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Project Pie to launch with aggressive growth planProject Pie to launch with aggressive growth plan

MOD and Pieology founder James Markham has big plans for this fast-casual pizza concept based in Las Vegas

Lisa Jennings, Executive Editor

October 6, 2021

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A new fast-casual pizza concept with an aggressive growth plan is launching in Las Vegas later this month, joining a growing crowd of operators who hope to claim the niche.

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Project Pie, a concept founded by James Markham — who also helped found the MOD Pizza chain in Seattle and founded Pieology in Fullerton, Calif. — is scheduled to open in late July or early August in the MGM Grand Hotel on the Las Vegas strip.

The MGM Grand location will be the first of 20 Project Pie units to open over the next two years, according to Markham. “We’ll have six stores open within the next seven mon...

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About the Author

Lisa Jennings

Executive Editor, Nation's Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality

Lisa Jennings is executive editor of Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality. She joined the NRN staff as West Coast editor in 2004 as a veteran journalist. Before joining NRN, she spent 11 years at The Commercial Appeal, the daily newspaper in Memphis, Tenn., most recently as editor of the Food and Health & Wellness sections. Prior experience includes staff reporting for the Washington Business Journal and United Press International.

Lisa’s areas of expertise include coverage of both large public restaurant chains and small independents, the regulatory and legal landscapes impacting the industry overall, as well as helping operators find solutions to run their business better.

Lisa Jennings’ experience:

Executive editor, NRN (March 2020 to present)

Executive editor, Restaurant Hospitality (January 2018 to present)

Senior editor, NRN (September 2004 to March 2020)

Reporter/editor, The Commercial Appeal (1990-2001)

Reporter, Washington Business Journal (1985-1987)

Contact Lisa Jennings at:

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@livetodineout

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-jennings-83202510/

 

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