Beijing Origus Food & Beverage Ltd., doing business as Origus Pizza Buffet () or Origus (), is a Chinese Western-style buffet chain."Chinese fast food chain gets first institutional investment." Asian Venture Capital Journal. October 18, 2014. See profile at Secondary Link. It is headquartered in Chaoyang District, Beijing.
History It was founded in 1998, by Mu Ji. Foreign investment was used to start the company."Origus Pizza Opens Its First Outlet In Lanzhou" (). China Retail News. February 2, 2007. Retrieved on October 29, 2015.
As of February 2007 the company had locations in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, and Jinzhou. That month the company opened its first restaurant in Lanzhou.
By March 2007 prices at Origus per person had been raised from 39 yuan to 39.99 yuan. Around that time some customers in Beijing reported getting only one fen (one hundredth of a yuan) in change.Kwan, Coldness. "Do you get one fen change at Origus?" (). China Daily. March 6, 2007. Retrieved on October 29, 2015.
As of 2014 it had over 100 restaurants; they were located in larger cities. That year, MUS Roosevelt Capital Partners invested an undisclosed amount into Origus.
Corporate affairs It is headquartered in the Shang Office Building (金尚丽办公大楼) in Chaoyang District, Beijing.
It was previously in a building on Beiyuan Road,"联系我们" (). Origus. Retrieved on October 29, 2015. "公司地址：北京市朝阳区北苑路13号院1号楼领地Office-C座201 邮 编：100107" and on another occasion in Wangjiao Plaza in Wangjing Subdistrict of Chaoyang District."Company Overview of Beijing Origus Restaurant Co., Ltd.." Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved on October 29, 2015. "South, 1/F Wangjiao Plaza Nanhu North Rd Wangjing Chaoyang District, China"
References
Further reading O'Malley, Tom. "Bad For You: Origus Pizza Buffet" (Archive). The Beijinger. July 12, 2010.
External links Origus Origus - Pine Field Capital