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Papa Romano s is a chain of restaurants that serves a wide variety of pizzas. Established in 1970, it is a privately held company that has more than 60 restaurants throughout southern and central Michigan. It is located in Farmington Hills, Mich., and offers a full menu of traditional and specialty pizzas, breads, salads, chicken, subs and pastas. Papa Romano s specialty menu includes a wide range of pizzas, such as Deluxe, Veggie, Meatza, and chicken Romano, margarita and Mediterranean. It offers a full range of salads that include chicken Mediterranean and Caesar, Italian, antipasto and Greek. Papa Romano s also offers a variety of subs and wraps, including super Italian, veggie, meatball, turkey and chicken parmesan.

Meritage Hospitality Group is the only publicly traded Wendy s Old Fashioned Hamburgers restaurant franchisee and the first O Charley s restaurant franchisee. Meritage operates more than 45 Wendy s restaurants in western and southern Michigan, serving more than 9 million customers annually. On average, Meritage opened a new Wendy s restaurant every eight weeks from 1999 through 2003, making it one of the fastest-growing franchisees within the Wendy s franchise system. In 2004, Meritage entered into a multi-unit development agreement with casual-service restaurant franchiser O Charley s. The agreement calls for the development of a minimum of 15 O Charley s restaurants in Michigan by 2011. Meritage Hospitality is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Mich.