Chain: MOD Pizza

MOD Pizza, the pioneer of fast-casual pizza and fastest growing restaurant chain in the U.S., is set to celebrate summer with the return of its Sienna pizza, with a twist. The Sienna, first introduced in 2008, features a garlic rub, red onions, sliced mushrooms, a hint of rosemary, Mozzarella, and grated Parmesan cheeses.  Back by popular demand, […]

Scott Svenson, cofounder and CEO of MOD Pizza, and Ally Svenson, cofounder, received the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2016 Award in the Emerging category for the Pacific Northwest. The award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. […]

Scott and Ally Svenson, cofounders of MOD Pizza, were named as finalists for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2016 Award in the Pacific Northwest. Now in its 30th year, the EY Entrepreneur of the Year program has expanded to recognize business leaders in more than 145 cities, in more than 60 countries throughout the […]

MOD Pizza appointed Bob Barton to the role of chief financial officer. As MOD’s CFO, Barton will drive the evolution of the company’s financial operations, while bringing extensive experience building infrastructure to support rapid growth.  Barton joins MOD with more than 20 years of financial and operational experience. During nine years at drugstore.com, where he […]

MOD Pizza is sprouting a new addition to its simple menu of endless options: the Cooper, an artisan-style pizza tailor-made for spring that features seasonal roasted asparagus along with red peppers, Italian sausage, red onion, Ricotta, and Mozzarella cheeses and fresh basil. Now through June 30, customers can order the Cooper at one MOD’s 116 […]

MOD Pizza, the pioneer of fast-casual pizza, raised approximately $32 million in an equity funding round led by existing investor PWP Growth Equity, a private equity fund managed by Perella Weinberg Partners. The company intends to use the funds raised to finance its ongoing growth plans, which includes doubling its store base in 2016. The […]

MOD Pizza opened its 100th U.S. store, located in Downey, California. This year the company expects to continue opening new stores at an accelerated pace, doubling its footprint and bringing locations to six new U.S. markets, as well as the United Kingdom. With a current employee base of 2,200 MOD Squad team members, this rapid […]

MOD Pizza, the rapidly expanding pioneer of fast-casual pizza, announced that it has named John Nelson as CEO of its United Kingdom operations. An engaging restaurant operator, Nelson joins from Nando’s U.K. to lead the MOD Squad in bringing the company’s made on demand pizza and people-first culture to the U.K..  Nelson will be charged […]

As QSR recently reported, a name change can be a game changer for brands. In the case of Modern Market, formerly known as Modmarket, the tweaked name paves the way for growth. “When this opportunity came up, we looked far and wide and said is there anything else that better represents what we do and […]

To celebrate MOD Pizza’s seventh birthday and the Thanksgiving holiday, more than 2,000 MOD Squad team members across the country are joining forces with their local communities to give back during Spreading MODness 2015. The campaign, and MOD Pizza’s entire approach to business, is inspired by their commitment to be a force for good, using […]

MOD Pizza, the pioneer of fast-casual pizza, announced it is building on its commitment to high-quality, better-for-you ingredients through a partnership with King Arthur Flour Company, the nation's oldest flour company. MOD Pizza will now use King Arthur Flour in all pizza dough across the country. The flour is 100 percent American grown, non-GMO, and […]

MOD Pizza, the expanding pioneer of fast-casual pizza, announced it has added two vice presidents to support the company’s rapid expansion across the U.S. Mike Hilgers will join MOD as vice president of design and construction and Darren Medina as vice president of store design; both roles will be focused on creating the unique in-store […]

MOD Pizza, the pioneer of fast-casual pizza, announced it has signed a joint venture agreement with Sir Charles Dunstone and his long-standing business partner, Roger Taylor, to bring MOD Pizza to the United Kingdom, spreading the MOD culture into its first international market. MOD cofounders Scott and Ally Svenson, who revolutionized the United Kingdom’s coffee […]

MOD Pizza, the Seattle-based pioneer of the fast-casual pizza segment, opened its first store in downtown Seattle in November 2008 with 17 employees (or “MOD Squaders”). MOD now announced that the MOD Squad has grown to 1,700 strong, a 100-fold increase from its founding and a three-fold increase from December 2014. This explosive growth has […]

MOD Pizza, the Seattle-based company that launched the rapidly growing fast-casual pizza segment, announced its continued expansion in the Philadelphia market, with the opening of its second store in Wayne, Pennsylvania. Located at 322 West Lancaster Avenue, the store will open on Sunday, June 28, 2015 at noon. This will be the 57th MOD location […]

MOD Pizza, the Seattle-based fast-casual pizza company, announced its expansion into Michigan, with the opening of its first store in the Detroit suburb of Livonia. This will be the 55th MOD location in the U.S. with the company on track to be operating 100 stores by the end of 2015. To lead this expansion, MOD […]

The Pizza School of New York is launching its new fast casual pizza concept design program. After many years of success at being an international pizza school and consulting experts for the pizza industry, they have now turned their focus to the fast casual segment. The fast casual pizza segment is one of the hottest […]

MOD Pizza announced that it has executed franchise agreements with two new partners to develop 35 restaurants in Michigan and South Carolina. MOD partnered with TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants in Michigan and Rich Connolly in South Carolina. With this announcement, MOD has agreed to develop nearly 100 stores with some of the most established franchise […]