NFL’s Kevin Faulk Celebrates Naked Pizza Lafayette

Lafayette, LA – February 23, 2010 — New Orleans-based Naked Pizza, the franchisor combining an all-natural pizza with a highly successful take-out and delivery model, is celebrating the opening of its Lafayette location this weekend with Area Developer Kevin Faulk – former LSU Tiger and NFL Running Back for the New England Patriots.

Three-time Super Bowl Champion Faulk – a Carencro, LA native – will be returning to his home state to conduct the Naked Pizza Lafayette ribbon-cutting honors at 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 26th.

Since its launch in 2006, Naked Pizza has garnered national attention for its innovative use of social media, high profile investors and goal of “demonstrating, by example, that fast food can be part of the solution to the global epidemic of obesity and chronic disease related to diet.” Naked Pizza’s recipe is based on the use of all-natural ingredients with no added sugar, high fructose corn syrup, trans fats, hormones or preservatives. Its crust is made from what is called an “Ancestral Blend™” of ten grains, prebiotic fiber from the agave plant and special heat resistant probiotics or “healthful” bacteria. The diversity of nutrients and fiber along with the added probiotics support digestive health. According to co-founder Jeff Leach, it’s a recipe based on a 200,000-year-old nutritional blueprint, and a taste that all pizza – saucy, cheesy, still round, still comes in a square box, and delivered fast to your door.

Naked Pizza considers itself part of the post-recession, post-mass media driven entrepreneurship taking hold around the world. Leach sums it up: “Fast food is arguably the most successful commercial enterprise in the world in terms of marketing, product, distribution, and economies of scale. Our all-natural pizza is riding in on a Trojan horse intersecting a global demand for active, healthier lifestyles. Regardless of where we are, our business boils down to our pizza being a point of authentic connection – an honest exchange that starts a conversation about the food supply, policy or anything else people want to talk about. It gives people some tools to make better decisions about their health, the system and the food they eat. It’s about igniting a movement.”

Naked Pizza Lafayette is located at 143 Arnould Boulevard.