Cannoli Kitchen Pizza plans growth for 2025

Cannoli Kitchen Pizza signed eight franchise agreements in 2024, five in Florida and three in Alabama. Today, the brand has 10 franchise agreements completed and in the pipeline for this year, according to a press release.

“We realized our 2024 growth plans with new franchise deals in four states, and we’re going even bigger in 2025,” Austin Titus, president of Cannoli Kitchen Pizza, said in the release. “We’ll be working hard this year to turn these deals into new locations, reaching into new markets where more people can discover the fresh taste of our authentic Italian cuisine.”

Expansion continues to be the overarching goal in 2025, with Florida, Texas, Georgia and the Carolinas the main-focus areas. The brand plans to open 23 franchisee-owned restaurants by the end of year and add 50 franchise licenses, primarily focused in the south and southeast. The Cannoli Kitchen Pizza footprint will grow significantly in Florida, with new locations in Boca Raton (end of March), Miami, Jacksonville, Tampa and the Orlando area.

Cannoli Kitchen Pizza also expects to have a new location in Marietta, Georgia, by summer. Dallas will have a new restaurant later this year, part of a plan for six developments in north Texas.

To support the growth, Cannoli Kitchen Pizza has hired Jenna Negrin as a training and support manager. She will provide operational support and training, ensuring all systems and processes are effectively in place, and will work closely with teams to assist in managing key platforms for inventory, staffing and scheduling to help the restaurants run smoothly and efficiently.

Cannoli Kitchen Pizza is an affiliated brand of United Franchise Group. The brand originated as a single independent restaurant in Boca Raton in 1996. It grew to six locations and became a franchise concept in 2023.

This article was originally published by Pizza Marketplace