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From the Rev. Willie T. Barrow Consumer Education and Consumer Action Project of National Black Wall Street Chicago!!

Its time to prepare a Chicago Black Aldermanic and others Hall of SHAME if some our Black City Council and other who represent majority Black districts members STILL find excuses for why they are not actively mandating that a legendary Black business like Reggio's Pizza being on the shelves of major Retail store Corporations in the Black community like Target and Cosco who can sit in areas with such high Black unemployment and do NOT carry Reggio's Pizza which could employ HUNDREDS of community youth and residents if Reggio's was on these major store shelves!!  It violates Dr. King's LAST ECONOMIC Campaign which told Black leadership NOT to support corporations in Black communities that did not have financial benefits agreements with the local businesses and service providers, so those who represent majority Black communities must be publicly challenged to stop "talking the talk" about Black unemployment when they can put hundreds of Black people to work by using their power to put a historic Black business like Reggio's Pizza on the corporate shelves like Target and Cosco!! Some have earned their FAME for standing up for Reggio's and some will earn the SHAME award for their silence while our people are suffering double digit unemployment and DYING in our communities. CALL TO ACTION !!  National Black Wall Street Chicago is lobbying our new Chicago residents Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III to raise this issue if we cant get enough of our OWN leadership to stand!!

HISTORY
Hailing from Chicago, home of great people and great pizza, Reggio’s has been providing its world famous “butter crust” pizza to customers across the US for over 40 years.  Reggio’s started in 1972 as a single, family owned pizzeria in Chicago.  The pizza became so popular that customers started asking if they could have Reggio’s in a frozen variety to take home and cook at their convenience.  Hence, Reggio’s frozen pizza was born.  Currently, Reggio’s is the only frozen pizza manufactured in the city of Chicago.

RESTAURANTS
Today, Reggio’s remains a family owned company, operating multiple restaurants in Chicago and taking great pride in making frozen pizzas topped with 100% real cheese, zesty tomato sauce, quality meats and fresh vegetables,  And of course we cannot forget about what has made Reggio’s Pizza truly famous – their delicious and unique tasking “famous butter crust”.  We currently operate four restaurants – one is located in Chicago and three are located in O’Hare International Airport. 

FROZEN PIZZA
Our frozen pizza division stemmed from the popularity of our restaurants.  Reggio’s can be purchased in over 20 states across the country, including  ALDI, Jewel, Safeway, Dominick’s, Kroger, Save-A-Lot, Food 4 Less, Walgreens, Meijer, CVS, Ultra Foods, Strack & Van Til and numerous independently owned stores.  Other distribution channels include public school lunch programs, hospitals, institutions and corporate lunchrooms.  Reggio’s Pizza is housed in a 36,000 square foot USDA inspected and licensed processing facility presenting to its customers a product unparalleled in taste, consistency and quality. We currently produce 23 varieties of frozen pizza.

ACCOLADES
Over the past 40 years, Reggio’s Pizza has received many outstanding awards from civic, social and business organizations whose focus and purpose is the continued economic development of the business community. Most recently, the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) honored Reggio’s Pizza, Inc. with the prestigious “National Supplier of the Year” award. The U.S. Department of Commerce awarded Reggio’s Pizza as the “National Minority Retail Firm of the Year“. Reggio’s was also named as one of the “Ten Most Outstanding Minority Businesses of the Year” by the Minority Business Report.

COMMUNITY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Reggio’s Pizza is committed to giving back to the community and supports many civic, social and religious causes.  Some of the many non-profit organizations and community projects that Reggio’s Pizza is affiliated with are: IL Department of Children and Family Services (Holiday Party Donation), Chicago Public Schools (Culinary Scholarship Donor & computer equipment donation), Tech Day for Kids (Metropolitan Board of Young Professionals), Community Open House (South Side Chicago YMCA), “Get out the Vote” Youth Campaign (Chicago Defender Newspaper), Boy Scout Troop #510 Annual Breakfast (Naperville, IL), Ronald McNair Elementary School Spring Auction (Maryland), United Negro College Fund and numerous fraternity, sororities and churches.   By employing almost 150 people, most of which reside in the community, Reggio’s is also committed to economic and business development.  The company believes that direct correlation between economics and the quality of life.

PRESS
Reggio’s has also been featured on major television networks, radio stations and print publications such as CBS TV, CLTV, WTTW TV, Black Enterprise, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, the Northwest Indiana Time and WBBM, B96, WKYG and WGCI radio.