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 the entire 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 figuring out that for those who can simply manifest it, consider in it, work in direction of it, you may attain your objectives,” co-owner Clint Grey stated.
The founders hosts dwell 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 12 months, Slim & Husky’s was featured on Good Morning America, USA At this time, New York Occasions, and Forbes, BLACK ENTERPRISE reported.
They’re additionally acquainted faces locally and host occasions and take part in talking engagements at native colleges, 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 informed 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 stated. “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 chances of what might be.”
There may be extra to return for the profitable enterprise.
Nashville Scene not too long ago introduced Moore, Reed, and Grey as semifinalists within the prestigious James Beard Basis Annual Restaurant and Chef Awards.