Sunset at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival

A message from Richard Weil, the President & COO of the Nick-N-Willy's Franchise Company.

Park City's infamous Main Street at night

We have concluded our last delivery and attended the last event for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. The past few weeks have certainly flown by as our local Park City franchise owner, our store in Holladay, Utah, and our corporate operations team worked on every little detail to make sure that we delivered the very best Nick-N-Willy’s experience to each and every festival volunteer.

Our team at Nick-N-Willy's in Holladay, UT

Piles of steaming hot Nick-N-Willy's pizza at one of dozens of Sundance venues we delivered to.

Festival volunteers enjoying Nick-N-Willy's pizza!

When we began our discussions this past Fall about becoming an “Official Provider” for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, we only began to understand the dynamics of such a large gathering and well known festival. From our first conference calls in December to the last pizza delivery this past Sunday, we realized we were working on a very special internationally acclaimed event!

Richard Weil (middle) with members of the Park City Nick-N-Willy's team

More pizza deliveries!

Having met this final weekend many Sundance Film Festival (SFF) goers from the early 80’s to contemporary fans while standing in lines awaiting film screenings, to passerbys on Park City’s famed “Main Street” and points in between, SFF holds a very special place to the thousands who attend. As I reflect upon our first experience at the Festival through our own video, blogs, Facebook fan page, Twitter feed, pictures, comments, and testimonials, it all seems to sum up as a wonderful “experience”.

Richard helps out delivering pizza to the Sundance Headquarters

On Saturday night attending the final gala and chatting with SFF volunteer coordinator Emily Aagaard, she gave NNW not only two thumbs up, but perhaps the greatest complement in that she said “every delivery, every pizza and every volunteer so appreciated and enjoyed the NNW product”. What more could we as a provider of great food and service want but to have our customers expectations met and exceeded! So, we did what we said we would do, and that was to make SFF and Nick-N-Willy’s “happen”, and happen we did!

Sonia and her staff work on yet another order for Sundance!.

We have so many people to thank but clearly to start with; our franchise owner in Park City, UT, Sonia Bernard McCall and her staff. Sonia, thanks is a mere understatement to you and your team. Thank you again to our NNW store in Holladay, UT for the behind the scenes support and their own service to SFF. Kudos to our VP of Operations, Paola Rossi for such great attention to details and execution. Big thanks also to Chris Weil for his creativity, energy and expertise. Additional thanks to Tanis Sullivan who has been the glue on the information and social networking highways.

"Nick", the pizza box man, on the slopes at Sundance

Finally, from our new friend, “Nick", the pizza box man as well as hundreds of new social media fans, we have left Park City and the 2010 SFF with great memories, tired feet, and hundreds of pounds of dough, sauce, and cheese and a countless happy Sundance volunteers.

Don't forget to eat more NICK-N-WILLY'S PIZZA!

Post by:
Richard F. Weil, CFE
President, CEO
Nick-N-Willy's Franchise Company, LLC

The Real Stars of the Sundance Show.

It's no doubt that the volunteers at Sundance are an integral part of making the event run efficiently. Some may say they're actually the real stars of the show here. The Sundance Institute is a non-profit organization, therefore it relies heavily on donations, sponsors and the dedication of thousands of people - many of whom don't get paid a cent.

Festival volunteers enjoying our pizza.

We've noticed the volunteers everywhere at the resort. They can be seen in the theatres, at the info booths and the box office, and even directing traffic. This year 1,600 people have graciously donated their time to be a part of this world renowned festival. Sure, they get to see some fantastic screenings and are fed great meals from Nick-N-Willy's pizza, but for the most, they're worked hard over the course of the 10-day event.


We had the chance to speak with Emily Aagaard, the Manager of the Sundance Festival Volunteers, to learn more about how the volunteer operation works, why Sundance values having a pizza sponsor this year, and what the volunteers really think about Nick-N-Willy's Pizza!

Interviewing Emily Aagaard, Manager of Sundance Festival Volunteers

Click here to watch our video interview - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lk4wsg1YVM

Nick-N-Willy's will be dishing it out at the Sundance Film Festival

The crew from Nick-N-Willy's is headed to the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah tomorrow to dish out hundreds of meals to thousands of hungry festival volunteers. From our Park City restaurant, we'll be turning out close to 700 pizzas and countless focaccia sandwiches and salads as part of our contribution to this world renowned international film event. We've ramped up staff and delivery vehicles to accommodate this exciting opportunity, and will be travelling "behind-the-scenes" to deliver the goods. That means, we'll have access to some interesting festival perspectives that we want to share with you!

Beginning tomorrow, we'll be posting tweets and updates on our Twitter feed and Facebook Fan Page, plus we'll provide updates here on our Slice of Life blog. Through our pictures, video and posts you'll be able to come along on our Sundance Film Festival "Feast" and see how we make our way through the festival delivering hundreds of pizzas and taking in all the sites. You never know we may run into a celebrity or two.

Stay tuned......

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