Slim & Husky’s homeowners have already made historical past as the primary Black-owned enterprise on Nashville’s historic Broadway. Now they need extra.
With all the firm’s success, Slim & Husky’s has taken a slice out of the music and retail industries, telling WATE 6 it’s known as PRM or Pure Relentless Manifestation.
“It’s a merchandise model that surrounds our story as entrepreneurs, making one thing out of nothing, and understanding that for those who can simply manifest it, imagine in it, work in the direction of it, you possibly can attain your objectives,” co-owner Clint Grey mentioned.
The founders hosts stay music exhibits for aspiring artists and plan on opening extra brick-and-mortar shops in California and Austin, Texas, WATE 6 experiences.
Subsequent in line is having the model in properties throughout the nation by promoting frozen pizzas in grocery shops and on-line. The information of enlargement doesn’t come as a shock.
Final yr, Slim & Husky’s was featured on Good Morning America, USA In the present day, New York Instances, and Forbes, BLACK ENTERPRISE reported.
They’re additionally acquainted faces locally and host occasions and take part in talking engagements at native faculties, nonprofits, small companies, and different organizations.
Beginning of their storage in 2015, founders Derrick Moore, Emanuel Reed, and Clint Grey have made their mark as a favourite amongst Nashville pizza lovers.
The Tennessee State College grads advised the outlet they’ve extra up their sleeve.
“We inform folks we’re not only a pizza firm. It’s pizza, artwork, and music,” Grey mentioned. “Rising up, we by no means noticed a minority enterprise, an African American enterprise, scale to what we’re doing in the present day. So it’s crucial for us to have the ability to present these coming after us, the probabilities of what will be.”
There may be extra to return for the profitable enterprise.
Nashville Scene lately introduced Moore, Reed, and Grey as semifinalists within the prestigious James Beard Basis Annual Restaurant and Chef Awards.