ROUND TABLE PIZZA

'Round Table Pizza' is a large chain of pizza parlours in the western United States.
Round Table Pizza's official mascots are, as of 2006, Matt and Marcus, who both appear on the company's television commercials.^[1][2] The company's headquarters are located in Concord, California.^[3]

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History

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External links

History

The company was founded in 1959 by William R. Larson, Sr. (January 30, 1933 – November 15, 2006"Obituaries: Bill Larson, 73, founder of Round Table chain of pizza parlors", ''Los Angeles Times'', November 21, 2006, page B8).Company website, accessed January 12, 2007^[4] The company opened its first restaurant in Menlo Park, California.Company website, accessed January 12, 2007 Larson sold his restaurants to a group of investors in 1979. Round Table now has more than 500 franchised and company-owned locations. The company's name originally referred to a place for people to gather, not the King Arthur legend. But in 1961 a friend of Mr. Larson's drew some sketches of members of King Arthur's court eating pizza, and Mr. Larson then adopted the King Arthur theme for his restaurants. The three shields in the official logo were added in 1970, and are intended to symbolize the letters "F-U-N".
Up until recently, a nameless fat man wearing a football jersey was the company's spokesman.

References

Original Round Table in Menlo Park

1. Company website, accessed January 12, 2007
2. PuppetVision Blog, March 16, 2005, accessed January 12, 2007
3. Company website, accessed January 12, 2007
4. FoodBizJobs.com, accessed January 12, 2007

External links

★ Company website