Flying Wedge Pizza - The Franchising Experience


Pizza is the ultimate fast food. So, when three UBC art school buddies couldn’t find the gourmet variety, taste & appeal they were craving in a local pizza parlor, they created the Flying Wedge Pizza Company, and set out to UNFOLLOW the traditional pizza industry. Opening on Peace Day was representative of the kind of community spirit which still exists today, extending friendship throughout local communities with programs like Dreams Take Flight, which flies 130 BC special needs children to Disneyland each year.
OUR ROOTS Peace Day, 1989 OUR TASTE to dazzle senses OUR SPIRIT passionate and growing OUR AMBITION being the best


The Results! Since 1989 the Company continues expanding and racking up awards for making the most unique & memorable 24 pizza flavors in the City. The Zagat Travel Guide has named Flying Wedge among Vancouver’s Best Places for several years, and readers of the Georgia Straight, Vancouver Courier, Westender & Vancouver Magazine have honored it Vancouver’s Best Pizza year after year!	Flying Wedge pizzas don’t just taste better than mainstream pizza brands, they can actually be healthier for you, with crusts that are herb infused or flax seed enriched, containing one third fewer calories & carbohydrates than most crusts. Flying Wedge creates gently simmered sauces & special marinades to build unique flavors, constructing every single pizza by hand. Unlike competitors, Flying Wedge does not throw raw ingredients together with processed cheeses, bland sauces & ready-made doughs. Pizzas are made fresh daily using only the finest meats, real cheeses and the freshest herbs & vegetables. A true Artisan experience, from the ever-popular pepperoni to the more exotic toppings like the PeppadewTM red pepper and the Dulcinea Rosso BrunoTM tomato, Flying Wedge offers a one-of-a-kind variety. Ingredients are 100 percent natural with no MSG (monosodium glutamate) or trans fats.
Vancouver's Award Winning Pizza Since 1989!

Each store is developed with the kind of quality & design attributes, which compliment and support a strong Brand image. Like their pizza, each store is built to perfection. The atmosphere is modern yet casual and friendly. Even without seating “you wanna feel cool” whether you are 6 or 60 years old! Flying Wedge is a hip & happening place.
	The pizza business has dominated throughout all trends and diet fads to date. It remains as one of the largest contributors to the food service segment of our economy and will continue at an unprecedented rate, as both the demands for quality and convenience are a life style necessity.
“Design is the fundamental soul of a manmade creation. That makes it - for those who understand - not just a passion, but a religion.” - Steve Jobs	• $33 billion dollar a year pizza industry • 93% of all North American Households order pizza at least once per month • 65% of pizza industry sales is generated from Take-Out and Delivery • The Nations Italian & Pizza Restaurants are growing faster than any other segment in the QSR food service Industry.


Mainstream tastes are becoming more sophisticated and demanding than ever. In the QSR category (Quick Service Restaurant) this shift has begun and will continue. To increase customer loyalty, the Flying Wedge brand has built its reputation on a higher I.Q. (Ingredients Quality) and strives to redefine the QSR expectation and experience. Recognized as the innovators of the Wedge, their character and distinctive flavor design elevate the standard in Artisan Pizza making. Continual research has taken it’s founders around the world on a quest to develop the most innovative, extraordinary pizza categories ever appealing to the sophisticated tastes of their increasingly savvy customer base.	When you buy a franchise, you are essentially buying someone else’s proven formula for the business. The reasons for failure have been encountered, corrected and factored out of the business plan. In essence, you pay for it’s brand and product development, purchasing power, advertising and marketing expertise and so on and so on. The success rate for a franchise-owned business is significantly better than the success rate for many independent businesses. Research indicates that the average unit volume of sales for independent mom & pop operators is just about half the national average unit for a franchise chain (Pizza Market Quarterly).