Food & Beverage

Pizza Inn, Pie Five menu adds answer customer cravings

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May 24, 2021

Sister pizza brands, Pie Five and Pizza Inn — both under Dallas-based Rave Restaurant Group — are launching products designed to entice summer diners.

At Pie Five, the focus is all on meatless eating as the brand launches its Impossible Tuscan Pizza, which includes the meatless "meatballs" from Impossible Meat, which the brand is now offering as a topping choice for all its pies, a news release said. The Impossible Tuscan pie is made on a thin crust, topped with Tuscan marinara, those aforementioned plant-based "meatballs," ricotta and mozzarella, at which point the pizza is baked then after baking finished with grape tomatoes, arugula and a light lemon dressing.

"Our Impossible Tuscan Pizza and meatballs are the latest additions to Pie Five's menu that allows our guests to make conscious food choices that align with their individual tastes and wellness lifestyle," Pie Five Director Adam Schmidt said in the release. "Pie Five is all about choice and our Impossible offerings accompany our other fresh, healthier menu items, including hand-made salads, fresh-cut pizza toppings, as well as gluten-free and low-carb cauliflower crusts."

In fact, the brand said customer response has been so favorable to the Impossible meatballs, it is replacing its current meatball topping with the Impossible meatballs.

At Pie Five's sibling brand, Pizza Inn, the company is adding unlimited stuffed crust to its All You Can Eat buffet. The item starts with daily scratch-made dough for a savory crust filled with mozzarella and brushed with Parmesan and Romano cheeses.

"Consumer demand for Stuffed Crust pizza continues to be high, with a large pizza player attributing its recent success with their product launch," Douglas Kwong, Rave Restaurant Group vice president of marketing, said in the release. "We're happy to offer our guests something other pizza delivery brands can't, and that's the Unlimited Stuffed Crust on our All Day Every Day Buffet."

Jointly, Pizza Inn and Pie Five have more than 200 Pizza Inn and Pie Five restaurants operating globally.