SME News Q1 2024 / 28 Best Family-Owned Mobile Pizza Business 2023 - South East Sole Luna Pizza is an Oxfordshire-based mobile food truck that provides customers with outstanding wood-fired pizzas, crafted and topped with the most delightful fresh Italian ingredients. For its outstanding food and customer service, the company has recently been named Best Family-Owned Mobile Pizza Business, South East, in the Southern Enterprise Awards 2023. Here, we explore the story behind the business as well as its tempting menu. In 2013, Sole Luna was established by Company Directors Amira and Daniel Popa. Having worked in some of the best pizzerias in Italy, the pair were inspired to bring traditional Neapolitan thin-crust pizza to England. To achieve this goal, they purchased a brandnew Citroen Relay Enterprise, from which they would serve fresh pizza at private parties, food festivals, and a number of regular locations. Today, Sole Luna operates four food trucks, serving customers across Oxfordshire and Swindon. The business is highly active on Instagram and Facebook, posting updates about where each truck will be located at what times throughout the week. With heritage at its core, Sole Luna carefully selects the best Italian ingredients to use in its pizzas, from the tomatoes of Mount Vesuvius to fior di latte mozzarella. Each pizza is hand-thrown and cooked at 450 degrees within a 100% natural wood-fired oven. This technique results in the smoky char, crisp crust, and topping-filled centre that Sole Luna’s pizzas have become known for. Ultimately, the heart and soul of Italy is poured into every pizza served, each as authentic and delicious as the last. Sole Luna boasts an extensive menu that features a broad range of pizzas, including everything from the classic margherita to the spicy diavola to the vegetable-based filetti. It also offers a signature pizza, which is topped with a tomato sauce, mozzarella, salami, prosciutto di parma, strachino cheese, and rocket. Furthermore, Sole Luna is committed to catering to a wide range of dietary requirements, offering vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian, and gluten free options. Alongside its pizzas, the business offers an aioli dip made from scratch with garlic, parsley, lemon, and mayonnaise. And these mouth-watering tastes of Sole Luna are making their way across the UK thanks to franchisees contributing to the company’s expansion since 2020. With a variety of exciting franchising opportunities available in several locations across the country, one doesn’t need to be a trained pizzaiolo or have experience in the food industry – they just need to be capable of running a business, be driven toward achieving success, and have great customer service skills, topped off with a love for good Italian food. Once you become a Sole Luna franchisee, you will receive training and 100% ongoing support in order to ensure your own pizza business thrives and you reap the rewards. For more information about Sole Luna’s franchising opportunities, please visit www.pizzasoleluna.com/franchise. Over the years, Sole Luna has received a multitude of positive reviews from satisfied customers, resulting in its impeccable five-star rating on Google. For example, one pleased reviewer shares, “Sole Luna Pizza is genuinely the best pizza I have ever had - immensely tasty, beautifully cooked, and the owners are lovely! I always make sure to go to the local pub when their van is there, and I am always blown away by how good the food is. Thank you, guys!” Similarly, another delighted customer shares, “This is the most fantastic and delicious pizza in Oxfordshire! I look forward to it on Fridays with my partner. Lovely staff, and everything is always fresh, piping hot, delicious, and on time. Highly recommend the smoky special and their garlic bread!” In light of this glowing praise, it is no surprise that Sole Luna has been awarded the title of Best Family-Owned Mobile Pizza Business, South East, in the Southern Enterprise Awards 2023. In the years to come, there is no doubt that the company will continue providing its customers with the best Neapolitan pizza, tempting them back again and again with its exceptional creations. Contact: Daniel Popa Company: Sole Luna Pizza Web Address: www.pizzasoleluna.com
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