typical pizza inn . type public traded as nasdaq rave industry restaurants founded dallas texas 1958 ; 58 years ago 1958 founders joe spillman r. l. spillman headquarters the colony texas usa key people clinton coleman ceo products pizza salad pasta chicken wings sandwiches desserts and soft drinks website pizzainn.com pizza inn nasdaq rave is an american restaurant chain and international food franchise specializing in american style pan pizza and side dishes . the company is based in the dallas suburb of the colony texas . contents 1 history 2 international operations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit in 1958 two texas brothers f.j. joe and r. l. spillman 1 opened the first pizza inn across from southern methodist university in dallas . in the mid 80s the restaurant chain had a commercial deal with the von erich family icons in texas at the time with kerry von erich kevin von erich and mike von erich appearing in a series of televised commercials . 1 on june 3 2011 pizza inn launched a new sister restaurant in fort worth texas known as pie five pizza that specializes in handcrafted pizzas ready in five minutes . 2 . as of january 2015 the parent company pizza inn holdings was renamed rave restaurant group . 2 in the summer of 2016 rave restaurant group announced 3 a ceo transition plan appointing interim ceo clinton coleman to succeed outgoing ceo randy gier . international operations edit today pizza inn operates 310 franchised stores and five corporate owned stores in 12 countries with several new stores scheduled to open in the next year . pizza inn is also popular in the middle east . citation needed see also edit list of pizza chains of the united states references edit little pizza venture becomes big business by ledgerwood sloan . dallas morning news 19 jun 1966 . retrieved 2014 07 19 . swanson jim . fast casual pizza introducing rave restaurant group . benzinga . retrieved 16 july 2015 . zimmerman jami . rave restaurant group inc. announces ceo transition . prnewswire . retrieved 21 july 2016 . external links edit rave restaurant group pizza inn usa pizza inn kuwait pizza inn saudi arabia pizza inn oman on facebook pizza inn australia pizza inn australia pizza inn bangladesh v t e pizza chains list international boston pizza california pizza kitchen chuck e. cheese s domino s pizza little caesars papa john s pizza pizza hut pizza inn pizzaexpress rossopomodoro sbarro shakey s pizza sarpino s pizzeria telepizza the pizza company uno pizzeria & grill vapiano yellow cab pizza co. regional asia origus cn aoki s pizza jp greenwich pizza ph mr. pizza kr smokin joe s in pizza corner in pizza la jp europe ask restaurant uk easypizza uk kotipizza fi peppes pizza no prezzo restaurant uk speed rabbit pizza fr spizzico it tops pizza uk zizzi uk north america anthony s pizza aafes benedetti s pizza mx blaze pizza us cici s pizza us donatos pizza us fox s pizza den us gatti s pizza us giordano s us godfather s pizza us greco pizza restaurant ca happy s pizza us home run inn us hot lips pizza us hungry howie s pizza us hunt brothers pizza us imo s pizza us jerry s subs & pizza us jet s pizza us ledo pizza us lou malnati s us marco s pizza us mazzio s us mellow mushroom us mountain mike s pizza us noble roman s us panago ca papa gino s us papa murphy s us peter piper pizza us pizza 73 ca pizza delight ca pizza haven us pizza nova ca pizza patr n us pizza pizza ca pizza ranch us rosati s us round table pizza us south america jeno s pizza co mario s tt mister pizza br oceania eagle boys au hell pizza nz pizza capers au pizza haven au master franchisees domino s pizza enterprises au be fr mc nl nz domino s pizza group ch de ie uk jubilant foodworks domino s bd in lk np list articles list of canadian pizza chains list of pizza chains of the united states list of pizza franchises retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pizza inn & oldid 743419485 categories companies that have filed for chapter 11 bankruptcypizza chains of the united statesrestaurant chains in the united statescompanies based in dallasrestaurants established in 1958companies listed on nasdaqpizza franchiseshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages ti ng vi t edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 15 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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