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Unique Foods acquires Pizza Fusion, plans CBD-infused offerings

March 19, 2019

Unique Foods Corporation today said it has acquired the three-location organic food-focused, Pizza Fusion brand, as a wholly owned subsidiary. A news release about the acquisition said that Pizza Fusion was the world's first restaurant chain to adopt organic restaurant certification and in coming months will launch organic, gluten-free, CBD-infused and frozen pies under the brand. 

The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Unique Foods also has four wholly owned subsidiaries including Jose Madrid Salsa, Unique Tap House and PopsyCakes, in addition to Pizza Fusion. It also has a licensing agreement with Christopher Street Products.

Unique Foods also said in the release that through its partnership with Brewer & Associates Consulting it is launching an assortment off CBD Food products. 

Vaughan Dugan, Pizza Fusion Founder, said, Unique Food Products President and CEO "Jim Vowler is an accomplished food industry leader with extensive experience spanning a multitude of concepts and channels," Pizza Fusion founder Vaughan Dugan said in the release. "His unique skill set and passion for the business make him an ideal leader for the next stage of growth and development for the Pizza Fusion brand."

Pizza Fusion's mostly organic menu features an eclectic variety of gourmet sandwiches, salads, desserts, beer and wine. The brand is distinguished by its exceptionally green business model from delivering food in company-owned hybrid vehicles, and offsetting 100 percent of its power consumption with the purchase of renewable wind energy certificates, to building restaurants to LEED certification standards.