Pizza Delight is a Canadian pizza restaurant franchise. Founded in 1968 in Shediac, New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

 by Bernard Imbeault and two of his friends, its head offices are now located in the nearby city of Moncton. The restaurant serves mainly Pizza

Pizza

Pizza is an oven-baked, flat, disc-shaped bread typically topped with a tomato sauce, cheese and various toppings.Originating in Italy, from the Neapolitan cuisine, the dish has become popular in many parts of the world. An establishment that makes and sells pizzas is called a "pizzeria"...

, Pasta

Pasta

Pasta is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine, now of worldwide renown. It takes the form of unleavened dough, made in Italy, mostly of durum wheat , water and sometimes eggs. Pasta comes in a variety of different shapes that serve for both decoration and to act as a carrier for the...

, Salads. Today it has over 95 restaurants, and operates in Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, and Atlantic Canada

Atlantic Canada

Atlantic Canada is the region of Canada comprising the four provinces located on the Atlantic coast, excluding Quebec: the three Maritime provinces – New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia – and Newfoundland and Labrador...

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Corporate endeavours

Beginning in the early 2000s Imvescor Inc. (formerly known as Pizza Delight Corporation Ltd.) began buying out other Canadian restaurant chains including Mikes

Mikes (restaurant)

Mikes is a chain of Italian restaurants that originated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with 115 restaurants in Eastern Canada, and a new one located in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United States....

, a prominent chain in Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

 and Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. The company now owns and operates over 350 restaurants across Canada under four different banners. These include:

• 96 Pizza Delights
• 94 Mikes Restaurant
  Mikes (restaurant)
  Mikes is a chain of Italian restaurants that originated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with 115 restaurants in Eastern Canada, and a new one located in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United States....
  
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• 28 Bâton Rouge Restaurants
  Baton Rouge (restaurant)
  Bâton Rouge is a Canadian restaurant chain, famous for their baby back ribs, Sterling Silver steaks, and grilled catch of the day. It was founded in Laval, Quebec. There are 28 Bâton Rouges in Canada as of 2010 mainly in Quebec and Ontario with sites ranging from 7000 to . The first restaurant is...
  
  
• 40 Scores Restaurants
  Scores (restaurant)
  Scores, also known as Scores Rotisserie BBQ, is a Montreal-based chain of restaurants in Quebec and Ontario, Canada that was started in 1995....
  
  

Product changes

The core menu of Pizza Delight consists of pizza, pasta, and salads, but the restaurant also offers various Italian-inspired appetizers and main courses.