D'Angelo Grilled Sandwiches
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Founded | Dedham, Massachusetts (1967) |
| Products | Subs, Salads other food products |
| Revenue |  200 million USD (2004 estimate from Hoover's, Inc.) |
| Parent | Papa Gino's |
| Website | dangelos.com |
D'Angelo Grilled Sandwiches is a chain of sandwich shops located throughout New England. It serves various kinds of hot and cold subs, wraps, and salads.
History
In March 1967, 21-year-old Brian J. McLaughlin and Jay Howland opened "Ma Riva's Sub Shop" in Dedham, Massachusetts. The name was later changed to Angelo Sub Shop, and the letter D was added around 1978, supposedly standing for "delicious." D'Angelo sold salads, Syrian pocket bread and sub sandwiches. Their most popular sub was the Steak and Cheese sandwich.
D'Angelo owned Liberty Bakery which baked and delivered all the bread to each store. They owned Progressive Foods distribution center which delivered all the food to each store every week and they owned a USDA meat processing plant to shave the 50,000 lbs. of steak consumed each week.
D'Angelo had the highest weekly volume of any sub chain store in 1993.[citation needed]
PepsiCo bought up D'Angelo in 1993 with the intent to grow the chain into a national brand alongside its other properties such as Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Kentucky Fried Chicken; however, this plan never came to fruition. Pepsi eliminated D'Angelo's ice cream brand, "Chips," after purchasing the chain.[1] During the time it was owned by Pepsi, some restaurants replaced the Chips ice cream add-on, with a full service Pizza Hut add-on.
In August 1997, Papa Gino's Holdings Corporation, the parent company of Papa Gino's, acquired D'Angelo, from prior owner Yum! Brands (then known as Pepsico Inc.'s Pizza Hut unit).[2]
D'Angelo Grilled Sandwiches currently operates 93 locations in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. [3]
References
- ^ Howard, Theresa (1993). "Pizza Hut's newest weapon: D'Angelo; PepsiCo chain poses fresh threat after arming itself with Massachusetts-based sandwich shop". Nation's Restaurant News.
- ^ "Papa Gino's to acquire D'Angelo's Sandwich Shops". Boston Business Journal. American City Business Journals, Inc. 1997-08-13. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
- ^ https://www.dangelos.com/locations/all