Pita Pit featured in Wichita Business Journal

Pita Pit was featured in the Wichita Business Journal in an article titled, "Pita Pit plans early-Aprilopening in Northrock Retail Center." The article features Cammy Onek, new franchisee in Wichita and Peter Riggs who discussed the upcoming opening. The Pita Pit is looking to hire about 20 employees and will be tentatively opening the end of the first week in April. Eventually, Cammy and her husband Chad are looking at opening additional locations in Wichita, but for now they are eager to get the first location us and running. Pita Pit can continue to expand throughout the market and depending on demand, they will continue to open locations throughout the metro-area. Click here to view the entire article.


Pita Pit plans early-Aprilopening in Northrock Retail Center
By: Josh Heck

Cammy Onek is busy putting the finishing touches on what will be her first Pita Pit franchise in Wichita.

The educator and coach turned restaurateur says she is in the process of hiring about 20 employees for the 1,782-square-foot restaurant, which will be in Occidental Management’s Northrock Retail Center at 3242 N. Rock Road.

Pita Pit, Onek says, is tentatively scheduled to open toward the end of the first week of April.

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We Have a Winner!

Voting for our "I Heart Pita Pit" contest ended on Sunday, March 18th, with a clearly defined winner! During the submission period, we had over 30 entries! It was difficult to choose a top 10, but we were able to decide on the lucky finalists. You can view the top 3 at the end of this post.

Congratulations Walt and his lucky Bride -to-be Pita! 

Our winner was Walt Arnette. Walt worked very hard at getting his friends and family to vote for his proposal and ended up with over 500 votes! Walt won himself a trip for two to the Final Four games. We hope Walt and his lucky other half enjoy their honeymoon trip and have fun at the games!

Please enjoy our hard working runner-ups!

Michael Ford - 189 Votes!

Sean Ireton - 183 Votes!

Jerry Saint-Vil - 88 Votes!

Pita Pit's Sends Two Lucky Winners to the Final Four!

Pita Pit is hosting a contest with Coca-Cola to send two of their fans to the Final Four games in New Orleans!

All fans have to do is submit a photo that expresses how much they love Pita Pit. This photo can be a picture in front of the Pita Pit sign, a photo of the fan in the store, a photo with their Pita - whatever way best expresses their Pita Pit love!

Fans must enter on the Pita Pit Facebook page in the tab titled, "I Heart Pita Pit". Submissions end March 9th, 2012. Finalists will be chosen on Selection day, March 11th and voting will begin March 12th and last till March 18th.

Submissions ends this Friday so be sure to enter you photo today!

Pita Pit featured on the Washington Post

Pita Pit was recently featured in the Washington Post in an article called, "Returning from war and turning to franchising." The article discusses how former military members were are able to use their past experience and veteran status to segue into the franchise industry. Veterans turned business owners find that the business structure of owning a franchise mimics the organization and order of their military schedule. In the article, Pita Pit-Las Vegas franchisee Nathan Sinclair discussed how the Pita Pit corporate office was very supportive after he returned from tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the month that Nathan’s been open, he has learned valuable lessons about being a business owner and managing a team. Click here to view the entire article.
Returning from war and turning to franchising
By: Olga Khazan

Nathan Sinclair performed tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan with the Marine Corps, but he intended to start his own company immediately after he returned. He saved up his earnings and began e-mailing with the franchise office of Pita Pit, a favorite fast-food joint of his, from his base in Afghanistan.

“They were really supportive of me -- they were helping me find a location and get all my financing for the fee,” Sinclair said. He opened his Pita Pit in Las Vegas on January 23, positioning himself strategically near the University of Nevada Las Vegas and its hungry students.
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