Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Pita Pit is Finding Room in the Convenience Store Industry

Pita Pit was recently featured in Convenience Store News and Petroleum Magazine. The piece looks at how QSR brands expanding with the convenience store model. Elliott Oil Company opened a new convenience store in Ottumwa, IA that incorporates Pita Pit. Andrew Woodard, VP of Elliott Oil Company, discussed the decision to bring Pita Pit into their portfolio and why Pita Pit is a great opportunity to grow in the convenience store industry. You can read the article by clicking here, or you can continue below.



By Samantha Oller

When it comes to foodservice, breaking with tradition can be good—and even offer a more sustained avenue of growth. This is especially true when it comes to signing with a foodservice franchise, where up-and-coming brands are focusing on the c-store channel as a fast, more economical way to get known in the crowded space.

Several factors are driving interest in nontraditional locations overall, says Aziz Hashim, president and CEO of NRD Holdings LLC, an Atlanta-based franchisee-sponsored and -managed equity fund. Among those factors include saturation of traditional sites and the need to find growth opportunities for mature brands. But for developing brands—those whose locations number in the hundreds, not thousands—it is especially attractive, considering the premium on real estate for freestanding locations.


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