November 21, 2014
Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint has announced an agreement to develop three restaurants for Ocala and Marion, Lake and Sumter counties in Florida. In addition to the Ocala area, Uncle Maddio’s has development agreements to build three more Uncle Maddio’s in the Tallahassee area and five more units in the Jacksonville and Gainesville areas.
Uncle Maddio’s has named Florida as a priority market and will build nearly 30 total units throughout the state in the next five years, according to a news release.
The Ocala restaurant will be owned and operated by local resident Kim Ragle, who is a registered nurse in the area.
"We wanted to bring this new trend of fast casual style pizza to this area of Florida," she said in the release. "We had looked into other fast casual opportunities and met with the Uncle Maddio's team in Atlanta and was impressed with the 'served with love' philosophy, its exceptional quality product and a proven business model."