Short Summary
Founder Louis Lombardi and his daughter Ava Lombardi
Louis has been in the kitchen since the age of five! Being brought up by all Italian women, there was no choice but to learn his way around the kitchen!! Cooking was not only his passion but his first love! As he grew older so did his knowledge for PIZZA! After many years of watching and learning from the top pizza masters around the world, Louis went on to create a top quality New York style frozen pizza line …AVALOU'S! Named after his daughter and himself! With his 30 years of experience in creating the perfect dough and sauce, he went on to create the freshest and best quality frozen pizzas on the market today! All made in NEW YORK! And as you know, the New York water is EVERYTHING!
Louis' Acting Career:
Louis Lombardi has over 38 years in the Entertainment business. Louis has acted in over 100 films and television shows. Best known for his roles on the shows Sopranos, 24, and Entourage. He has also written and directed several films based around his home town of the Bronx, New York. Louis’ passion for entertainment is only superseded for his love of food, family, and pizza!
What We Need & What You Get
Avalous Italian Pizza Company needs your help funding the new revolution of Italian pizza franchises. With its new technology and five generations of old school recipes, our company wants to bring a New York pizzeria to every street corner in America without the expense or hassles of buildouts and labor. We are asking for $200,000 to help make our daddy-daughter family business dream come true. By investing with us, you become part of the Avalous Pizza family.
Founder Louis Lombardi has been an actor for over 30 years and has stared in shows such as Sopranos, 24, and Entourage. Some of our cool perks will be some of his Hollywood memorabilia such as autographed headshots from the hit show, The Sopranos, as well as from the Emmy award winning show 24 starring Kiefer Sutherland. He will also send a thank you video to you welcoming you to our family at Avalous Italian Pizza Company.
If we do not reach our goals, the funds will go towards the production of our frozen pizzas all made in New York with New York water shipped throughout the country, helping us with our popups, and distribution to restaurants, bars, and hotel groups, as well as marketing.
The Impact
By putting an Avalous pizzeria on every corner in America our pizzerias will incorporate technology, connivence, speed, and ease of production with consistency and the highest quality of frozen pizza you can buy on the market today. We are revolutionizing the quick service food business so our consumer can grab and go and have the best pizza on the market made within minutes for today's fast paced society. Pizza, one of the number 1 most enjoyed foods in the world.
Risks & Challenges
Our first challenge is getting the right locations. As we know in today's market, brick and mortars are going out of business in droves. Hard to keep up with labor, cost of goods, high rents, and marketing, businesses are struggling to survive. With Avalous Italian pizza company, we've eliminated the argues task of running a brick and mortar by having all our New York old school recipes made with a consistent quality of any New York pizza and frozen to bring a consistent product to America. To overcome these hurdles, our pizzas are already shipped frozen to our location, eliminating a major part of labor, cost of goods, and overhead as to run an Avalons pizza company is extremely low cost with massive product margins and be able to bring a consistent New York pizza to every corner in America without the huge overhead of a traditional brick and mortar pizzeria. No need to make dough, sauce, or run ovens but still keep the quality up. Our footprint will be small locations with lower rents. With the ease of our operations, our locations will only require a 500-1000 square foot location which will reduce our rent dramatically, but still be able to operate a functioning pizzeria. With no buildouts, no hoods needed and the highest technology equipment that reduces our energy bill to operate, our unconventional pizzerias can operate anywhere with the lowest cost to open each location.
Other Ways You Can Help
If you can't donate money, resources of sharing is so important. Our family business is being run on a shoestring marketing budget. Your help of sharing to your friends and family is as important as investing. With your help we can achieve our dreams of having an Avalous Italian Pizza Company pizzeria on every corner in America. Let's spread the word from our family to yours, let's have a slice of New York and together let's bring families back to the dinner table.
