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feature / ANNIVERSARY

MARKING THE OCCASION

How to celebrate an anniversary

" MAKE THE PRIZE OR DEAL AS SPECTACULAR AS YOU CAN,
AND NEVER HAVE ANY CATCHES OR GET OUT CLAUSES.
IF YOU OFFER SOMETHING FOR FREE, MAKE IT FREE.
- JAMES BRODERICK

STORY DENISE GREER / PHOTOS JOSH KEOWN

A

n anniversary means you've
done it. Congratulations.
Amidst all of the obstacles of
operating a restaurant, your pizzeria
has made it another year, another
decade. There's reason to celebrate.
You deserved it. Your hard-working
employees and your loyal customers
deserve it, too.

When and how do you celebrate? Every year, says Salvatore

Reina, owner of Francesca's Brick
Oven Pizza & Pasta in Glen Rock,
New Jersey. The pizzeria has hosted
an
anniversary celebration each April

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since 2008. "Every year it's gotten
better," he says. "We do something
small or a little bit to top the previous
year."
Francesca's daylong celebration
includes: $1 slices and drinks; a free
chocolate fountain; hiring a balloon
and face paint person; gift certificate
giveaways; raffles and a wheel with
prizes at every stop.
James Broderick of English-based
Little Italy agrees. The pizzeria marks
its anniversary yearly. "We've just celebrated the end of our fifth year, and
we always celebrate our birthday by
giving something away to the people
who support us," he says. "Each year,

we've given away at least two prizes of
free pizza for a year, with the winners
receiving 52 12-inch pizza vouchers."
Just before its fifth anniversary,
Broderick was forced to close Little
Italy's second location. So he wanted
to do something special for his
devoted patrons. The pizzeria gave
away a holiday at a private log cabin.
"The build-up started only two weeks
before our birthday, so we decided
to do the draw on Christmas morning," he says. "We marketed it only
via Facebook (which also links to
our Twitter), and the response was
phenomenal. The population of our
town is around 19,000, and we man-

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Contents
Contributors
Expo Spotlight
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Conversation
Man on the Street
Respecting the Craft
On Tap
Destinations
Knead to Know
Exposed Ceilings
Calzones
Baked Ziti
Chicken Florentine
Shrimp Scampi
Coupons
Celebrating Anniversaries
Road to Pizza & Pasta Northeast: Two Action- packed Days
Pizza Today on the Road: Rome’s Pizza, San Antonio, Texas
Pizza Today on the Road: Pizza Italia, San Antonio, Texas
Product Showcase
Pizza Today Yellow Pages
The Marketplace
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Pizza Today - September 2017 - Calzones
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