MOD Pizza Partners with Woodhaven Brownstown Education Foundation To Host a Two-Day Back-To-School Benefit

MOD Pizza, an individual artisan style pizzeria highly regarded as the pioneer of the fast-casual pizza concept, announced today that it will partner with the Woodhaven Brownstown Education Foundation for an exclusive, two-day only back-to-school benefit on August 22-23 from 10:30 a.m.-11 p.m. at its Woodhaven MOD Pizza, 23071 Allen Road. TSFR Brand Leader of MOD Pizza Jake Schostak made the announcement.

As part of the benefit, MOD Pizza will be donating 10 percent of all guests’ food sales to the Woodhaven Brownstown Education Foundation. Guests will also be able to purchase MOD-branded back-to-school kits, which includes notebooks, pencils and folders, for $5. For every kit sold, $3 will be donated back to the Woodhaven Brownstown Education Foundation to aid the organization in its efforts to provide independent funding for innovative and enriching programs throughout the Woodhaven and Brownstown school districts.

“As we continue to focus on providing unique experiences to bring the community together, we are proud to partner with the Woodhaven Brownstown Education Foundation for this two-day benefit,” said Schostak. “The foundation has been a great partner in helping us ‘Spread MODness’ and enriching the lives of the local residents and we look forward to continuing to initiate a constant ripple effect of positivity throughout the community with their help.”

MOD's individual artisan-style pizzas are made on demand, allowing customers to create their own pizzas and salads, using fresh-pressed dough, signature sauces and over 30 toppings, for one price. Each pizza is hand-cooked in an 800-degree oven in five minutes or less, and salads are hand-tossed in front of the customer. MOD Pizza also serves local draft beers, wine, handspun milkshakes and house-made lemonades and iced teas.

In late 2014, TSFR announced its plans to launch 25 MOD Pizza locations in Michigan over the next five years. TSFR opened its first five MOD Pizza locations last year in Livonia, Northville, Rochester Hills, Woodhaven and Brighton, with three more locations underway—23 Mile and Gratiot in Chesterfield, Ford Road in Canton and 23 Mile and Hayes in Shelby Township. For more information on TSFR and its MOD Pizza locations, visit www.teamschostak.com.

About TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants

Livonia, Mich.-based TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants is a family-owned restaurant group with an expansive portfolio of casual dining, quick service and family dining restaurants throughout the state of Michigan. With a commitment to quality operations, TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants is an industry leader in attracting, developing and retaining the most talented work force that proudly delights its guests and sets an unmatched standard of excellence. For the past three decades, TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants has expanded its restaurant catalog to include 66 Applebee’s, 25 Olga’s Kitchen restaurants and four Del Taco restaurants. In 2014, TSFR announced plans to launch 25 MOD Pizza restaurants in Michigan and opened its first five locations in 2015. For more information, visit www.teamschostak.com.

About MOD

Seattle based MOD Pizza, the pioneer of the fast-casual pizza concept, was founded in 2008 by Scott and Ally Svenson, and was inspired by the couple’s love of Italian street-style pizza, their desire for authentic, affordable and fast dining options for their busy family and the idea that a great company could be built around people. Above all, MOD is about putting people first – both the MOD Squad and customers and is striving to redefine the fast food experience.

The Svensons bring their experience from building two highly successful concepts in the UK – Seattle Coffee Company (acquired by Starbucks) and Carluccio’s. MOD’s team of advisors and executives bring additional experience from iconic brands such as Starbucks, Apple, Panera Bread, Disney, T-Mobile, Dunkin Donuts, Qdoba, McDonald’s and Schwartz Brothers Restaurants.

MOD is committed to creating not just a cool place to eat, but an inspired place to work. The company has been recognized as one of the “Top 50 Breakout Brands” by Nation’s Restaurant News, named one of the “Fastest Growing Private Companies in America” by Inc. Magazine, ranked as a “Fastest Growing Private Company” by the Puget Sound Business Journal and named one of “Washington’s Best Work Places” by the Puget Sound Business Journal .www.modpizza.com The MOD Difference Video.