Buying an existing Pizza Pizza

What Pizza Pizza says about existing locations

Pizza Pizza’s franchising basics page says: “Whether an existing or new location, our seasoned pros will help find the right location for you”, and later refers to “buying an existing franchise” (as published, read Oct 22, 2026). It names no restaurants and no resale prices, and it does not describe a transfer process. It publishes application, interview and due-diligence steps for applicants, without saying how they apply to someone buying an existing restaurant from its owner.

Multi-brand sites

Some Pizza Pizza listings on Deavo are for a business at a site that carries more than one brand — a fuel station, for example — and the card says “Multi-brand site” when another brand matches the same listing. In those cases the asking price can include the other brands, a property or a fuel supply arrangement, so read what the advertiser includes before comparing the price with Pizza Pizza’s own published figures. Ask the seller which brand agreements are being transferred and whether each brand’s owner has to approve you separately.

The franchisor and the approvals

Check whether the franchise agreement makes a transfer conditional on the franchisor’s consent. Ask the seller for the clauses on consent, transfer fees, training and any required renovation, and read who has to approve a franchise resale for the two approvals that run on separate tracks. Check whether a transfer fee applies, whether you would complete Pizza Pizza’s 8-10 week training programme (does a resale require retraining?), and whether the restaurant needs work to meet the current design (do I have to renovate a franchise resale?).

Disclosure before you sign

In Ontario and British Columbia — the provinces where Pizza Pizza is currently listed — the franchise statute, where disclosure applies, requires that the prospective franchisee receive a disclosure document at least 14 days before the earlier of signing the franchise agreement or any other agreement relating to the franchise and paying any consideration relating to the franchise to the franchisor or its associate. Those statutes contain exemptions, and whether a sale by an existing franchisee falls within one depends on the facts. What disclosure a resale buyer gets explains how the rule works when the seller is a franchisee, and a franchise lawyer can confirm it for the specific sale before you sign.