This is an absolutely inspiration story. Rosa’s Fresh Pizza in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania started as a simple New York style $1 slice pizza business. The business is owned by Mason Wartman, a former officer worker who decided to make the move into owning a business.
With Rosa’s Fresh Pizza having super low prices, it wasn’t unusual for homeless people to come in and purchase slices, however, there were occasions where some homeless people did not have enough money to pay for a slice.
One day a customer comes in and inquires if any homeless person ever came up short on funds to pay for their pizza. So the customer insisted that he pay it forward. He gave Wartman a dollar for the next homeless person’s pizza. Wartman decided to buy some post-its and put the pre-paid coupon on a board behind the register.
But then Wartman began telling other customers about this pay it forward pizza slice concept and before he knew it, word spread quickly. Since then Rosa’s Fresh Pizza has given away over 10,000 slices to the homeless!
We live in a country of plenty and it’s easy for us to overlook the few with almost nothing. Many of whom trade their dignity every day just for small change so they can afford to by thing like food. There is no feeling in the world like asking a stranger for charity when you are down and out, it’s a pain like nothing else.
I personally hope Rosa’s Fresh Pizza in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania becomes a roaring success and allows him to open many stores! So if you’re in the city of brotherly love be sure to stop by Rosa’s Fresh Pizza and try a slice, you can also pay it forward for the next person in need.? And by the way I hear the pizza is just as good as the owner’s heart.
Here’s the video.
