Pita Pit featured in WBBH NBC 2

Pita Pit was recently featured on WBBH NBC 2 in a segment titled, "FGCU takes on the Gators tonight." The story focused on several restaurants around Fort Myers that are supporting, and banking in on, the FGCU Eagles basketball team. Fort Myers Pita Pit Owner Justin O’Brien has a soundbite talking about the fact that they plan to give away 500 free pitas if the FGCU Eagles beat the Gators on Friday. They also used a close up shot of some chicken getting chopped up on the grill and interiors of the Pita Pit restaurant. Click here for the entire or begin below.

FGCU takes on the Gators tonight

FGCU's trip to the Sweet 16 has triggered a fan frenzy, and many local businesses are getting in on the action.

We went around town to see how businesses used creative ways to rake up some green.

From fast food to websites -- fan fever is taking over.

"I was watching the game and I just said you know what why don't I see if the domain fgcudunkcity.com was available and I thought it would be a great opportunity to register it and work with the university down the road," said Ryan Sherry, an entrepreneur who snatched up the domain.

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Pita Pit featured in The Daily Kent Stater

Pita Pit was recently featured in The Daily Kent Stater in an article titled, "Battle of the Pita Pits comes to Kent."  The article discusses the social media campaign “Battle of the Pita Pits” and how the Kent, OH location advanced into the top 64.  Tana discusses campaign and the need of support from the Kent, OH community.  Click here for the entire article or begin below.

Battle of the Pita Pits
By: Haley Phillippi

Pita Pit is currently running a social media campaign called “Battle of the Pita Pits.”

The campaign is asking local fans to vote for their favorite Pita Pit location. The Kent location was voted in the top 64 in the country, beating out over 230 other locations nationwide.

Pita Pit co-owner Tana Walther thinks it’s great that the Kent location is doing so well in the campaign.

The winning locations will be able to supply free pitas for a day to the community.

“We need more customers out voting for us,” Walther said. “It’d be awesome to win the whole thing and be able to give free pitas to customers for a day.”

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Pita Pit features in the Salem Statesman Journal

Pita Pit was recently featured in the Salem Stateman Journal in an article titled, "Pita Pit advances to next round of competition."  The article focuses on the “Battle of the Pita Pits” Facebook fan page competition and Salem’s Pita Pit location making it into the top 32.  For the entire article click here or begin below.

Pita Pit advances to next round of competition
By: Joce DeWitt

The Salem Pita Pit on State Street made it past the most recent cut in a competition to find the best location in the country.

Battle of the Pita Pits, now down to 32 locations, is a Facebook competition that allows customers to nominate their favorite Pita Pit location in six rounds. The challenge began on Jan. 3 with 64 locations and a final winner will be declared on Feb. 15.

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Pita Pit featured in The Argus Leader

Pita Pit was recently featured on The Argus Leader in an article titled, "Pita Pit contest could win city free pitas."  The article is about the current social media campaign “Battle of the Pita Pits”, and the opportunity for the Sioux Falls community to win free pitas.  Tom Cruse discusses his great staff, and how they have been vital in bringing attention to the location.  Peter discusses the importance in crowd-sourcing and how they are using Facebook to interact with their fans.  Click here for the entire article or begin below.



Pita Pit contest could win city free pitas
By: Sioux Falls Business Journal

Pita Pit is participating in a social media competition that could win the community free pitas for a day.

The store at 18th Street and Minnesota Avenue has made it to the top 64 locations in the Battle of the Pita Pits campaign, beating out more than 230 sites to make it this far.

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