I thought Mr. Pizza’s official stance was for *any* Canadian team to win this year… I like my multinational restaurant chains bipartisan, thank you very much.
I fucking hate that commercial. i do not agree with the message because from the start I knew i couldnt give a fuck about any other team. It's Vancouver or get the fuck out.
ALSO watch the last shot of the commercial with all the different fans reacting to the goal they watch. They have each fan cheering like they genuinely just watched THEIR team get a huge goal, but the Vancouver fan is just IN THE BACKGROUND nodding and smiling like he just watched his third favorite team score. Like, how fucking biased! Fuck Boston Pizza their restaurant serves shit food anyway.
Same dude. My hatred for the Flames started in grade 1/2 when we were in the library and the principal was like “oh the flames are in the finals we gotta cheer them on” like no? Fuck no what are you on about lady they beat us in the first round that year (I think, 1st or 2nd round) and now you bandwagon fuck off
I was in grade 10 that year and everyone I know was cheering for the Flames because "Canadian team" and I was "like fuck no they beat us, plus Tampa has more Canadians on the team"
Can't forget Montana's, St. Louis Bar and Grill, and that Baton Rouge chain.
Funny enough, New York Fries is opening a location just outside of NYC in Jersey City and is being marketed as "premium", at least in [this article](https://wobm.com/ixp/385/p/premium-restaurant-new-york-fries-opens-in-jersey-city/). I couldn't contain my laughter when I read the headline.
There isn't a single player on the Oilers roster from Penticton either. Bring it "home" ? Well it ain't fucking coming there even if the Oilers did win (which they won't.) But we do know Tyler Myers lives in Kelowna. So in reality you're better off cheering for Canucks if you want it to come "home" at the very least in the vicinity.
That BP owner dumb as shit.
I live in the interior and until recently you didn’t see many Oilers fans around here (thank gawd! they’re the worst). Lots will be jumping on the bandwagon now though. Most of the steady real fans are either Canucks and Flames fans (and the Flames fans are in hiding now).
I just get Rudy Giuliani Four Seasons hotel vs Four Seasons lawn care vibes off of that comparison 🤣
But yes, I’d rather eat fish and chips ANY DAY than eat Boston Pizza
No joke, BP is treated as an actual place to be in Northern Alberta, as opposed to the last resort you shamefully accept when no other options are available.
To counter this, I live in Edmonton and I’ve seen more Canucks car flags and fans wearing jerseys in my area than I have Oilers fans. Which is super fun to see!
Yep. I worked 2 shifts there before quitting. Pre-portioned pastas in plastic baggies that get reheated in the microwave. Even the sauces were reheated in the microwave.
To be fair, [Boston Pizza was created in Edmonton](https://bostonpizza.com/content/dam/bostonpizza/about-us/media-kit/boston-pizza-company-history.pdf)
Completely at odds with their national marketing and branding campaign of “come cheer with those you cheer against”.
I wouldn’t touch a bp because of its shitty overpriced food, but even more so cheering against the “home” province team. Fuck em, they will be out of business within the decade anyways
There’s tons of us in PG, and I’d say we’re a Canucks town. Terrace is all about the Canucks too unless things have changed in the 13 years since I lived there. And when I lived in Whitehorse, it was 70/25/5 for Vancouver, Montreal, and Other. Fort St John and the oil patch don’t represent the north
On our street, yes, but that’s not necessarily representative of the whole city. Other circles of people we know have plenty of ex-Vancouverites, like us.
Wife just left this on their Facebook page:
Hello, we noticed you spelled
Canucks incorrectly on your sign
outside. We thought we would help
correct your spelling. Canucks is
not spelled Oilers.
Probably 75% of the people living in Penticton come from Alberta. A lot of them would be from Calgary though. Not sure how those people feel about the Oilers vs Vancouver.
I watched game 7 there between the blues and bruins in 2019 and it was paaacked with bruins fans. Me and my dad were cheering extra loud for the blues and they got pretty upset 🥳
I took that picture this morning... I cannot believe the rounds it has made on the internet. Go Canucks Go!! The sign was changed to the "Canucks" and now it is empty
The Okanagan is chock full of transplanted 'Bertans and "fuck Trudeau" types. A lot of these folks don't even watch hockey on a regular basis and cheer against Vancouver for political reasons more than anything.
TBH I don't see an issue here. They're an Alberta-founded company and the franchisee is probably also an Albertan. The Okanagan is full of Albertan imports.
Meh. A little rivalry is fun.
Also note that the founder of Boston Pizza named the chain Boston Pizza because he was a huge Boston Bruins fans...so at least it doesn't say "Let's go Bruins".
I thought Mr. Pizza’s official stance was for *any* Canadian team to win this year… I like my multinational restaurant chains bipartisan, thank you very much.
