We all know that pink is a beautiful color most everyone loves. There are pink flowers, pink bows, pink ribbons, and ties. The color pink even has a greater meaning of triumphing over adversity. But two young entrepreneurs in Cabot, decided to take pink to a whole new level.
Brooke Ashworth and her bestie Allison Smart have embarked on a new venture. They are bringing their fine gourmet style pink dough pizza to our community of Cabot and will be located at the new Quarry Food Truck Lot, located at 3225 East Carmichael Road and Highway 5. The Pink Pepperoni duo promises that their pizza will have a taste like no other.
Brooke a recent graduate of Harding University with a Degree in Engineering said she wasn’t exactly ready to get right into her field of expertise without first trying her hand at her own business. “I just graduated college and I’m not completely sure what I really wanted to do with my Engineering Degree yet so, me and my best friend, we decided, you know what? Let’s start a food truck. From there, we acquired a food truck and came up with the Pink Pepperoni because my favorite color is pink. I like everything pink, so we said, why not incorporate that into pizza.”
Allison was all for the idea. Besides being in her senior year of college as an Art Major, Allison also teaches dance and has her own small business. But she says this is another venture she is excited to embark on with her best friend. “I started off doing social media for the food truck lot, The Quarry, and from there I started working with the food trucks and was interested to see how the food truck business worked and things like that. And then we just had this great opportunity, and so I thought I would jump on it before it was too late”.
The duo said they plan to please everyone. There will be lunch specials which will include a drink. A whole pizza will be the standard 12″ medium size pizza.
The good news about the Pink Pepperoni is that you don’t have to order a whole pizza. They will be selling slices as well. “I think it’ll be helpful for a lot of teenagers who are out running around. A lot of people don’t eat a full pizza by themselves, so having the slices option will be helpful for them so they’re not over spending on a full pizza that they will either in the long run throw away or have to give to somebody else”, said Allison.
Although there will be other food trucks located at The Quarry Food Truck Lot, these two business partners have no fear of competition. “In comparison to the other trucks, one of the great things is that at the lot there’s a very wide variety of foods. And one of the rules at the lot is that there is no trailer or truck that serves that same kind of food,” said Brooke.
Brooke said the business venture was inspired by The Quarry Food Truck Lot’s owner, Johnny White, who is no stranger to the community. Mr. white said he is thrilled that these two young ladies decided to put their pizza business on his lot. He adds there is no doubt in his mind that this venture will be successful. “Pizza in Cabot will do good in a food truck because, on this side of town we don’t have any pizza”. White, added that he is so excited for the duo, that he will have a mini coupe wrapped in pink that he will be doing the pizza deliveries in.
Although the duo have not set a definitive grand opening date, look out for more updates about the Pink Pepperoni’s grand opening, scheduled for the end of July or the beginning of August.