Franchising
Photograph: &pizza
June 18, 2025
Simply two months after &pizza introduced it was franchising, the model has its first franchisee, I Will Pizza. I Will Pizza has acquired three of &pizza’s eating places in Washington, D.C., based on a press launch.
The franchisee has taken over pizzerias at Navy Yard, U Avenue and H Avenue, the primary to open in 2012.
I Will Pizza is underneath the helm of Washington D.C. entrepreneur Isaiah Williams who has greater than 30 years of expertise in QSR’s and quick casuals. Williams can also be a former NCAA soccer participant on the College of Arizona and College of Virginia.
“We could not be extra excited to welcome Isaiah to the &pizza household and are trying ahead to seeing his staff flourish right here in D.C.,” Mike Burns, CEO of &pizza, stated within the press launch. “Since we introduced franchising, we have fielded an unbelievable quantity of curiosity from entrepreneurs like Isaiah that see the potential behind the model and the alternatives for development. The momentum’s contagious, and we’re near finalizing a number of offers proper now to promote further areas and are having deep discussions with operators trying to develop in new markets. Keep tuned, there’s much more to come back.”
&pizza plans to hit 300 eating places by the top of the last decade. Along with specializing in promoting its current company owned areas, &pizza will have interaction with operators trying to assist the model develop its footprint and develop in markets exterior of the East Coast the place the model has been constructing during the last 12 years.
“As a Washingtonian, it is exhausting to not know &pizza,” Williams stated within the press launch. “I have been watching this model for fairly a while, and along with being drawn to its vitality and vibe, I am maybe most moved by the philanthropy and activism that is been on the coronary heart of &pizza because it first opened the doorways of its H road location again in 2012. I am trying ahead to rising with the model and dealing alongside Mike and his staff as they convey extra entrepreneurs to the system and underneath the &pizza umbrella.”
&pizza was based in 2012 and has areas throughout the East Coast in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia.
