Pita Pit on FOX Studio 10 Mobile

Consumers are looking to spice up all of their meal options this year; many fast food brands have been adding new items to their menus for a limited time. Pita Pit, a 500+ unit franchise brand, is no stranger to limited time items. In fact, Pita Pit’s Carlos Serrano introduced the Boom Boom Chicken that he is offering at his Mobile Pita Pit for Mardi Gras. You can check out the segment here.

Tips for Eating Healthy in 2015

With consumers looking to eat healthier in 2015, many fast food brands have been promoting their low-calorie items in the New Year. Pita Pit, a 500+ unit franchise brand, is no stranger to healthy marketing. In fact, Pita Pit’s Jesse Gonzalez introduced the variety of customization available at Pita Pit to continue your New Year’s resolutions to eat healthy. Watch as Jesse creates a Light Chicken Souvlaki pita with the anchor, demonstrating how you can load up our pitas at Pita Pit with fresh veggies and ingredients. You can check out the segment here, or continue below.

“Tips on healthy eating for 2015”

By Lisa Gonzales

Jesse Gonzalez with Pita Pit is here to show us how to "build a better pita" that maintains flavor while cutting calories.

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Build Your Own Healthy Pita with Pita Pit

Pita Pit was recently featured on WKOW's Wake Up Wisconsin . Pita Pit is a 500+ unit franchise brand that is no stranger to healthy marketing. Pita Pit’s Chuck Tier introduced the variety of customization available at Pita Pit to help fans eat healthy. They discussed the “Build A Pita” option available on the website to create a delicious and healthy pita to your liking. You can check out the segment here, or continue below.

“Fast food chain boasts healthy menu options”

By: Caroline Bach

The sandwich chain, Pita Pit, defines their menu as being one with "fresh thinking and healthy eating."  

As people are on a mission to eat healthier this time of year, the fast food restaurant is sharing healthy recipes on their menu that guests can enjoy in their restaurant or recreate at home.  

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Pita Pit Weighs In On FDA Calorie Info on Menus

Pita Pit was recently featured in The Ledger. Pita Pit’s VP of Research and Development Benjamin Drake was interviewed for an article about the new FDA regulations requiring franchises to display calorie information on menus. Pita Pit, a leader in the healthy food segment, has been displaying calorie information for more than two years now. You can read the full article here, or continue reading below.

“Chains Prepare as FDA Rule Requires Calorie Info on Menus”

By John Ceballos

Benjamin Drake, vice president of research and development for Pita Pit, acknowledges the rule can potentially be an inconvenience.

"Now, if we make a change to a product — like using a different protein or switching to a different kind of ham — then the calorie count becomes lower and higher, and we have to change everything in terms of our menu.

Continue reading the article here. 

Pita Pit is Expanding in the Milwaukee Area

Pita Pit was recently featured in the Milwaukee Business Journal. Pita Pit opened their second Milwaukee location in the downtown area. The new restaurant is owned by Andrew Culp, who owns a Pita Pit in Madison, and he’s already got his sights set on a third Pita Pit. Milwaukee Business Journal spoke with Bill Wilfong, VP of Franchise Development for Pita Pit, for an update on the brand and their plans in the area. You can read the entire article here, or you can continue below.

“Pita Pit opens in downtown Milwaukee, plans third localrestaurant”

By Alison Bauter

The city of Milwaukee's second Pita Pit location opened Tuesday, this one on Wisconsin Avenue downtown.

Franchisee Andrew Culp already has a Pita Pit franchise at 2224 N. Farwell Ave. He also owns one on State Street in Madison. The new location opening this week is at 229 E. Wisconsin Ave., in the Railway Exchange Building downtown.

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Make 2015 Your Best Year Yet with Pita Pit

Pita Pit was recently featured in Nation’s Restaurant News.  The article focused on comfort foods that have taken a healthful turn and included Pita Pit’s Resolution Solution lineup of six pita-based sandwiches under 500 calories. This includes the popular Philly Steak Pita. According to Benjamin Drake, vice president of research and development, the brand wanted to choose one of its most popular offerings to show customers it could be more healthful. You can read the entire article by clicking here, or you can continue below.

“Comfort Foods Take a Healthful Turn”

What is it about winter’s abbreviated days and frigid temperatures that trigger our cravings for heavy, high-calorie foods at the very time of year when we’ve just resolved to swear off them? We classify cheesy-starchy casseroles, rich and meaty stews and gooey hot sandwiches as comfort foods for a reason: once eaten and inside us, all just seems well.

Fortunately, chefs have succeeded in reducing the negative nutritional impact of our beloved comfort foods — cherished dishes like Grandma’s multi-meat, multi-cheese lasagna. They have found that by replacing meats with vegetables and other lower calorie ingredients they can offer a new version of an iconic favorite that is both savory and smart. In addition, these wholesome remakes have led to further experiments with bolder sauces, varied cooking techniques and artful plate presentations.

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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.

“Up-and-coming QSR brands find room to grow in c-storechannel.”

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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