Stoner’s Pizza Joint, a quick-service pizza franchise, announced this week that it has signed a multi-unit agreement that will bring three new stores to the Charlotte area over the next two years.
Franchisee, Hunter Morris, who operates 5 stores in the Charleston and Columbia, SC plans to build out the Charlotte, NC area. Morris has signed a lease in the Queens City Quarter and expects to open his first of three locations in the fall of 2023.
“We believe timing is right to grow our footprint into the Charlotte market,” Morris of AHMorris Holdings, said in the release. “We have seen tremendous performance over the past year in our existing stores and believe the growth of the overall Stoner’s brand makes this an easy decision.”
The brand has set an expansion goal of 100 units by the end of 2025 as it seeks new multi-unit operators throughout the United States.
“With strong franchisees who believe in the brand mission, we’ve been able to grow Stoner’s from a local pizza joint to 6 states in the past 2 years,” John Stetson, CEO and Principal of Stoner’s Pizza Joint, said. “We continue to invest in the resources necessary to support our franchisees and accelerate our growth strategy into 2024.”
