Papa Murphy's
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Papa Murphy's is an United States chain of take and bake pizzerias. Orders are available by walk-in or call-in. Some stores have a drive-thru window where customers can pick up call-in orders. Unlike regular pizza establishments, the pizza is put together at the store, but is not baked there. Consumers bake the pizza at their own homes. They also offer cookie dough, cheesy breadsticks, apple and cherry dessert pizzas, and soda in various sizes.
There are currently over 900 stores in 32 states. Nearly all of the stores are franchised.
The company traces its history back to 1981, when the Papa Aldo's Pizza chain was begun in Hillsboro, Oregon. Three years later Murphy's Pizza chain began in Petaluma, California. Eventually both chains were acquired by Terry Collins - who in 1995 merged the two chains into the Papa Murphy's chain. The chain was incorporated as Papa Murphy's International, Inc. and was based out of Vancouver, Washington. In 2004 the company was merged with PMI Holdings, Inc.
