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How Hungry Howie’s competes against big pizza chains

The pizza chain’s CEO, Steve Jackson, joins the RB podcast “A Deeper Dive” to talk about the company’s origins and how it competes in a market surrounded by giant competitors.

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How does Hungry Howie’s compete in the pizza sector with so many giant competitors?

This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast “A Deeper Dive” features Steve Jackson, CEO of the 500-unit chain, who discusses the company’s response to the pandemic and its ability to grow in a market with so many bigger competitors.

Hungry Howie’s is based in Madison Heights, Mich., not far away from the corporate headquarters of Domino’s and Little Caesars, the largest and third largest pizza chains in the U.S., respectively.

Jackson discusses that competitiveness. He also talks about the company’s history, and how its recent push into technology set it up for an era in which have relied on mobile and web ordering more than ever.

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