno began in 1943
when Ike Sewell invented the Original Chicago Deep
Dish Pizza. In 1978, Aaron Spencer gained Sewell’s
approval to expand the concept to other markets. Spencer
opened his first Uno restaurant in Boston the following
year.
Today, the menu has evolved to offer hip and intense
new tastes in addition to the famous
Chicago-style deep dish pizza. With a new menu comes
a new name, Uno Chicago Grill. The new Uno Chicago Grill
locations are larger and feature a “Chicago warehouse” look
that creates an inviting dining environment.
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| Executive Leadership
Team: |
Frank
W. Guidara, Chief
Executive Officer
Roger Zingle, Chief Operating Officer
Louie Psallidas, Chief Financial Officer
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| Franchisees: |
Uno Restaurant Holdings
Corporation supports franchisees in many areas including
store design, development and construction; marketing;
financial analysis; purchasing; training; menu planning;
on-going operations support; procedures research
and development; recipes and POS/MIS support. Franchisees
participate in fee, royalty and advertising fund
structures.
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| Headquarters: |
Uno Restaurant Holdings
Corporation maintains
offices at:
100 Charles Park Road
Boston, MA, 02132
Phone: 617/323-9200
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| Financial Highlights: |
In February 2005, Uno Restaurant
Holdings Corporation entered into an agreement with
Centre Partners, a leading middle market private
equity firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles,
whereby Centre Partners acquired a controlling interest
in the company. Aaron Spencer, the company's Founder
and Chairman, as well as the senior members of the
Uno management team, also maintained significant
ownership.
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