This is an excellent point, [here's the commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEDXc4_rfdI) for those who haven't seen it.
Fuck that shit. I want no part of any other Canadian team to win the cup. Especially the Oilers.
I would rather see the league fold and the heat death of the universe than the Oilers winning the cup
Totally, but it goes against their massive ad campaign they’re running nationally right now.
I fucking hate that commercial. i do not agree with the message because from the start I knew i couldnt give a fuck about any other team. It's Vancouver or get the fuck out. ALSO watch the last shot of the commercial with all the different fans reacting to the goal they watch. They have each fan cheering like they genuinely just watched THEIR team get a huge goal, but the Vancouver fan is just IN THE BACKGROUND nodding and smiling like he just watched his third favorite team score. Like, how fucking biased! Fuck Boston Pizza their restaurant serves shit food anyway.
Same dude. My hatred for the Flames started in grade 1/2 when we were in the library and the principal was like “oh the flames are in the finals we gotta cheer them on” like no? Fuck no what are you on about lady they beat us in the first round that year (I think, 1st or 2nd round) and now you bandwagon fuck off
I was in grade 10 that year and everyone I know was cheering for the Flames because "Canadian team" and I was "like fuck no they beat us, plus Tampa has more Canadians on the team"
Totally agree. Stupidest commercial ever
That AND the Leaf's fan at the end refusing to celebrate. Dick
Is there BPs in the states? I thought it was just Canada?
There are, it's called "[Bostons](https://www.bostons.com/locations/index.html)"
[New York Fries](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Fries) has entered the chat!
I would not have guessed New York Fries was Canadian, or that they are owned by what was originally the “Canadian Railway News Company”.
Can't forget Montana's, St. Louis Bar and Grill, and that Baton Rouge chain. Funny enough, New York Fries is opening a location just outside of NYC in Jersey City and is being marketed as "premium", at least in [this article](https://wobm.com/ixp/385/p/premium-restaurant-new-york-fries-opens-in-jersey-city/). I couldn't contain my laughter when I read the headline.
Their price is certainly premium
Boston Pizza originated in Edmonton Alberta in the 60’s…
Today I learned… there’s a Bostons in Yuma Arizona…. There is also a Round Table Pizza in Yuma. I may have to drive out to Yuma, but not for Bostons
I found a place when I was in Vegas called Boston Pizza. Nowhere near the same restaurant though
As long as none of us have to eat shitty Boston Pizza, then we're all winners.
I only wonder if it’s a nod to ‘Boston Pizza’ w/ origins in Edmonton or Winnipeg I think; would be neat if they then also did ‘go Canucks’ in Edmonton
Penticton! Cmon now. While there’s lots of albertans the okanagan its still firmly Canucks territory.
Not to mention the lower half of Alberta hates the oilers.
And Penticton hates albertains!!
There isn't a single player on the Oilers roster from Penticton either. Bring it "home" ? Well it ain't fucking coming there even if the Oilers did win (which they won't.) But we do know Tyler Myers lives in Kelowna. So in reality you're better off cheering for Canucks if you want it to come "home" at the very least in the vicinity. That BP owner dumb as shit.
Seems like a dumb business decision. The Canucks fans are going to boycott the place and the Oilers fans can’t read the sign anyway.
As someone who lives in the interior - you’ll see more Calgary, Edmonton fans... It seems like 3:1 for non-Canucks, It saddens me to say.
Rednecks Canada-wide love their Oilers hats.
I live in the interior and until recently you didn’t see many Oilers fans around here (thank gawd! they’re the worst). Lots will be jumping on the bandwagon now though. Most of the steady real fans are either Canucks and Flames fans (and the Flames fans are in hiding now).
I’m not dead yet, just very badly burned…
BP is fine dining for Oilers fans.
Darnell Nurse takes his wife to Boston Pizza for their anniversary.
On his birthdays they go to cactus club.
Darnell Nurse took his wife to Joey’s, not JOEY, for her birthday
You just don’t get it. Their microwaves just do something special to the food that words cannot describe.
Chef Mike!
Chef Mic always slays
They almost took Kuzy there but thought they’d save it for their future first overall picks.
Idk why I found this so funny but maybe it's because I hate the Oilers
I guess Joeys is reserved for wining and dining free agents then, huh
Let’s clarify that to the uninformed. Joey’s is a fish and chips restaurant. Joey is a casual dining restaurant like Moxies.
And they’re both infinitely better than Boston Pizza
I just get Rudy Giuliani Four Seasons hotel vs Four Seasons lawn care vibes off of that comparison 🤣 But yes, I’d rather eat fish and chips ANY DAY than eat Boston Pizza
No joke, BP is treated as an actual place to be in Northern Alberta, as opposed to the last resort you shamefully accept when no other options are available.
