Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine Issue IV, 2012 | Page 34

D OM I N A T O R S
By Helen Bond

Single-Minded Couple
Papa Murphy’s is their brand of choice!

W

hen Pam Wolfe began operating Papa Murphy’s Take’N’Bake
Pizza franchises 15 years ago
you could almost always find
her in the company kitchen, kneading,
chopping, and shredding the fresh ingredients made daily for the pizzeria, known
for its take-and-bake, made-to-order
concept.
“It’s a great day when you can make
pizzas all day long,” says Wolfe, 46. “That
is the fun part.” However, she adds, “Papa
Murphy’s is very physical. We make our
own pizza dough and cookie dough and
everything else at the store. It is a laborintensive business, but sometimes people
don’t think about that. You can’t get into
Papa Murphy’s and assume someone else
will run them and you will make a lot of
money.”
Wolfe still loves to cook—at home—but
these days she has left the pizza-making to
others to focus on running the company
with her husband Jim. In their first year
of business they opened three stores, and
today their companies, PJC Corp. and
Name: Pam Wolfe
Title: Franchisee
Company: PJC Corp., Eflow Inc.
No. of units: 15 Papa

Murphy’s
Age: 46
Family: Married, with a 27-year-

old son
Years in franchising: 15
Years in current position: 15

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