Philly Pretzel featured in Ocean City Patch

Philly Pretzel Factory was recently featured in the Ocean City Patch in an article titled, "Philly Pretzel Factory Opens on Ocean City Boardwalk." The article details the grand opening event which featured Mayor Jay Gillian, Ocean City Regional Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Michele Gillian and Philly Pretzel Factory Co-Founder and CEO Dan DiZio. The article discusses the product offering at the new Ocean City location and also provides background information on the Moisos, Ocean City residents and long-time business owners.  Click here for the entire article or begin below.

Philly Pretzel Factory Opens on Ocean City Boardwalk

By: Douglas Bergen

The Philly Pretzel Factory celebrates its grand opening at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, June 9) with a ribbon-cutting, a balloon artist, face-painting, coupon giveaways and soft pretzels hot out of the oven.

Mayor Jay Gillian, Ocean City Regional Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Michele Gillian and Philly Pretzel Factory Co-Founder and CEO Dan DiZio — who was recently featured on the CBS hit television series "Undercover Boss" — will assist in the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The new franchise is located in front of Gillian's Wonderland Pier at Sixth Street and Boardwalk — the first (or last) food outlet, depending on which way you're walking, on the downtown stretch of Boardwalk between Sixth and 14th streets. It takes the place of the former Bryn and Dane's, which served healthy fast foods.

The Pretzel Factory features soft pretzel twists, cinnamon-sugar pretzel twists, pretzel dogs (a Dietz and Watson frank wrapped in a pretzel), frozen lemonade, iced tea and Coca-Cola products.

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Philly Pretzel Factory featured in SmartCEO Philadelphia

Philly Pretzel Factory was recently featured in a great article in SmartCEO Philadelphia entitled, “What Makes a Successful Franchisee? Franchisors Share Their Lessons.” The article was built from an in-depth interview with Dan DiZio, where he provides advice to franchisees on finding success in their individual system. The article includes multiple franchisors that are based in the Philadelphia region, where each states some lesson that they have learned from experiences with franchisees. Dan discusses the importance of listening to your franchisees’ ideas and being transparent as a franchisor to continuously make your franchisees feel comfortable with every aspect of the business. Below is the PDF of the article:

Philly Pretzel Factory featured in SmartCEO Philadelphia

Philly Pretzel Factory Featured in Egg Harbor Township

Philly Pretzel Factory was featured in the Current of Egg Harbor Township entitled “Breast Cancer Fundraiser with a Twist.” The reporter interviewed Eileen and Ed Diacovo about the breast cancer fundraising initiative where they are selling pretzel ribbons to benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The article is accompanied by a photo of Eileen and Ed with ribbon-shaped pretzels. The Diacovo’s talked about their participation with Philly Pretzel Factory in this campaign for the past four years. This article will raise awareness of this campaign and drive traffic to their location! Check out the image below and click on it to read the full article on page 20.

Philly Pretzel Factory Featured in Eating Everywhere

Philly Pretzel Factory was recently featured in a great Q&A article about on the Eating Everywhere website. This article that was built from an in-depth interview with Dan DiZio, Len Lehman and Marty Ferrill. It covers all topics that consumers would want to know about Philly Pretzel Factory, including the history, Dan and Len’s entrepreneurial stories, and where the brand is today. Below is a portion of the article and the entire article can viewed by clicking here.

PHILADELPHIA, PA | PHILADELPHIA PRETZEL FACTORY

The Philadelphia Pretzel Factory pretzel is served hot in a brown paper bag and carried across the city.

Hand-twisted to aid plumping in the oven and baked golden brown. Solid, moist, and chewy, the traditional method of preparing the pretzels has kept Philadelphia Pretzel Factory (PPF) a favorite in a city with a strong Pennsylvania-Dutch lineage. The Philadelphian public has grown with these three for $1.50 pretzels, and today they are as common as the birthday cake at parties.

PPF hit the scene in 1998 with an avenue front store across from Philadelphia’s Mayfair Diner in Northeastern Philly. The flagship still stands, bedecked in the green and white checkerboard pattern that has become a PPF trademark, which today has over 100 locations.

It was at this flagship that I had the pleasure of meeting with Company Founders Dan DiZio and Len Lehman, and Vice President of Operations Marty Ferrill, to talk about their pretzels.

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