Hunt Brothers Pizza

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Hunt Brothers Pizza is an American food chain located in convenience stores, gas stations, country markets, sports arenas, and schools. It has more than 6,800 locations in 28 states.

History

Hunt Brothers Pizza was established in 1990 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee, although its roots go back to 1962 when four brothers from Evansville, Indiana – Don, Lonnie, Jim and Charlie Hunt – began a local wholesale food route named Pepe's Pizza, which distributed par-baked pizza crusts and other pizza items to restaurants, taverns, bowling alleys and drive-in theaters.[2] The Hunt brothers grew up working in their father's restaurant.

Corporate

Hunt Brothers Pizza program was developed for convenience stores as food service destination within each store. The program has no franchise fees, royalty fees or advertising fees and offers marketing support to bring in a profit, a simple prepared consistent pizza as well as customizable point of sale presentations that complement the location’s existing footprint.

The company stresses a culture of faith[3] with a strong sense of giving back by helping families recover from natural disasters, working with churches and school groups, and offers an organized fundraising program to help their customers raise money for local organizations.

Hunt Brothers Pizza is also the official pizza of Bridgestone Arena, the Nashville Predators, and Minor League Baseball’s Lexington Legends, Nashville Sounds, Jackson Generals, and Memphis Redbirds.

NASCAR partnership

Hunt Brothers Pizza has built a strong presence in the NASCAR community, partnering with Richard Childress Racing, Kevin Harvick Incorporated, and Richard Petty Motorsports.

In 2009, A. J. Allmendinger drove the No. 44 Hunt Brothers Pizza Dodge in five Sprint Cup Series races for Richard Petty Motorsports. The partnership with Richard Petty Motorsports continued in 2010 when Elliott Sadler drove the No. 19 Ford in six Sprint Cup races.

As a primary sponsor for Kevin Harvick Incorporated in three 2011 Camping World Truck Series races, Kevin Harvick drove the No. 2 Hunt Brothers Pizza truck to a first-place finish at the O'Reilly 200[4] at Bristol Motor Speedway and the WinStar World Casino 350k[5] at Texas Motor Speedway. Harvick will drive with Hunt Brothers Pizza sponsorship in the Nationwide Series in 2014 for the JR Motorsports No. 5.[6]

Elliott Sadler drove the Richard Childress Racing No. 2 Hunt Brothers Pizza Nationwide Series car to victory at the STP 300 at Chicagoland Speedway on July 22, 2012.[7]

References

  1. ↑ History windmill 'Molen Hunsingo', accessed May 9, 2013
  2. ↑ La Plante, Louis. "A Slice of Success". Evansville Business. Retrieved 20 November 2012. 
  3. ↑ "A conversation with: Scott Hunt, Hunt Brothers Pizza". Nashville Business Journal. Retrieved 20 November 2012. 
  4. ↑ "2011 O'Reilly 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 20 November 2012. 
  5. ↑ "2011 WinStar World Casino 350k". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 20 November 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Harvick to join JR Motorsports in 2014". NASCAR. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013. 
  7. ↑ AP. "Elliott Sadler wins STP 300 at Chicagoland". USA Today. Retrieved 20 November 2012. 

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