Pizza Inn Selects Roma Food as its Exclusive Distributor

With more than 50 years of experience in the pizza and Italian segment, Roma Foods is the nation's largest distributor to the pizza industry.

"We are excited to begin what we are confident will be a long-term relationship with Roma," said Charlie Morrison, president and ceo of Pizza Inn, in the company’s announcement. "As a specialty franchise operation, Pizza Inn needed a distributor with the experience to best service the needs of our franchisees. Roma is a quality company and we believe this partnership is a win for all involved."

"This is a marriage made in Pizza Heaven," said Joe Davi, president and ceo of Roma Food, "Pizza Inn's long standing traditions, including great pride in their product quality and outstanding customer service, mirrors the values that are important at Roma Food Enterprises and we are honored to be the new food purveyor to their fine restaurants for many years to come. The Roma family and I thank Pizza Inn for the confidence and trust they have shown in our company and are excited to be part of their ongoing success."

"Pizza Inn and their strong franchisees are great addition to the Roma family," said Craig H. Hoskins, PFG’s senior vice president of sales. "At Roma, as well as at all of our Performance Food Group Companies, we strive to do business with leaders in the segments we serve. In discussions with Pizza Inn it became clear that we lined up extremely well in terms of operational and cultural fit and are proud to now call Pizza Inn a customer, and plan to continue to build our relationship over years to come."

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