Hungry Howie’s Pizza Selects Toast for 500-Location Footprint

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pizza operations are among the most technically complex in hospitality—between managing pickup and delivery simultaneously and customizing orders at scale, all while keeping kitchens moving. That’s why Toast (NYSE: TOST), the global technology platform built for restaurants and retail businesses, is proud to bring its enterprise technology suite to Hungry Howie’s—the nation’s original Flavored Crust® pizza—where it will be implemented across Hungry Howie’s entire footprint of approximately 500 restaurant locations.

Hungry Howie’s is top in the ranking of enterprise pizza brands choosing Toast this year, joining a host of Toast customer pizza brands large and small. Toast’s platform supports these high-volume operations while Toast’s Partner Ecosystem—with integration partners like Cartwheel, Stream, and others—allow pizza operators to build the ultimate, customized tech stack to keep their pies moving, staff and guests happy, and business running smoothly.

Hungry Howie’s selected Toast to modernize its technology and manage the operational demands inherent in large-scale pizza operations. To create a comprehensive, pizza-specific tech stack to handle those demands, Hungry Howie’s will implement Toast restaurant point-of-sale (POS) terminals, Multi-Location Management, Kitchen Display Systems (KDS), and Toast Payment Processing. AI-powered insights provided by Toast IQ are part of the offering, with an emphasis on a long-term partnership with franchisees.

“Pizza is one of the most complicated categories in hospitality, and the Toast platform is designed to handle it—from toggling between pickup and delivery to allowing guests to accurately place orders for preferred topping mixes,” said Kelly Esten, Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Enterprise at Toast. “We are thrilled to partner with a unique, legacy brand like Hungry Howie’s and power the tech stack to deliver that famous Flavored Crust® to more communities than ever.”

“Hungry Howie’s has spent over 50 years building a brand based on flavor and incredible service. To continue our growth, we selected Toast as a best-in-class technology partner that truly understands the unique technical demands of our business and the enterprise scale at which we operate,” said Dan McKay, Vice President of Technology Services at Hungry Howie’s. “Toast’s flexibility and its ability to integrate seamlessly with our existing partners made it the right choice to help us scale, support our franchisees, and keep our focus on the food.”

Toast currently serves hundreds of multi-unit brands, including Caribou Coffee, Choice Hotels, Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Craveworthy Brands, Perkins American Food Co., Nothing Bundt Cakes, Papa Gino's & D'Angelo, and Costa Vida Fresh Mexican Grill, among others. For more information about Toast and its enterprise capabilities, see the Toast for Enterprise page.

SOURCE TOST-CORP

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