Paavos Pizza call on UAE University Students to Design Brand Mascot
Paavos Pizza, a revolutionary new concept that lets customers create their own Pizza, is asking UAE university students to design a mascot for the brand, and stand a chance to win AED 10,000 as the grand prize.
We want our youth to be part of something that we feel very passionate about, and what better way than to get them to design a mascot for us, commented Burhan Al Hashemi, Managing Director, EPPCO, the master franchise holder of Paavos Pizza.
The Paavos Pizza brand will take Dubai and the UAE by storm. We want a mascot with equal charisma to help our customers identify with the brand. Our university students are amongst the most gifted in the region, and we remain confident that their work will be of the highest caliber, added Al Hashemi.
Students undertaking this challenge must upload contest entries on Paavos Pizza Facebook page - www.facebook.com/PaavosPizzaME, and submit their original drawing, cartoon, graphic, or image by 30 April 2015, to stand a chance to win the prize.
The students have to make sure that the mascot design is:
Original and unique, whilst being funky and creative
An imaginary character (could be in the form of a cartoon)
Follows cultural standards of the UAE
Is usable in print and as a costume
The design must encapsulate the essence and theme of Paavos Pizza and is creative and appropriate for a pizza restaurant and the design should usethe Paavos Pizza colors of red, black and white
Submission will not be accepted if the designercopiesany original work (i.e. known characters, mascots or cartoons) or usesany specific animals, symbols or characteristics that are associated with other restaurants or food outlets.
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About Paavos Pizza:
Paavo moved to the United States with his family in 1913, looking to make a new home. He ran a corner store in a little town of South Dakota. The town didnt have much money and people would trade corn, flour and vegetables from their farm for store goods. PAAVO started making pizzas in the back of his shop every Friday using the ingredients that were brought to him.And, soon people began queuing for the Pizzas. Inspired by 100 years of Pizza making tradition, Paavoslegacy lives on till date by serving up Pizzas made out of hand-crafted dough and fresh ingredientsjust as Paavo did all those years ago.
Paavos Pizza is franchised from Orion Food Systems in the USA.
Paavos Pizza provides customers with their own personalized, hand crafted artisan pizza, all while creating an engaging experience.
Paavos Pizza is an upscale build-your-own concept designed for both quick service and fast casual restaurant environments. Quality, Innovation, Solutions, Efficiency and Flexibility help Paavos Pizza to not just sell pizza, but to reinvent the world through them.
Paavos Pizza is also an ideal franchise opportunity, with upscale setting and high-traffic patterns for all dayparts. This modern brand will continue to grow, and are planning to open 9 locations in 2015 and more than 60 in 5 years across the GCC.
About ENOC:
Established in 1993 as a wholly-owned company of the Government of Dubai, ENOC aims to promote the interests of its shareholders through the development of further downstream and upstream activities in the oil & gas sector and beyond, and to encourage the economic diversification of Dubai and the rest of the UAE.
ENOCs vision is to be a leading regional integrated oil & gas group that is highly profitable and socially responsible towards employees, the community and environment. Driving this vision, ENOC is committed to achieving sustainable development and highly profitable growth and serving the growing energy needs of Dubai.
ENOC strives to attract, develop and retain top talent to become the employer of choice, while adopting latest technologies and implementing best practices to achieve world-class performance. ENOC is also focused on meeting and exceeding customer expectations in terms of quality and service, and in maintaining high industry standards with respect to environment, health and safety.
ENOC actively participates in an increasingly broad range of business ventures. Its joint ventures with major international companies allow partners to pool their technology, know-how and expertise along with their resources to further their commercial success.
Since its inception, ENOC has been guided by its philosophy of quality and professional management based on modern business concepts for commercial success and sustainable growth. Today it is poised to engineer a new and challenging period of growth and diversity.
