Staffing

Mike Burns joins &pizza as CEO

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March 14, 2024

&pizza has a new CEO. The brand has tapped industry veteran Mike Burns as its new chief executive officer, according to a press release.

Burns joins &pizza with nearly two decades of operational experience across brands in both the quick-service and fast-casual sectors. Most recently, Burns was COO and EVP for RAVE Restaurant Group, helping lead both its Pie Five Pizza and Pizza Inn concepts. His experience also includes time as the Vice President of Operations for Pei Wei Asian Kitchen and over a decade with the popular Bojangles franchise overseeing more than 175 corporate operated locations.

"I am very excited to join this brand," Burns said in the press release. "I've always respected &pizza for being a trailblazer, for punching up and standing up to bullies of the world, and being the anti-establishment establishment. We're amping up to be bolder than ever before and the energy across this entire team is electric. I can't wait for our guests and team members to see what's ahead for &pizza."

With Burns' arrival and direction, &pizza has now revamped its tech stack, partnering with three of the restaurant industry's leading technology providers — Toast, olo and Thanx.

"Our focus needs to be on selling pizza and running great pizza shops," Greg LaFauci, VP of technology of &pizza, said in the press release. "Partnering with best-in-class vendors to manage our tech stack for us allows us to focus on what we are great at — making great pies."

&pizza has locations across the East Coast in New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Baltimore and Virginia.