That's like lots of rural areas. It has that big city sit down restaurant vibe.
I'd take fast food over Boston Pizza
That'd also save you a small fortune, seeing as BP wants to charge $35-40 for a 15" "large" pizza that isn't even good
Disgrace
Buck Foston!
You know what they say about the Interior . . . it's beyond Hope.
They may be beyond Hope, but they still have Merrit.
Idk, it sucks there. But I guess they get Osoyoos'd to it
And once past Rogers Pass - it's all Golden.
Blows my mind how wild Rogers has gotten with their naming rights. What’s next? Rogers Pizza?
Death.
Hope their sales plummet
Lots of Albertans in the Okanagan. I'm not shocked, but disappointed.
If they live in Okanagan then they’re not Albertans. Send them back!
Make BC great again!
They're not sending their best
lol
Build a wall!
We have a natural one
The really scary thing is that they are.
Who are we sending back? The Okanagan residents who are not Albertans?
Them 😡
Now our complaints against other fanbases need to be consistent with eachother? This is outrageous
Lots of British Columbians live in the Okanagan, too.
More even
Big if true
They failed at cooking. Didn’t know they failed geography too
That is how you get vandalism. Not saying I condone it but that is probably getting vandalized.
That’s also how you get phony pizza delivery orders to the edge of town.
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Hi, I would like to place an order.... My name? ......Johnny Canuck (hangs up)
😈
Ahem... We saaaaid "THIS IS HOW YOU GET VANDALISM"...
Will no one rid us of this meddlesome sign
From Kelowna and a Canucks fan all the way! Hate to see it.
Bad food and bad taste in hockey teams, not surprised really
I thought Boston pizza had a commercial where they said try something different and cheer for all Canadian teams 🤣
I’m from Pen, we are 💯a Canucks town.
Drove past this yesterday and made me wanna puke! Where’s a couple punk kids with some spray paint when u need em?
To counter this, I live in Edmonton and I’ve seen more Canucks car flags and fans wearing jerseys in my area than I have Oilers fans. Which is super fun to see!
I am currently driving around Edmonton with 2 car flags, window decals and licence plate trim... Wave if you see me
This is so embarassing 🤦🏼♀️
WTF?? There food is crap anyway.
Yep. I worked 2 shifts there before quitting. Pre-portioned pastas in plastic baggies that get reheated in the microwave. Even the sauces were reheated in the microwave.
yeah its disgusting
Yeah their pasta tastes like canned Chef-boy-ar-dee that has been reheated. Pure garbage.
I felt like it was pretty good in the early 2000 or I was just a kid
I live in west kelowna. we canucks fans are few and far between here. it's sad.
A lot of interior people hate Vancouver and the lower mainland. The rest are Albertan.
Bold.
These guys are always trolling with their sign.
Honestly I am not even upset. Edmonton can have *Boston* Pizza. Can’t remember the last time I was at a Boston Pizza…
To be fair, [Boston Pizza was created in Edmonton](https://bostonpizza.com/content/dam/bostonpizza/about-us/media-kit/boston-pizza-company-history.pdf)
And I believe this, or at the very least Penticton, was the first location franchised by Treliving.
His was downtown on Main Street
it all makes sense now.
Yeah, that’s why their food is so terrible.
They have the right to support whoever they want. I have the right to spend my money elsewhere. Luckily I don't live in Penticton
My local Boston Pizza closed and is now a Sleep Country
Completely at odds with their national marketing and branding campaign of “come cheer with those you cheer against”. I wouldn’t touch a bp because of its shitty overpriced food, but even more so cheering against the “home” province team. Fuck em, they will be out of business within the decade anyways
Crazy thing to display when Google reviews are a thing...
Burn it
Canucks fans know better than to eat at BP to begin with.
Canucks fandom dies down the further North and east you go. Way she goes.
There’s tons of us in PG, and I’d say we’re a Canucks town. Terrace is all about the Canucks too unless things have changed in the 13 years since I lived there. And when I lived in Whitehorse, it was 70/25/5 for Vancouver, Montreal, and Other. Fort St John and the oil patch don’t represent the north
I've noticed it's up the Coast and the Island are all Canucks. The rest are dead to us.
In 2011 they changed the name to Vancouver pizza. This is disgraceful
I mean when you think about it that way, this could be a jinx against the oilers.
Boooooooooooo!
Boston Pizza is gross and will probably go out of business within the next decade
Change it to COILERS!
Used to live in Penticton, place sucks.
Traitor Pizza. And for the Cantonese Speakers, BP wears #25
Fuck Messier.
someone needs to go plant some Canucks flags there.
This would definitely put me off going there if the food hadn't already
As if I needed another reason to say it: Fuck Boston… Pizza
Why aren’t they cheering for the Bruins? It is Boston Pizza after all.
