{"id":5516,"date":"2011-05-12T12:46:22","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T19:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/?p=5516"},"modified":"2011-05-12T12:46:22","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T19:46:22","slug":"new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix","title":{"rendered":"New Pizza Concept Opens in Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\nIf you’re anything like me, a new pizza place is always welcome. Lucky for Valley residents, New Orleans-based Naked Pizza has chosen Phoenix as the site for its new corporate development hub. Score! The company–known as the national all-natural pizza franchiser–plans to build and operate at least 12 store locations. Six of the 12 locations are planned to open by the end of 2011, with the first making its debut this month at 4747 E. Elliot Road. Naked Pizza will also open a franchisee training facility in the Litchfield Park area.
\nDon’t worry, fast food-phobics. Naked Pizza isn’t just another run-of-the-mill, unhealthy dining option. Naked Pizza\u2019s mission is to demonstrate by example that fast food can be a part of the solution to the global epidemic of obesity and chronic disease related to diet. \u201cOur recipe is based on a 200,000-year-old nutritional blueprint and is meant to achieve two primary health goals: reduce the amount of insulin and improve digestive health in consumers,\u201d says co-founder Jeff Leach (Leach is an expert in ancient diets and nutrition). \u201cBy doing so, we\u2019re helping our customers reduce vulnerability to infections that have been found to contribute to obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. But it\u2019s still the delicious pizza we know and love. \u201d
\nTo contribute to its healthy appeal, Naked Pizza\u2019s all-natural pizza features an Ancestral Blend crust made with ten grains and seeds, prebiotic-fiber and heat-resistant probiotics (healthful bacteria commonly found in yogurt)\u2014a diversity of ingredients that contribute to a slow, sustained release of energy without the crash resulting from consuming other single-grain, highly processed pizzas. The recipe also boasts an herbed sauce void of added sugar or citric acid, 100 percent\u00a0natural and rGBH-free mozzarella cheese, and all-natural vegetable and meat toppings free of additives, hormones and antibiotics. \u201cFast food doesn\u2019t have to harm people,\u201d says co-founder Robbie Vitrano. \u201cWe\u2019ve created a business model centered around changing the nutritional profile of this $40 billion global carry-out and delivery pizza franchise industry. We\u2019re reaching the masses in order to help people, globally, prevent obesity and live healthier lives.\u201d http:\/\/www.nakedpizza.biz\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you’re anything like me, a new pizza place is always welcome. Lucky for Valley residents, New Orleans-based…\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6346,6397,9226,9227,9228,9497,9499,10911,10913],"class_list":{"0":"post-5516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news","8":"tag-healthy-dining-phoenix","9":"tag-healthy-pizza-phoenix","10":"tag-naked-pizza","11":"tag-naked-pizza-in-arizona","12":"tag-naked-pizza-in-phoenix","13":"tag-new-pizza-phoenix","14":"tag-new-restaurant-phoenix","15":"tag-pizza-phoenix","16":"tag-pizza-scottsdale","17":"cs-entry","18":"cs-video-wrap"},"yoast_head":"\nNew Pizza Concept Opens in Phoenix<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Naked Pizza has chosen Phoenix as the site for its new corporate development hub and plans to build and operate at least 12 corporate-owned store locations.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Pizza Concept Opens in Phoenix\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Naked Pizza has chosen Phoenix as the site for its new corporate development hub and plans to build and operate at least 12 corporate-owned store locations.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Taste\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-05-12T19:46:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20044159\/naked-pizza.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"455\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Melissa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\\\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\\\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Melissa\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0c2280b0592b5d5806ddcd95ec5cfa9d\"},\"headline\":\"New Pizza Concept Opens in Phoenix\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-12T19:46:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\\\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix\"},\"wordCount\":360,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\\\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/20044159\\\/naked-pizza.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"healthy dining phoenix\",\"healthy pizza phoenix\",\"naked pizza\",\"naked pizza in arizona\",\"naked pizza in phoenix\",\"new pizza phoenix\",\"new restaurant phoenix\",\"pizza phoenix\",\"pizza scottsdale\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Food & Restaurant News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\\\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\\\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\\\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix\",\"name\":\"New Pizza Concept Opens in Phoenix\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\\\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\\\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/20044159\\\/naked-pizza.