Which came first mod or Blaze?
While MOD is the fastest-growing chain, Blaze Pizza is the second-fastest-growing and has been massively successful since being launched in 2011 by the founders of Wetzel's Pretzels.
In fast-casual pizza, three things are key: speed, taste, and customizability. MOD clearly beat Blaze on all three fronts. However, Blaze's addictive chocolate dessert won the chain some brownie points.
Blaze Pizza offers goat, ovalini mozzarella and vegan cheese while MOD Pizza offers asiago and dairy-free cheeses.
The chain was founded by Scott and Ally Svenson, who created a coffee chain in the United Kingdom that they sold to Starbucks in the late 1990s. Both companies are adding units so quickly it's difficult to keep up. MOD finished 2017 with 297 locations, while Blaze operates 230.
MOD Pizza LLC
The acronym "MOD" in the company's name stands for "Made on Demand." Restaurant trade publication QSR News has characterized the concept as the "Chipotle of the pizza industry." MOD Pizza offers individual, customizable pizzas made with organic dough using King Arthur Flour.
Mod Pizza has an interesting history.
They sold their company to Starbucks coffee in 1998.
Unlike an Italian restaurant, MOD Pizza allows you to make your own pizza. Whether you want meat, vegetables, extra cheese, or different sauces, MOD has them all. My favorite combination is mozzarella, red sauce, tomatoes, and garlic, topped with pesto drizzle.
| Blaze Pizza in Tallahassee, Florida, USA | |
|---|---|
| Key people | Rick Wetzel (Co-Founder) Elise Wetzel (Co-Founder) Brad Kent (Executive Chef) Mandy Shaw (President, CEO) Ana Henton (Interior Design Architect) LeBron James (Part-owner/Spokesman) |
| Products | Pizza, salad, dough knots, desserts, drinks |
| Website | blazepizza.com |
Pieology was founded just a few years after Mod Pizza, and in the same year as Blaze; those are the two main competitors in the custom-pizza segment, for Pieology (via The Orange County Register and Restaurant Business).
Which is better mod or Pieology?
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MOD Pizza vs Pieology Pizzeria.
| 46% | Promoters |
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| 39% | Detractors |
Pieology and Blaze Pizza may be neck and neck when it comes to taste and price, but if it is service and atmosphere, Blaze Pizza takes the lead.
ESPN.com's Darren Rovell reported Monday that James stands to gain at least $25 million for his roughly 10 percent stake in nationwide chain Blaze Pizza. James collaborated with others to invest less than $1 million in the company in 2012.
MOD reported the following 2019 highlights: System-wide sales reached $493 million, a year-over-year increase of 24%. Company net revenue of $393 million, up 26% over 2018. Digital sales growth of 135%, including expansion of MOD Rewards to over one million members.
James has generally been recognized as a savvy investor. One of his highly touted entrepreneurial moves involved a $1 million investment into the fast-casual pizza chain Blaze in 2012. His equity stake in the company had grown to $40 million by 2020.
The Tristan at MOD Pizza
It's topped with roasted red peppers, mushrooms, asiago and mozzarella. By replacing high calorie, processed toppings such as pepperoni and sausage with healthy vegetable toppings, you're able to make pizza into a much healthier and lighter choice.
To the franchisor, MOD Pizza is a profitable business. In 2020, the company had a net profit of $4.9 million which brought the average net profit of the last three years to about $4.2 million.
Oven-fired thick crust with mozzarella and parmesan cheeses, rosemary and garlic. Dip into red sauce, pesto, ranch or sri-rancha.
Mod Pizza - YouTube
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James has generally been recognized as a savvy investor. One of his highly touted entrepreneurial moves involved a $1 million investment into the fast-casual pizza chain Blaze in 2012. His equity stake in the company had grown to $40 million by 2020.
Blaze's pizzas take such a short time to cook because they are baked in the oven at a high temperature and the crust is very thin. Even with this thin crust and quick baking time, their pizzas taste amazing! The crust can get a little burnt but the cheese is melted properly and the pizza always comes out hot.
Blaze Pizza has confirmed that it has the final elements in place to go public, a key step that brand leadership sees toward beginning to take a run at pizza's so-called Big Three of Domino's, Pizza Hut and Papa John's, which are all publicly traded now.
