Milestone coincides with company’s 10th birthday and annual Spreading MODness Week
SEATTLE (November 19, 2018) – MOD Super Fast Pizza Holdings, LLC (“MOD Pizza”, “MOD” or the “Company”) announced the upcoming opening of its 400th location – MOD Spring Prairie, located in Kalispell, Montana – on Friday, November 23, coinciding with MOD’s 10th birthday. The Company will celebrate by building on its commitment to tackle childhood hunger in the U.S. through its annual “Spreading MODness” Week. From November 20 – 24, MOD will donate $1 from every MOD or Mega-size pizza sold at its company-owned locations to help create a meal for a hungry child. In collaboration with Generosity Feeds, MOD’s goal is to help distribute one million meals throughout the next year.
“This is a special week for MOD – we are celebrating the opening of our 400th location and our 10th birthday. Sharing this celebration with the week of Thanksgiving is so fitting for MOD, as giving thanks and embracing the power of gratitude is one of our core beliefs. What we are most grateful for are the over 8,000 passionate, hard-working MOD Squaders system-wide*, spread across 28 states and the UK. Together, we have built an industry-leading business that has been a force for good in the lives of our people and in the communities we serve. As we reflect on our first 10 years, we are more motivated than ever by the potential of MOD,” explains Scott Svenson, MOD’s co-founder and CEO.
Through its collaboration with Generosity Feeds, a non-profit committed to ending childhood hunger, MOD provides funding for meal packing events across the country. The meals of beans and rice are nutritious, filling and compact enough to go home from school in a child’s backpack. To date, MOD’s partnership has provided over half a million meals in communities across the US. It is expected that next week’s Spreading MODness efforts will help create a million meals in 2019. Watch a MOD Generosity Feeds event in action: Meal Packing Event
Ally Svenson, MOD’s Chief Purpose Officer, adds “Even though we’ve experienced a lot of growth, our purpose remains unchanged – MOD exists to serve people and we do this by Spreading MODness. We’ve learned that meaningful impacts can be made in many ways – from hiring people with barriers to employment to tackling food insecurity in our communities. When the staggering statistics of childhood hunger came to our attention a few years ago, we knew we needed to help and this collaboration is so powerful – a non-profit with the head of a business, and a business with the heart of a non-profit. The best birthday gift we can receive is the chance to bring MOD’s purpose to life, celebrating how the platform of business can truly change lives.”
ABOUT MOD PIZZA:
MOD is a purpose-led, people focused brand, founded in Seattle in 2008 by entrepreneur husband and wife team Scott and Ally Svenson. MOD exists to serve people by Spreading MODness, using the platform of pizza to make positive impacts. MOD’s individual artisan-style pizzas and hand-tossed salads are made on demand using any combination of over 30 toppings, all for one incredible price. With nearly 400 locations system-wide* across 28 states and the United Kingdom, MOD is committed to creating not only a cool place to eat, but an inspired place to work. The company has been recognized as the number one mid-sized restaurant chain in the US in the October 2017 Fishbowl Buzz Brands Report, named as the most loved pizza brand by Foodable Network in its May 2017 Most Loved Brands Report, has been ranked as America’s fastest growing chain restaurant by Technomic, earned a spot on the Inc.500 list, and was recognized by Fortune as one of the “20 Best Workplaces in Retail,” a “Best Workplace for Women,” a “Best Workplace for Millennials,” and a “Best Workplace for Diversity.” For more information, please visit www.modpizza.com or connect with the brand via Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
*The term “system-wide” refers to all company-operated and licensed store locations.
ABOUT GENEROSITY FEEDS
Since 2011, Generosity Feed has focused on making a local impact in the fight to end child hunger in America. By uniting community members, local businesses, civic groups, and religious organizations around the creation of meals Generosity Feeds is providing children struggling with hunger an opportunity to thrive. To learn more or to get involved, visit www.generosityfeeds.org.
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