Kesté Competitors

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza, the leader in the fast-casual artisan pizza category, uses an assembly line format to create pizzas at lightning fast speed. Each Blaze Pizza restaurant makes its own dough from scratch using a recipe that requires a 24-hour fermentation period to produce its signature light-as-air, crisp crust. Guests watch as each perfectly proofed dough ball is pressed into a generous 11-inch crust. Pizzas are made in front of the customer using an assembly line format and are ready in three minutes. Blaze Pizza's menu also features signature salads, fresh lemonades, craft beer and wine and house-made S'more Pies, and also offers numerous gluten-free and plant-based options. A creation of Elise and Rick Wetzel (founder of Wetzel's Pretzels), the concept is backed by investors including Maria Shriver, movie producer John Davis and Boston Red Sox co-owner Tom Werner. Blaze Pizza's seasoned executive team brings fast-casual and quick-serve restaurant experience from numerous concepts including Buffalo Wild Wings, Freebirds World Burrito, California Pizza Kitchen, and Carl's Jr. The company, which Forbes.com named a "Hot New Restaurant Chain from an Established Brand," is registered to sell franchises in all 50 states and is currently accepting applications to develop franchise stores across the country.

Pieology is a rapidly growing fast casual, customizable pizza restaurant with over 120 corporate and franchise locations across the US, Mexico, China and coming soon to other International locations. Who we are as a brand, lives in our dough, our core values and the amazing and passionate people working in each of our restaurants. We remind ourselves each day, that we are lucky to believe in, what we do. We are People who champion a Passion for Food, Integrity in Everything, Individuality in the Workplace, and Loving What We Do! Our goal as an organization is to provide tools and training to ensure both our guests and team members have the best possible experience in our restaurants. Our locations are operated by passionate and inspired leaders, committed to creating an environment where team members are valued, work hard, have lots of fun and are provided opportunity to grow.

Founded in 2012 in Washington, D.C.’s historic H Street NE corridor, &pizza set out to create a different kind of pizza shop - one where experience is the focal point, + every shop reflects the culture and people of its neighborhood. &pizza is known for its critically acclaimed pizza and craft beverages, ampersand-tattooed employees (The Tribe), localized shop design and fight for a living wage. &pizza is an equal opportunity employer. &pizza The Future of Pizza 🍕🌎🍕