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We Go Where You Go, And We Bring Pizza
If there is anything more American than making sure our armed forces have hot, fresh, mediocre pizza on hand no matter where in the world they are, I don’t know what it is.
Pizza invokes many things; memories of eating it with friends and family, rapturous thoughts of that perfect artisan pie, perhaps nostalgia for a particular phase of life. Being ubiquitous in the food world, just about anywhere in the world you go, you can find pizza in some manner, shape, or form.
And if you spend anytime in or near a US military installation, and are one of the “31 million active-duty military; retirees; National Guardsmen; Reservists; 100% disabled honorably discharged Veterans; authorized Public Health Service associates; authorized National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration associates; Coast Guard members and family members” that slice of home probably came in the form of Anthony’s Pizza.
There are nearly 200 of them, serving up quick, cheap, pizza to the troops, civilians, and their families worldwide. This is down and dirty pizza; not really the freshest ingredients, usually a countertop conveyor-belt style pizza oven, zero frills. But that’s fine; the spartan pies from Anthony’s are meant for folks who aren’t…
