Pita Pit featured on Tri-City Herald

Pita Pit was featured in an online article on Tri-City Herald on two separate days. The article is entitled , "Pita Pit in Pasco helping to battle child hunger." Pita Pit owner John Clapper discusses his locations participation's involvement with the Dine Out No Kid Hungry Campaign throughout the month of September. Throughout the entire month, the Pita Pit will donate $.50 of every fork style salad sold and for everyone who donates $1 to dine out, Pita Pit will match with another $1 off coupon for the next visit. Click here & here to view both articles.

Pita Pit in Pasco Helping to battle child hunger

By: Kristi Pihl

The Pasco Pita Pit is participating this month in a campaign to end child hunger in the U.S. by 2015.

Owner John Clapper decided to have his business help with the Dine Out No Kid Hungry campaign in September.

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Pita Pit featured on blog VRG.org

Pita Pit was recently featured on The Vegetarian Resource Group Blog in an article entitled, "Pita Pit Restaurant Chain Offers All-Vegetable Menu Items." The article discusses our Garden Pita that can include a large variety of veggies and that you have the choice between a pita or a Fork-style. The article continues to describe the available vegetarian toppings options, the falafel & hummus, and the spicy black bean burger pita. Currently, Pita Pit's veggie pitas make up 10% of all pitas sold. Click here to read the full article.

Pita Pit Restaurant Chain Offers All-Vegetable Menu Items

By: Jeanne Yacoubou, MS, VRG Research Director

Vegetarians and vegans looking for, according to Pita Pit, “healthy food, not health food” may find it at Pita Pit. This quick service chain serving unconventional fare began in Canada in 1995. Pita Pit began United States franchising in 1999. Located throughout the US at over one hundred locations, Pita Pit offers white or wheat pita bread filled with several different all-vegetable items including hummus, falafel or a black bean patty. Pita Pit offers a Garden Pita made with your choice of a large variety of vegetables. Fork-style pita salads are also available. All pita dishes include choice of toppings, sauces, and a cheese for those who’d like one or more of them.

In June 2011, the VRG spoke with a senior staff member at the US Pita Pit corporate headquarters in Coeur d’Alene, ID who told us that currently their veggie pitas comprise approximately 10% of all pitas sold. The falafel and hummus are all-vegetable. Since May 2011, they have offered a spicy black bean burger pita without eggs in the patty. We were informed by Pita Pit that “It is a vegan product according to the box it comes in.” As of this writing, we have not yet heard from Pita Pit regarding the natural flavors in this product and in others thought suitable to vegans including the babaganoush (offered at http://www.vrg.org/fastfoodinfo.htmparticipating locations only) and the Teriyaki Sauce. There is no Ingredient Statement available on Pita Pit’s website.

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twEAT OUT with Dine Out & Pita Pit!

Monday, September 19th is going to be a BIG day for Share Our Strength, Dine Out No Kid Hungry! The day is not only the second day of the Dine Out Week, it is also the day where Dine Out has their largest Tweet-A-Thon! According to blog "Be The Change", at last years twEAT OUT (as it is so creatively named), "over 1,000 people helped spread the word by posting 10,000 tweets about the campaign in just one week!" The efforts of these 1,000 individuals helped the "restaurant industry increase funds raised over prior year by 108%, raising $1.5 million dollars to help end childhood hunger in the United States."

This year, we want to have over 2,000 Bloggers, Tweeters and Facebookers to help promote Dine Out For No Kid Hungry! @PitaPitUSA will be tweeting all day Monday in hopes to get our fans involved in the twEAT OUT!

Here is how our followers can help:

To ensure that Dine Out For No Kid Hungry starts the week with a bang, Dine Out is holding a twEAT OUT all day on Monday, September 19. Join in the fun and help spread the word about Dine Out For No Kid Hungry on Twitter and Facebook!

When: Monday, September 19, 2011 | 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. EST

How to Participate:

On Twitter:

Follow @Dine_Out and @ShareStrength.
Retweet messages about the Dine Out For No Kid Hungry from these two accounts.
Use the hashtag #NoKidHungry in all your tweets
Share this tweet:
I’m dining out for #NoKidHungry this week. Join me by finding a participating restaurant in your area: http://ow.ly/2fhoI

On Facebook:
“Like” Share Our Strength

RSVP “YES!” to Dine Out For No Kid Hungry event on Facebook

Share news about Dine Out For No Kid Hungry with your Facebook friends:
I’m dining out this week for Share Our Strength’s Dine Out For No Kid Hungry. Join me by finding a participating restaurant near you! http://ow.ly/2fhoI

Other Sample Messages:

Feel free to share more messages on Facebook and Twitter. Use these verbatim or customize them yourself:

• @Dine_Out TODAY and help make #NoKidHungry in America! Here’s how: http://j.mp/aXxpIk
• There are over 5,000 restaurants participating in @Dine_Out for #NoKidHungry! Find one close 2 U! http://j.mp/aXxpIk
• Where will you be dining this week for @Dine_Out for #NoKidHungry? Pick a restaurant near you and let us know! http://j.mp/aXxpIk
• Now’s the time! @Dine_Out to ensure there is #NoKidHungry in America! Make your plans here: http://j.mp/aXxpIk

We are very excited to participate in this creative event and hope that all of our fans on Twitter will follow us and participate in the twEAT OUT!

Pita Pit Dine Out, Not Kid Hungry YouTube Video

As we have stated before, we are extremely excited to be participating in Share Our Strength's, Dine Out for No Kid Hungry!

We are so excited in fact, that we have created a YouTube video discussing our participation!

Reminder, we are donating $0.50 for every Fork Style pita sold at participating stores. Also, for every dollar a customer donates, we will give them a dollar back!

Check it out here to watch our video or watch below!

Pita Pit featured on AnnArbor.com

Pita Pit was featured on AnnArbor.com, the daily newspaper for Ann Arbor, Michigan titled, “The Pita Pit offers quick, tasty meals in campus area.” The article gives a great restaurant review of Pita Pit which was recently opened in Ann Arbor by Kay Miller, local operator and franchisee, discussing the various options ranging from vegan and vegetarian options to breakfast and grilled meats. Pita Pit in Ann Arbor gives students a great alternative to fast food options and is open late every night and focuses on delivery to the surrounding area and to campus. In addition, there is a great slide show and a description of the different types of pitas that the reporter tried at the Pita Pit. Click here to view the entire article.

The Pita Pit offers quick, tasty meals in campus area

By: Julie Halpert

When Kay Miller was a child, she enjoyed visiting The Pita Pit in Canada, where the franchise originated. Now, she's an owner of the new Ann Arbor outlet, which opened on July 20 on East University. The 26-year-old with a self-described "entrepreneurial spirit" thinks The Pita Pit, with its late-night hours, delivery and vegetarian options, is a great fit for University of Michigan students.

The Pita Pit is the latest new restaurant to offer a limited menu of fresh, healthful food, prepared quickly. The ambience is basic, yet cheery, with bright green tables and tile flooring.

There are three categories of pita sandwiches: breakfast, meat and veggie, along with packaged chips and soft drinks. Salad isn't on the menu, though servers will offer to mix some veggies together from the assorted toppings that are offered. There are also no soups or desserts.

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