Fox's Pizza Den

With $500, a rented storeroom and a few pieces of used equipment rescued from the snow and ice of a Pittsburgh scrap yard, Jim Fox fulfilled his lifelong dream of opening a pizza shop in his hometown of Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. As the first pizza slid from the ovenat 4:00 that afternoon, he had no way of knowing that hed be sold out just six hours later, making Foxs Pizza Den an instant success. Decades later, were still an institution in hometowns all over America. Jim opened a second Foxs Pizza Den in nearby Harrison City and a third in East Pittsburgh, in 1973. With the opening of his fourth location in Swissvale, Jim introduced an innovative concept that would revolutionize the pizza industry in the Pittsburgh area home delivery. As word spread, friends began calling Jim about opening franchised pizza shops. Realizing that franchising could help others reach their dreams of independence, Jim incorporated Foxs Pizza Den in 1974. Now celebrating our 45th anniversary, we see it hasnt stopped growing. Today there are more than 200 franchises operating coast to coast in 25 states. Foxs Pizza Distribution, formed in 1986, provides the franchises with consistent high-quality product and reliable distribution. Because of its successful formula, Foxs Pizza Den was voted best pizza franchise of 1993 by the National Pizza and Pasta Association and received PMQs 2005 and 2007 Pizza Industry Enterprise (PIE) award. Foxs has been consistently ranked as one of the best pizza and sandwich franchises in the United States by Entrepreneur and Pizza Today magazines. In making Foxs Pizza Den a Success, Jim Fox has been able to provide entrepreneurs with the opportunity to achieve their own success and independence while strengthening the economies of small, all- American towns.