Vern's Pizza

After a career as a mining engineer in China, Grant Chen decided to move to Vancouver for a change of pace. Arriving in 1999, Grant began looking for work, but unforeseen circumstances relating to his degree in engineering inspired him to look for a different career.

“I found a dishwashing job in a local restaurant and began learning about kitchens and restaurants,” Grant says. “From there, I looked for work that I could learn from. I spent two years as a dishwasher before moving to Canmore. Then I went to Fort St. John and then Grande Cache, where I bought into a Subway location.”

Always looking to increase his experience, Grant kept his eye out for another place to become shareholder in, and eventually found and bought a Vern’s Pizza franchise in Calgary in 2013.