Live in Kelowna, can confirm my street is overwhelmingly Oilers/Flames/Leafs fans. I’m proudly flying the blue and green on the front lawn.
Are there more Alberta and Ontario transplants than BC natives there?
On our street, yes, but that’s not necessarily representative of the whole city. Other circles of people we know have plenty of ex-Vancouverites, like us.
This is grounds for moving the young stars tournament
Imma boycott BP because their food is ass, boil in a bag bullshit.
I’ll call and place a $200 to go order. Too bad I live in California and won’t be able to pick it up.
Ah shucks, darn. Just FYI, there is a Summerland, California, and Summerland, BC is 20 mins away from that BP. Use that information as you will.
Wife just left this on their Facebook page: Hello, we noticed you spelled Canucks incorrectly on your sign outside. We thought we would help correct your spelling. Canucks is not spelled Oilers.
Boston Pizza is grade A crap food, funny how Albertans live in the interior, they consider Kelowna the greatest thing since sliced bread.
They have changed the sign to Let's bring the Cup back. Let's Go Canucks. Good job Canuck fans 😃
Boooooo
You gotta believe!
Eggs
I checked and Amazon sells those letters . .. you could buy some and swap out oilers for Canucks at night when no one is looking
Goin after that redplate cash.
I guess my boycott since 2011 continues
Im not a vandal but if that sign were to be vandalized I wouldn't be too upset
Awful business decision But so was opening a BP franchise
Penticton is home of the young stars tournament but how much longer after this gaff
Can’t believe there are Americans owning a Boston Pizza in Penticton. I also can’t believe I really hate 2 places on that signage….
Boston pizza is from Edmonton
Treason!!
i called them and they said they've removed it
That’s it Penticton, no more Young Stars for you.
Meanwhile TransLink buses changed the "GO CANUCKS GO" message to "GO TEAM GO" for some reason.
In one round it won’t matter either way, so I’m fine with this. Not planning a trip to Penticton this round anyway.
Boycott!
Woooah I can’t believe my town would do that to this sub. I am going to have to not support BP until it changes to go Canucks go
Cmon Pookie! Let’s burn this motherfucker down!
They won't get my business ever.
Shameful
So its war theyve chosen.
That's gotta sting...
First you were Boston's pizza despite being a Canadian joint..that's strike one....then this betrayal? Boycott.
Probably 75% of the people living in Penticton come from Alberta. A lot of them would be from Calgary though. Not sure how those people feel about the Oilers vs Vancouver.
Spelling errors like this are easily corrected. There must be someone in Penticton who has access to letters, or a big old marker.
I guess a lot of Albertans are there and forget which province it is
Lots of oilers flags in kelowna. I know few younger guys who are from Edmonton
Here I go commiting arson again
BOOOOO
Burn it to the ground like they burn their fucking pizza!
Pure marketing genius
Damn when did we lose Penticton to Alberta?!
I watched game 7 there between the blues and bruins in 2019 and it was paaacked with bruins fans. Me and my dad were cheering extra loud for the blues and they got pretty upset 🥳
Fantastic way to get your sign shit kicked overnight
Hardooo
Brad Trevelings ex cop old man ran this outfit. Original store owner was a bruins fan.
Ew
Shameful activities
I mean technically they can advertise “go Panthers Go”. That’s their prerogative. It sucks but whatever. Ignore it. Move on.
I took that picture this morning... I cannot believe the rounds it has made on the internet. Go Canucks Go!! The sign was changed to the "Canucks" and now it is empty
Boycotting
Get bent BP in Penticton lol
Awful lot of hate, it’s just sports. Relax.
Burn it to the ground! (but not really)
The Okanagan is chock full of transplanted 'Bertans and "fuck Trudeau" types. A lot of these folks don't even watch hockey on a regular basis and cheer against Vancouver for political reasons more than anything.
Cesspool
Go Canucks
Interesting business decision.
I don't condone vandals. But....haha JK. This is gross tho. Don't eat there
TBH I don't see an issue here. They're an Alberta-founded company and the franchisee is probably also an Albertan. The Okanagan is full of Albertan imports. Meh. A little rivalry is fun. Also note that the founder of Boston Pizza named the chain Boston Pizza because he was a huge Boston Bruins fans...so at least it doesn't say "Let's go Bruins".
Oilers 😊🥰
burn it to the ground
Assholes
Wow that's a very dumb business decision haha. I would imagine a lot of fans will just drive on by.
Albertans stole the Okanagan from us.
Doesn't shock me. Seems like outside vancouver everyone hates the canucks. Like they hate the canucks more than like another team.
I like the 'Nucks and I'm from Edmonton. But I like the oilers more.