Jim's Ventures

Boston Pizza is Canada's #1 casual dining brand, combining a sports bar and a family-first dining room into one great restaurant serving their signature recipe pizzas and comfort food. They are a franchise only company, with over 395 locations in Canada and hundreds more in China, Mexico, and under the name "Boston's" in the United States. Jim purchased the first franchise location in Penticton B.C. in 1968, and eventually purchased the business in 1983 and sold all of his franchises. Jim has always put people first while building Boston Pizza, from his first partner George Melville, to the starting of the Boston Pizza Foundation in 1990 Jim knows a great business concept can't succeed without great people behind it. Boston Pizza is a Platinum member of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies and has been on the list every year since 1994. In 2014 they broke $1 billion in sales and are still going strong.

Although Jim lives in the United States, he has fallen in love with the natural beauty of the Okanagan in B.C. and believes in honest and open housing development. He has a large investment in the company and sits on the board.

Jim is the Owner of Kitchen Partners Limited, a company that provides soup and sauces to restaurants, to maintain consistency, freshness and quality, something that most suppliers are willing to sacrifice. Their customer focused ideas stemmed from Boston Pizzas need for unifying flavours across all franchises, and Kitchen Partners Limited supplies all canadian Boston Pizza Restaurants.