| Origus | |
| Industry: | Restaurant chain |
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| Successors: | --> |
| Founded: | 1998 |
| Hq Location City: | Beijing |
| Hq Location Country: | China |
| Area Served: | China |
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Beijing Origus Food & Beverage Ltd., doing business as Origus Pizza Buffet or Origus, is a Chinese Western-style buffet chain.[1] It is headquartered in Chaoyang District, Beijing.
It was founded in 1998, by Mu Ji.[1] Foreign investment was used to start the company.[2]
In February 2007 the company had locations in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, and Jinzhou. That month the company opened its first restaurant in Lanzhou.[2]
By March 2007 prices at Origus per person were 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.[3]
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.[1]
It is headquartered in the Shang Office Building (金尚丽办公大楼) in Chaoyang District, Beijing.[4]
It was previously in a building on Beiyuan Road,[5] and on another occasion in Wangjiao Plaza in Wangjing Subdistrict of Chaoyang District.[6]