The roots of the Spur Corporation stretch back to late 1967, with the establishment of the Golden Spur Steak Ranch in Newlands, Cape Town. The group has grown over the past 40 years to the point where it currently has 245 Spur Steak Ranches, 50 Panarottis Pizza Pasta restaurants and over 26 John Dory’s Fish & Grill restaurants within South Africa. Internationally, the group has established 32 Spur and 6 Panarottis outlets.
In December 1990 the first Panarottis Pizza Pasta restaurant was opened in Tygervalley, Cape Town. Within a decade, over 40 further outlets were opened, and the Panarottis brand is now as instantly recognisable as its “big brother” – Spur Steak Ranches.
The Spur Group listed on the JSE in 1986, at which stage it had 43 franchised Spur Steak Ranch outlets. In 1999 a major restructuring was undertaken. Spur Corporation was born from this restructure, and is forging ahead in taking Spur Steak Ranches and its associated brands to new heights.
In November 2004 the group purchased 60% of John Dory’s Fish & Grill. This shareholding was increased to 65% in 2007.