THE COLONY, Texas, Jan. 7, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pizza Inn, Inc. (Nasdaq:PZZI) known for its great-tasting pizza at affordable prices, today announced the opening of a new delivery/carry-out restaurant in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The new unit is owned and operated by Mr. Paul Maheta and Mr. Pratik Patel. The restaurant is located at 4205 Manson Pike in Murfreesboro. This is the first location to convert the new corporate full service buffet prototype, located in Denton, TX into a delivery / carryout unit.
The new restaurant will offer delivery and to-go services and will serve the chain's traditional thin and thick crust pizzas as well as wings, pasta and salads.
"For 50 years, Pizza Inn has been serving up great food and hospitality," said Charlie Morrison, President and CEO of Pizza Inn. "We are confident Paul and Pratik, along with their management team, will bring Pizza Inn's legacy of freshness, quality and excellent guest service to the Murfreesboro area."
"We are very pleased to be a part of the Pizza Inn family and look forward to serving our great tasting, made-from-scratch pizza for years to come to Murfreesboro," said Paul and Pratik.
Pizza Inn was recently recognized for its success as 2008's Pizza Chain of the Year by Pizza Marketplace. For more detailed information on this recognition please visit the following link provided. http://www.pizzamarketplace.com/article.php?id=12838
The news follows the chain's recent announcements of sixth straight quarter of positive domestic buffet restaurant same store sales growth.
Pizza Inn, Inc. (http://www.pizzainn.com) is headquartered in The Colony, Texas, along with its distribution division, Norco Restaurant Services Company. The Company is a franchisor and food and supply distributor to a system of franchised and company owned restaurants operating both domestically and internationally under the trade name "Pizza Inn."
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