Spinato’s Pizzeria, Phoenix, Arizona — Family Focus - Pizza Today Spinato’s Pizzeria — family owned and operated for 40 years Meet Ken Spinato, patriarch of his family and president of Phoenix, Arizona-based Spinato’s Pizzeria, which will celebrate its 40th anniversary in November On opening day of the original Spinato’s Pizzeria in Tempe four decades ago, sales totaled a mere 69 cents
Spinato’s Pizzeria Family Kitchen | Pizzeria Community Impact - Pizza . . . In 2009, Spinato’s created the Kenneth A Spinato Foundation, named after its pizzeria founder “Through our three pillars – kids, veterans, and service animals – we strive to make a meaningful impact and continue our tradition of community support ” Read the October 2025 Issue of Pizza Today Magazine It’s National Pizza Month!
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October 2025 - Pizza Today Spinato’s Pizzeria Family Kitchen | Pizzeria Community Impact EDITOR’S NOTE: Happy National Pizza Month! This October, we are celebrating America’s favorite food and the people who make it by featuring pizzerias that give back to their communities To have your pizzeria included, email dgreer@pizzatoday
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The Carrot Approach - Pizza Today The Management Incentive Dilemma Why would I ever pay managers extra for doing their job? Anthony Spinato remembers his “old-school” father, Spinato’s Pizzeria founder Ken Spinato, posing that exact question as Spinato’s contemplated launching its own management-incentive program In an industry notorious for employee turnover, Spinato told his father that an incentive program could