Sbarro

American pizza chain

Sbarro, LLC is a restaurant chain. Sbarro is known for their New York style pizza. The restaurant was created by both Gennaro and Carmela Sbarro in 1956.

Sbarro LLC
Company typePrivate
IndustryRestaurants
FoundedBrooklyn, New York City, New York (1956)
HeadquartersMelville, New York
Key people
J. David Karam, (CEO and President)
Carolyn Spatafora (CFO)
Anthony J. Missano (President Business Development)
Stuart M. Steinberg (General Counsel)
Gennaro and Carmela Sbarro (founders)
ProductsPizza
Pasta
Salads
Revenue$476 million USD (2010)
Websitewww.sbarro.com
A Sbarro restaurant, located in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

They opened their first Salumeria, an Italian grocery store, at 1701 65th Street and 17th Avenue in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York.[1] One of their busiest Sbarro restaurants was located in the World Trade Center mall.[2] The headquarters for Sbarro is located in Melville, New York.

On August 9, 2001, there was a suicide bombing at a Sbarro restaurant in downtown Jerusalem, Israel. The bombings were carried out by Hamas. 15 people were killed, which included 7 children, and a pregnant woman. It also wounded 130 people.[3]

On March 10, 2014, Sbarro filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy.[4]

References change

  1. "About Us". Sbarro. Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  2. "Business as usual". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  3. "Nine years after the Sbarro massacre". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  4. "Burned To A Crisp: Sbarro Files For Bankruptcy (Again)". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-03-10.

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