Home Run Inn Pizza

Name

Home Run Inn Pizza

Legal name

Home Run Inn, Inc.

Website

https://homeruninnpizza.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Frozen Pizza

NAICS

Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing (3118), Limited-Service Restaurants (722513)

SIC

Bakery Products (2050), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Frozen Pizza & Flatbreads (CRADADAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pizza QSR (THAFAAAB), Refrigerated & Frozen Doughs and Batters Manufacturing (AFAKACAM)

Keywords

• Frozen pizza
• Chicago tavern-style pizza
• Pizzeria restaurants
• Pizza catering
• School lunch programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Woodridge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Frozen Pizza Retail Sales: Pre-packaged frozen pizzas sold through grocery retailers nationwide. Products include Classic (thick crust) and Ultra Thin varieties in multiple toppings.
2. Restaurant Dine-In, Carryout & Delivery: Full-service restaurant operations in Chicagoland offering dine-in, carryout, and delivery of fresh pizzas and menu items. Includes bar service with local beers and cocktails.
3. School Hot Lunch Catering: Provides fresh, individually packaged pizzas to Chicagoland schools for hot lunch programs. Delivers hot and ready to serve.
4. Catering & Events: Corporate and private event catering services including pizza catering, fundraisers, and private parties.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Home Run Inn Pizza manufactures and sells par-baked Chicago tavern-style frozen pizzas in Classic and Ultra Thin varieties through grocery retailers nationwide, and operates company-owned pizzerias across the Chicagoland area providing dine-in, carryout, and delivery. Complementary offerings include pizza catering for corporate and private events, a Chicagoland school hot lunch program delivering individually packaged fresh pizzas, and a fundraising program for schools and community organizations.

Product overview

Home Run Inn Pizza is a family-owned Chicago-based company offering authentic Chicago tavern-style thin crust frozen pizzas and restaurant dining experiences. The product portfolio consists of two main frozen pizza lines: Classic (traditional tavern-style) and Ultra Thin (extra thin crust), each available in multiple varieties (Cheese, Pepperoni, Sausage, specialty toppings, and specialty combinations). The company also operates Chicagoland restaurant locations offering dine-in, carryout, and delivery services, complemented by catering, fundraising, and school lunch programs. Loyalty programs include HRI Rewards (for restaurants) and MVP Frozen Rewards (for frozen pizza purchasers).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Classic Frozen Pizza
• Ultra Thin Frozen Pizza
• Restaurant Dine-In, Carryout & Delivery
• Pizza Catering
• School Hot Lunch Program
• Fundraising Program

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Garrett Popcorn ShopsminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 2 July 2024Home Run Inn Pizza teamed up with Garrett Popcorn Shops to create a Pizza-Seasoned Garrett Popcorn exclusive to Wrigley Field from July 2nd-7th. This co-branded promotional partnership featured special packaging with Cubs and Home Run Inn branding at Wrigley Field concessions.
• Chicagoland School DistrictscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHome Run Inn has been providing fresh, nutritious lunches to Chicagoland schools for more than a decade. The company delivers hot, all-natural pizza to schools with individually packaged products and stackable boxes for convenience. Partnership supports schools with fundraising options.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Giordano's: Chicago stuffed deep-dish pizza chain with multiple restaurant locations in Chicagoland and a growing frozen retail line. Comparable dual restaurant + frozen retail model in the same metro.
• Tombstone: General Mills-owned frozen pizza brand sold at mainstream grocery. Competes head-to-head with Home Run Inn's Classic and Ultra Thin SKUs at the value-mid tier of the same shelf set.
• DiGiorno: Nestlé-owned premium frozen pizza brand and the category share leader. Directly competes with Home Run Inn across the same retail grocery frozen pizza aisle, targeting the same home-consumption occasion.
• Red Baron: Schwan's Company frozen pizza brand with deep distribution across U.S. grocery. Direct competitor to Home Run Inn across classic and thin crust frozen retail pizzas.
• Lou Malnati's: Iconic Chicago deep-dish pizzeria with a national frozen pizza mail-order business. Closest direct peer on Chicago pizza heritage, restaurant operations in Chicagoland, and premium frozen retail.
• Aurelio's Pizza: Family-owned Chicago-area thin crust pizzeria chain with a long heritage, multi-unit Chicagoland footprint, and frozen retail pizzas. Highly comparable heritage brand competing in the same tavern-style category.
• Rosati's: Chicago-area authentic pizza franchise with multiple Chicagoland locations and a frozen retail pizza line. Direct regional peer on both restaurant and frozen retail operations.

Broad incumbents

• Pizza Hut: Yum! Brands-owned global QSR pizza chain with dine-in, carryout, delivery, and a frozen retail line at grocery. Broad incumbent competing across both of Home Run Inn's restaurant and frozen channels.
• California Pizza Kitchen (CPK Frozen): Premium frozen pizza brand at retail, born from a casual-dining restaurant chain. Adjacent peer competing in the premium/natural frozen pizza segment where Home Run Inn competes.
• Totino's: General Mills mass-market frozen pizza and pizza rolls brand. Larger, broader portfolio incumbent that competes with Home Run Inn at the value and party-pizza end of the frozen category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/homeruninn
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/home-run-inn
• Instagraminstagram.com/homeruninn
• TikToktiktok.com/@homeruninnpizza?lang=en
• Pinterestpinterest.com/homeruninnpizza
• Xx.com/HomeRunInn

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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