# Pizza Inn signs a 10-buffet development agreement

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The first five openings are anticipated in fiscal 2027.

Published: 2026-09-25T18:53:11.716197+00:00

By QSR Pro Staff

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Pizza Inn has signed a development agreement for 10 buffet restaurants with a multi-brand operator new to the chain, parent Rave Restaurant Group [said September 24](https://investors.raverg.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/87/rave-restaurant-group-inc-reports-fourth-quarter-and-fiscal-year-end-2026-financial-results). The operator has pizza-industry experience. Rave anticipates the first five restaurants will open in fiscal 2027.

The agreement follows earlier investment in development staff. In a [May 7 release](https://investors.raverg.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/86/rave-restaurant-group-inc-reports-third-quarter-2026-results), CFO Jay Rooney said Rave had added a second franchise salesperson during the quarter ended March 29 and increased travel spending to approve and develop restaurant sites. A construction director joined early in the following quarter. Rooney described that spending as investment in expanding Pizza Inn's buffet network.

Rave's [annual filing](https://investors.raverg.com/sec-filings/all-sec-filings/content/0001140361-26-037514/ef20075484_10k.htm) says its development team visits each potential domestic site and new franchisees receive on-site training for their first two openings under development agreements.

Pizza Inn ended fiscal 2026 on June 28 with 80 domestic buffets, up from 79 a year earlier. Four opened and three closed. Across all formats, its domestic network shrank from 96 locations to 91.

Buffets offer dine-in, carryout and catering; many also deliver. Pizza Inn also had four delivery/carryout restaurants and seven franchised Express outlets at year end. Its last licensed Pizza Inn Express kiosk, a separate format, had closed.

The [September results](https://investors.raverg.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/87/rave-restaurant-group-inc-reports-fourth-quarter-and-fiscal-year-end-2026-financial-results) showed Pizza Inn's domestic comparable sales up 2.4% for fiscal 2026 and down 2.8% in the fourth quarter, both year over year.

Rave also [disclosed](https://investors.raverg.com/sec-filings/all-sec-filings/content/0001140361-26-037514/ef20075484_10k.htm) that CEO Brandon Solano had alleged workplace harassment and discrimination by its board in a compensation-related complaint. The company said it engaged Hagan Law Group September 1 to investigate. The September 24 filing described the investigation as pending.

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