Community Mourns the Death of Acadian Founder of Pizza Chain
23 avril 2020 – CBC New Brunswick Community mourns the death of Acadian founder of pizza chain Moncton's Bernard Imbeault was the founder of Pizza Delight Bernard Imbeault was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Conseil économique du Nouveau-Brunswick (CENB) in 2012. (Radio-Canada) As a young entrepreneur, Bernard Imbeault and his friends bought a small pizza take-out in Shediac in 1969. With Imbeault's guidance, it would grow into the Pizza Delight chain. Imbeault became the co-founder of Imvescor, which at its peak owned and operated hundreds of restaurants across Canada, which included Scores, Mikes and Bâton Rouge. Bernard Imbeault died in palliative care Tuesday night, according to his family. Imbeault, 75, had been suffering from Parkinson's disease for the past 13 years. Roger Fournier, the CEO of Triangle Kitchen in Dieppe, met Imbeault in the 60s. Fournier says Imbeault was generous, energetic, and a hard worker. 23 avril 2020 – CBC New Brunswick Bernard Imbeault was the founder of the Pizza Delight chain of restaurants. (Pierre Fournier/CBC News) "He didn't really love money, but he loved success," Fournier said. "He loved to have new enterprises." Fournier says he travelled extensively with Imbeault, who would often visit other businesses. "He was always seeing a business as something that he had to go inside and see what was making them tick and what was making them successful," Fournier said. "And this was a way he'd always been." But Imbeault never forgot his roots. "His trademark was generosity, he was very helpful with different causes in the city and elsewhere in Canada.
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