You May Not Know the Name of America's Largest Pizza Chain

Hunting Brothers was unique Since THE beginning. THE namesake founders, brothers Put on, Lonnie, Jimmy, And Charlie Hunting brought A unusual background has THE business. They had grown up up In THE food business THANKS has their father, WHO possesses A restaurant, but In adulthood, THE brothers rotated has wholesale distribution. Beginning In 1962, they ran A business called that of Pepe Pizza, which was not, as THE name could suggest, A pizzeria. Instead, they do pizza ingredients — dough, sauce, etc. — And sold them has local businesses. Most of their clients were not Restaurants, but instead places that Free food as A side note, such as the bars, movie theaters, And bowling alleys.

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THE brothers Ultimately sold at Pepe's, each departure their own wholesale businesses, but In 1991, they reunited has create Hunting Brothers Pizza. They took THE wholesale distribution concept they had follow up with that of Pepe And extended on he. Instead of just distribute THE ingredients For pizza, they would be to start sale entire, precooked pizza along with all THE equipment necessary has TO DO them. While other pizza companies look at has establish independent Locations, THE Hunts took A different approach, facility pizza ovens In pre-existing companies that could to use A additional source of income. This atypical model would be prove has be savagely succeeded.