Jake Sanderson, culinary director, and Katie Lee, proprietor of Katie’s Pizza & Pasta, gained the fitting to promote their frozen pizzas in Walmart shops. Picture: Katie’s Pizza & Pasta
Katie’s Pizza & Pasta, based mostly out of St. Louis, scored large on Walmart’s Open Name product pitch day. The model, which has three areas, earned a Golden Ticket provide for its handmade frozen pizzas — the pizzas shall be obtainable in Walmart’s grocery shops beginning in mid-to-late 2025, in line with a press launch.
Katie Lee, who owns the model, and Culinary Director Jake Sanderson, had been on-site at Walmart headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, to pitch Katie’s to the retail large.
“We did it! We acquired a Golden Ticket,” Lee mentioned within the press launch. “It is the American dream come true, and we’re so proud to broaden into Walmart. We’re so grateful to our St. Louis followers who’ve supported us as we began providing frozen pizzas by way of our restaurant enterprise through the pandemic. We dreamed large and expanded into native grocery shops, nationwide delivery, then moved into wider retail distribution, and now Walmart.”
Katie’s Pizza & Pasta has a line of frozen pizzas offered in retailers. The model has 100% development 12 months over 12 months for the previous three years.
Following the 2021 renovation of its frozen manufacturing facility, Katie’s frozen pizzas and pasta bakes grew to become obtainable at native St. Louis grocers Dierbergs Markets and Straubs. Progress continued with further expansions into retailers together with Recent Market, Recent Thyme, Kings-Balduccis, Moms, Complete Meals Markets and extra.
Katie’s Pizza & Pasta opened its first location in Rock Hill in St. Louis in 2013, adopted by the City & Nation location in 2017. A 3rd unit opened in 2023 in downtown St. Louis’ Ballpark VIllage.