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Papa of pizza visits St Albans

THE founder of a multi-million pound pizza takeaway chain will be dropping into St Albans to pass on some of his business tips to budding entrepreneurs.

John Schnatter, the inventor of Papa John's pizza, will be holding a seminar at the branch in Hatfield Road, St Albans, on Tuesday, May 12.

The self-made businessman, inspired to launch his own restaurant while working in a pizza parlour aged 15, has built an empire comprising 3,400 delivery and takeaway restaurants across 30 different countries, generating billions of dollars in 2008 alone.

Mr Schnatter, the youngest person ever to be inducted into the US Business Hall of Fame, will be passing on some of the key points behind his success at the event, which takes place between 3pm and 4pm.

Papa John's UK managing director Ian Saunders said: “John is one of the most inspirational people on the planet when it comes to putting your finger on the desire and drive that you need to turn a germ of a business idea into a huge success story.

“Opportunities to hear him talk in this kind of format are very limited and we are honoured that he has agreed to take some time out of his UK tour of stores to tell people how it all happened for him.

“As a franchise business we know that this country has a whole host of budding entrepreneurs who are looking for help and advice on how to really take their ideas and ambitions and turn them into results – and there is no better role model for that than John.”