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-12T19:46:22+00:00\",\"description\":\"Naked Pizza has chosen Phoenix as the site for its new corporate development hub and plans to build and operate at least 12 corporate-owned store locations.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\\\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\\\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/20044159\\\/naked-pizza.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/20044159\\\/naked-pizza.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":455},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/\",\"name\":\"Taste\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"AZFoothills.com LLC\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/20144002\\\/apple-touch-icon.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/20144002\\\/apple-touch-icon.jpg\",\"width\":180,\"height\":180,\"caption\":\"AZFoothills.com LLC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0c2280b0592b5d5806ddcd95ec5cfa9d\",\"name\":\"Melissa\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dff7c3364e1107fe5398c7c43a48ba88d17e3c684223ba719d9904a4565675be?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dff7c3364e1107fe5398c7c43a48ba88d17e3c684223ba719d9904a4565675be?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dff7c3364e1107fe5398c7c43a48ba88d17e3c684223ba719d9904a4565675be?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Melissa\"},\"description\":\"the Food Editor for Arizona Foothills Magazine.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/taste\\\/author\\\/editor1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New Pizza Concept Opens in Phoenix","description":"Naked Pizza has chosen Phoenix as the site for its new corporate development hub and plans to build and operate at least 12 corporate-owned store locations.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New Pizza Concept Opens in Phoenix","og_description":"Naked Pizza has chosen Phoenix as the site for its new corporate development hub and plans to build and operate at least 12 corporate-owned store locations.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix","og_site_name":"Taste","article_published_time":"2011-05-12T19:46:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":455,"url":"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20044159\/naked-pizza.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Melissa","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix"},"author":{"name":"Melissa","@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/#\/schema\/person\/0c2280b0592b5d5806ddcd95ec5cfa9d"},"headline":"New Pizza Concept Opens in Phoenix","datePublished":"2011-05-12T19:46:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix"},"wordCount":360,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20044159\/naked-pizza.jpg","keywords":["healthy dining phoenix","healthy pizza phoenix","naked pizza","naked pizza in arizona","naked pizza in phoenix","new pizza phoenix","new restaurant phoenix","pizza phoenix","pizza scottsdale"],"articleSection":["Food & Restaurant News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix","url":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix","name":"New Pizza Concept Opens in Phoenix","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20044159\/naked-pizza.jpg","datePublished":"2011-05-12T19:46:22+00:00","description":"Naked Pizza has chosen Phoenix as the site for its new corporate development hub and plans to build and operate at least 12 corporate-owned store locations.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/phoenix-food-and-restaurant-news\/new-pizza-concept-opens-in-phoenix#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20044159\/naked-pizza.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20044159\/naked-pizza.jpg","width":640,"height":455},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/","name":"Taste","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/#organization","name":"AZFoothills.com LLC","url":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20144002\/apple-touch-icon.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20144002\/apple-touch-icon.jpg","width":180,"height":180,"caption":"AZFoothills.com LLC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/#\/schema\/person\/0c2280b0592b5d5806ddcd95ec5cfa9d","name":"Melissa","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dff7c3364e1107fe5398c7c43a48ba88d17e3c684223ba719d9904a4565675be?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dff7c3364e1107fe5398c7c43a48ba88d17e3c684223ba719d9904a4565675be?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dff7c3364e1107fe5398c7c43a48ba88d17e3c684223ba719d9904a4565675be?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Melissa"},"description":"the Food Editor for Arizona Foothills Magazine.","url":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/author\/editor1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/taste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}