- Čili
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Čili Type Joint Stock Company Industry Restaurants Founded Vilnius, Lithuania Founder(s) Tadas Karosas Products pizza · pasta · desserts Čili is a large chain of restaurants in the Baltic states, Ukraine, Poland and Russia. It started as a pizza restaurant, but soon diversified into different areas.
History
In 1997, the first Čili Pica restaurant was opened on Konstitucijos Avenue in Vilnius, Lithuania. From 1999 onwards the company, renamed UAB Čilija, began to diversify adding bistros in 2000, traditional Lithuanian-style restaurants in 2002, Chinese restaurants in 2003, coffee shops in 2004 and drive-in in 2006.[1]
The first restaurant outside Vilnius was opened in Palanga.[2] The company soon expanded into other countries opening its first non-Lithuanian restaurant in December 2001 in the Latvian city of Liepāja.[3] As of May 2009, there were 79 outlets in five countries, some of them established via franchising.[4]
References
- ^ "History". cili.lt. http://www.cili.lt/index.php/about_cili/history/230.
- ^ (Lithuanian) ""Čili" ieško naujų nišų". Verslo žinios (141): 8. 2001-08-03. http://archyvas.vz.lt/news.php?id=81099&strid=1002&rs=200&ss=5f2d4b0dbc7e8565c2277add42e1aa75&y=2001%2008%2003.
- ^ (Lithuanian) ""Čili" tinklas nebeišsitenka Lietuvoje". Verslo žinios (221): 5. 2001-12-07. http://archyvas.vz.lt/news.php?id=16106&strid=1002&rs=0&ss=7f8d57a1251e50a0dff35f5040852218&y=2001%2012%2007.
- ^ (Lithuanian) ""Čili pica" tęsia plėtrą". Verslo žinios. 2009-05-19. http://vz.lt/straipsnis/2009/05/19/Cili_pica_tesia_pletra.
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Categories:- Pizza chains
- Pizza franchises
- Retail companies established in 1997
- Food companies of Lithuania
- Companies based in Vilnius
- 1997 establishments in Lithuania
- Restaurant stubs
- Lithuania stubs
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