Editing PizzaExpress (section)

{{Short description|British restaurant group}}
{{for|the jazz venue|PizzaExpress Jazz Club}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox company
| name = PizzaExpress (Restaurants) Limited
| logo = Pizzaexpress.jpg
| caption = 
| trading_name = {{Ubl
| PizzaExpress
| Pizza Marzano
| Pizza Milano
}}
| type = Private company limited by shares
| industry = [[Casual dining]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1965}}
| founder = [[Peter Boizot]]
| location = [[Uxbridge]], England
| key_people = {{Ubl|
[[Allan Leighton]] ([[chairman]])
| Paula Mackenzie (Group [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])
}}
| products = [[Italian cuisine]]
| revenue = 
| operating_income = 
| net_income = 
| owner = A group of bondholders
| num_employees = 
| parent = 
| subsid = 
| footnotes = 
| homepage = {{URL|https://pizzaexpress.com/}}
}}
'''PizzaExpress (Restaurants) Limited''',<ref>{{Cite web |date=1993-03-31 |title=PizzaExpress (Restaurants) Limited overview – Find and update company information – Gov.uk |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02805490 |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=[[Companies House]] |language=en |archive-date=3 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803130525/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02805490 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[trading as]] '''Pizza Express''' (also called '''Pizza Marzano''' or '''Milano'''), is a British multinational pizza [[restaurant chain]]. It has over 500 restaurants across the United Kingdom and 100 overseas in Europe, Hong Kong, Canada, China, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore and Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pizzaexpressbusiness.com/about-pizzaexpressbusiness.html|title=About PizzaExpressBusiness &#124; PizzaExpress Business|website=pizzaexpressbusiness.com|access-date=12 October 2019|archive-date=12 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012181346/https://www.pizzaexpressbusiness.com/about-pizzaexpressbusiness.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Pizza Express was founded in London in 1965 by [[Peter Boizot]].<ref name="independent1">{{cite news |author=Chris Blackhurst |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/mr-pizza-and-all-that-jazz-profile-peter-boizot-1285293.html |title=Mr Pizza and all that jazz; Profile: Peter Boizot – Life and Style |work=The Independent |date=26 January 1997 |access-date=28 January 2015 |location=London |archive-date=19 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219002828/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/mr-pizza-and-all-that-jazz-profile-peter-boizot-1285293.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 2020, it was taken over by its bondholders under a debt-for-equity swap with the previous owner, Hony Capital.<ref name="Private Equity News">{{Cite web |url=https://www.penews.com/articles/hony-capitals-pizzaexpress-to-cut-1100-jobs-as-it-agrees-to-restructuring-deal-20200804 |title=Hony Capital's PizzaExpress to cut 1,100 jobs as it agrees to restructuring deal |publisher=Private Equity News |access-date=16 December 2020 |archive-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410181717/https://www.penews.com/articles/hony-capitals-pizzaexpress-to-cut-1100-jobs-as-it-agrees-to-restructuring-deal-20200804 |url-status=live }}</ref> In November, Hony Capital left the business and the group restructure was completed, helping to cut the chain's debt by more than £400&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/allan-leighton-to-be-pizza-express-chairman-after-restructuring-999dtr8h0 |title=Allan Leighton to be Pizza Express chairman after restructuring |website=[[The Times]] |location=London |last1=Walsh |first1=Dominic |access-date=14 March 2023 |archive-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410181716/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/allan-leighton-to-be-pizza-express-chairman-after-restructuring-999dtr8h0 |url-status=live }}</ref>