New Pricing, Category Changes with Pizza Today’s 2nd Annual PIE Awards launch
Submissions are now open in the 2nd Annual Pizza Industry Excellence (PIE) Awards. Designed to honor independent pizzeria operators and help celebrate their business accomplishments, the PIE Awards offer more than a dozen categories covering a broad array of foodservice business disciplines.
Since its launch, the Awards and Pizza Today teams have worked behind the scenes to enhance the awards program for pizzeria operators. “We made a lot of changes to the second iteration of the PIE Awards, which will result in a much better experience for all involved,” say Pizza Today Editor in Chief Jeremy White. “First, we drastically lowered the entry fees. We also condensed the number of categories and tightened the timeline. We look forward to announcing the winners of the 2024 PIE Awards at PizzaCon in November.”
Pizza Today is seeking submissions for the following categories:
- Young Entrepreneur of the Year
- Best Advertising Campaign
- Most Interesting Menu
- Community Involvement Award
- Pizzeria Startup of the Year
- Mobile Pizza Business of the Year
- Most Innovative Pizza Company
- Best Pizzeria Social Media
- Best Pizzeria Website
- Best Pizza Box Design
- Best Video Short
- Most Unique Pizzeria Location
- Pizza Company of the Year by Region (Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, Mountain West, Pacific Northwest, West Coast)
The submission process has been streamlined. Pizzeria operators have the option to save and come back to their submission if it is not ready to be finalized in our submission platform. Visit the PIE Awards FAQs.
Enter the PIE Awards. Early-Bird Submissions will receive an even deeper discounted rate. Entries submitted by the Early-Bird Deadline of June 28, 2024, cost $29 per entry. All other entries prior to the final deadline of August 5, cost $49 per entry. Enter the PIE Awards.
Once the entry period has closed, categories will be judged by Pizza Today and an expert panel of top pizzeria owners and chefs. Finalists will be announced in September and winners will be notified in October with PIE Awards being announced at PizzaCon in Philadelphia on November 7.
For more details on the PIE Awards, visit pizzatoday.com/pie-awards/.
