Pizza Today - December 2023 - 10

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Don Clifford
Soulshine Pizza | Locations in Mississippi and Tennessee
hand-tossed pizza that
comes in three different
sizes and a variety of
different toppings. We
have been serving the
greater Jackson area
as well as the Nashville
market for the last two
decades. The new fast
casual model we are
constructing will change
our style by streamlining
our operations in a few
different ways.
We will be offering
counter service, as many
fast-casual pizza parlors
do, but with some added
features. Those features
will include the ability to
order and pay for your
food at the table via
QR codes, ordering via
kiosk for to-go orders,
integrations with third
party vendors to help
alleviate any wait times,
stall QR codes that
allow us to know when
and where to bring your
food when you arrive.
This concept is going to
be successful through
proper marketing
and training. We look
forward to expanding
into the Nashville market
and others in the future.
Photo Courtesy of Don Clifford
The first Soulshine Restaurant
was opened in February 2001 by
Chris Sartin in Flowood, Mississippi
via our affiliate Soulshine,
Inc. Currently, three Soulshine
Restaurants are open and operating,
one in Flowood, Mississippi, one
in Ridgeland, Mississippi, and one
in Franklin, Tennessee. Currently
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we have two (2) fast casual (Our
New Concept) restaurants under
construction (Gluckstadt, MS and
Gallatin, TN).
Our new concept is a fast
casual experience that showcases a
lot of new technology to better serve
our customers. We serve a craft style
Years ago, we saw
the market changing.
It became more about
online ordering and to
go and less about full
service. Once Covid hit
and we had to switch
to only being able to do
to-go orders we knew we
had something. That's
where our new concept
comes in. A fast casual
version of our old classic
that focuses more on
speed of service and
new and ever developing
technologies to make
the to go experience
enjoyable.
Once we drew it
up, we knew we had
something. Smaller
restaurant with counter
service that focuses on
to go business but that
still has the ability for
you to come in grab a
beer and a pizza and
sit if you want. New
integrations with third
party delivery, new pos
systems to streamline
online ordering, kiosks
to speed up ordering,
status boards so you can
track your order all the
way through the kitchen.
A smaller footprint
with a big impact. A
smaller footprint and
less startup costs will
allow us to develop more
restaurants quicker.
We focus on families.
Everyone's got to eat
dinner and once they
see how quick and easy
it is to stop by and grab
some quality food made
by people who care
about putting out the
best product possible,
they will be lifelong
customers. We have
something for everyone
here at Soulshine,
calzones, oven baked
sandwiches and
beautiful fresh salads all
made to order. So, get
on down to a Soulshine
near you, where family,
community, and great
food is what we stand
for.
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