Chain: Blaze Pizza

When Jim Mizes, CEO and president of Blaze Fast Fire’d Pizza, a recognized world leader in fast artisanal pizza, took the helm of the company five years ago, he couldn’t wait to bring Blaze Pizza’s scratch-made pies back to his hometown in Missouri. On Friday, March 9, Mizes will see his vision come to life […]

Blaze Fast Fire’d Pizza, a fast-casual artisanal pizza concept known for its chef-driven menu and casually hip restaurants, announced that it will open a new Pasadena location, in South Pasadena, on Thursday, November 30. To celebrate the grand opening, the South Pasadena restaurant will offer free build-your-own artisanal pizzas on opening day from 10:30 a.m. […]

Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza, a fast-casual concept known for its chef-driven menu and casually hip restaurants, announced that it will soon open its seventh New York location in Syracuse. The Syracuse restaurant located at 727 South Crouse Ave. features a 3,000-square foot interior and is located just steps from Syracuse University. The prime location of the […]

Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza, the nation’s leading fast casual artisanal pizza concept, announced results and highlights for the third quarter ended September 24. The build-your-own pizza chain, known for its chef-driven recipes and fun, modern restaurants, recently opened its 220th restaurant and has agreements in place to open more than 400 additional locations across the U.S., […]

Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza is celebrating fall by introducing a new seasonal Roasted Squash & Quinoa Salad and two new Agua Fresca drinks, Matcha and Blueberry Hibiscus. All seasonal items were hand-selected by company Executive Chef Bradford Kent and are now available at over 200 Blaze Pizza locations. The company’s Roasted Squash & Quinoa Salad combines […]

Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza celebrates unconventional thinking on October 4 by hosting “Noncon4mist Day,” a national pop-up pizza party for all who blaze new trails. The company, which encourages individual expression, will offer any pizza for $4 after 4 p.m. at the more than 200 locations across the country. Blaze Pizza guests can build their own […]

In the dining room of one of Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza’s nearly 200 restaurants, emblazoned are the words “Unfollow the Rules.”  The statement is emblematic of the company’s independent spirit—and the disruptive force it has become in the restaurant industry.  So it should come as no surprise that Blaze Pizza will take an unconventional approach when […]

Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza announced highlights and financial results for its first five years in business along with a forward outlook for the next five years. The build-your-own pizza chain, known for its chef-driven recipes and casually hip restaurants, projects system-wide sales this year—its fifth full year in business—to exceed $292 million. In five years, the […]

Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza announced that it signed a multi-year endorsement deal with global icon and NBA All-Star LeBron James. As one of the company’s founding investors along with Maria Shriver, Boston Red Sox Chairman Tom Werner, film producer John Davis, and leading investor Paul Wachter, this agreement with James builds on the contributions he has […]

Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza announced that it will soon open its first international location, in Toronto, Canada, this September. The restaurant, which will feature a 2,500-square-foot interior with seating for 50, will open in the heart of Toronto’s Dundas Square (10 Dundas Street), near Tim Hortons. Blaze Pizza is a fast-casual pizza concept serving custom-built pizzas, […]

Rick Wetzel wasn’t really thinking about delivery when he and his wife Elise founded Blaze Pizza in 2012. Part of what differentiated the build-your-own pizza concept from competitors like Domino’s and Papa John’s was the fast casual’s emphasis on dining in the restaurant. Wetzel says he kept the idea of delivery on the backburner until […]