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Courtesy of RestaurantNews.com Westfield, NJ  (RestaurantNews.com)  The Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers (CHART) today announced that Janelle Reents, President of Monical Pizza Corporation, is the recipient of its 2023 Commitment to People Award. Janelle will be honored at the Commitment to People Dinner on Monday evening, July 31, during CHART’s 104th Hospitality Training Conference at the Rosen Plaza, Orlando, FL. Read more about Janelle’s journey “Pizza with a Purpose” interview here in the Summer 2023 issue of Hospitality Training … Read More

Monical’s Pizza Celebrates It’s 60th Anniversary  60 years is a long time for any business to survive much less prosper. In fact, quite a few who once were listed among the Dow Jones largest corporations no longer exist. Monical’s Pizza was founded by the Monical family in 1959 in a pool hall in Tolono, Illinois and today consists of 62 restaurants in four Midwest states. The company, which currently employs almost 1500 team members, still … Read More

Monical’s Pizza voted ‘Best Pizza’ in the St. Louis Post Dispatch GO! Magazine The St. Louis Post Dispatch GO! Magazine announced Sunday, April 29th that Monical’s Pizza was voted “Best Pizza” restaurant in St. Louis. The Monical’s Pizza Restaurant in O’Fallon, MO is the company’s first location in Missouri and recently celebrated its second anniversary at that location. “It’s an honor to be voted the Best Pizza in St. Louis,” Monical’s Pizza Marketing Coordinator Jim Hedge said. “We … Read More

Monical’s Pizza proudly opened their first Missouri location on April 11, 2016.  After an extensive search throughout the St. Louis area, O’Fallon was an easy decision.  Since opening in O’Fallon, Monical’s Pizza has enjoyed getting involved with the community.  Girls on the Run, River City Rascals and the Heritage Fest are some events that we have had the pleasure of sponsoring. Recently we had our friends from the Economic Development department from the city of … Read More

For Immediate Release: Monical’s Pizza Paris To Re-Open Following the recent retirement of long-time franchisee Diane Boyer and subsequent remodeling of the Paris Monical’s Pizza, the restaurant is scheduled to re-open at the end of August.  Formerly a franchise location, the Paris Monical’s will now be operated as a company-owned restaurant with Jennifer Denton assuming General Manager responsibilities.  Jennifer has served as an Assistant Manager at the Tilton Monical’s and as General Manager of the … Read More

For Immediate Release July 13, 2015 – After more than 40 years with Monical’s Pizza, Diane Boyer has decided to move on to the next phase of her life…retirement. She became the Franchisee of Paris in 1976 and has been the face of Monical’s in the community ever since. As a long-standing member of the Monical’s “family”, Diane leaves her restaurant in good hands as it will convert from a franchise to company-operated location. Janelle … Read More

For Immediate Release: July 25, 2014 – Monical’s Pizza announces plans to re-build their Tilton restaurant at its existing location at 1628 Georgetown Road. The building suffered extensive fire damage on April 24 of this year. Since then the company has been working with the insurance provider, city of Tilton and the corporate architect on the plans to rebuild. With a newly expanded North Vermilion Street location in addition to the original restaurant on North … Read More

In response to both increased guest demand and pending legislation under the Affordable Care Act, we decided to update our on-line nutrition information to make it more user- friendly.  We searched for a provider who could give us a more comprehensive approach for accessing our nutritional information.  After reviewing a large number of nutritional information pages on restaurant websites, we concluded that a “nutrition calculator’ would be an excellent approach for us to follow.  The … Read More

As the holidays are coming, many people are making a list and checking it twice.  For those loved ones who have moved away from their hometown, they often would like a “taste of home” as a gift.  We have researched, long and hard, on how to ship Monical’s pizza.  So here is the story. In order for us to ship our Oven-Ready (frozen) pizzas, they have to be manufactured in a USDA-approved facility. To date … Read More

Everyone knows Monical’s for the Family Pleaser, the Salad Dressing, and the Breadsticks (are you hungry yet?) but we wanted to highlight another reason why Monical’s truly does “Bring People Together”. 2013 continues our 9+ year partnership with Toys for Tots.  Many people only think of Toys for Tots near the holidays.  Preparation to pull off the toy drive takes all year. Toys for Tots started in 1947 in Los Angeles by Major Hendrickson.  That … Read More

Here is an amazing recipe that was submitted by John Sales, Jr., a loyal guest and one of our biggest facebook fans! He says: “I’ve been known to refer to Meatloaf as FOTG ‘Food Of The Gods’ with this recipe it’s closer to the truth!!” If you are not near a Monical’s location, you can order our dressing online by clicking here. Find this and other recipes right here on our blog by clicking our ‘Recipes’ … Read More

Christmas is a time of joy, community and goodwill. It is a time of giving and helping those who are less fortunate than us. This year, Monical’s Pizza made it happen during its annual holiday meeting on Monday, December 10th in Bloomington, IL. During the Holiday Meeting, attendees donated non-perishable food items, which prior to being given to the Midwest Food Bank, were used to create a (temporary) indoor miniature golf course. This went to prove … Read More

People Report and Black Box Intelligence have announced 13 finalists for the 2012 Best Practices awards, which honor four restaurant companies for exceptional workplace practices and results.  In addition to Monical’s Pizza, the finalists include BJ’s Restaurants, The Capital Grille, Corner Bakery Cafe, Eat’n Park Restaurants, La Madeleine, Le Pain Quotidien, K&N Management, Longhorn Steakhouse, Maggiano’s Little Italy, McDonald’s, Red Lobster and White Castle. “These companies represent some of the best workplaces in our industry,” … Read More

Do you remember the Sesame Street song “C is for Cookie”? We do! We thought we would try to come up with Monical’s menu items to fill up the rest of the alphabet! We were able to come up with 21 of the 26 letters in the alphabet. How many can you list? A: Apple Slices B: Breadsticks C: Cookie or Calzone D: Delight (pizza combination) E: Extra Meat or Veggies (pricing per topping) F: … Read More

Charlie eats at his favorite restaurant on shot days.  I took this picture on July 27, 2010 at Monical’s- 3542 N. Vermilion, Danville, IL. Mommy gets spaghetti and Nana gets pizza so he’s all set! The employees and customers at CVS thought this picture was just adorable. They said it belonged in a restaurant or a photo contest. All of our friends and relatives (as my daughter and I both have 8×10’s in our kitchens) … Read More

Monical’s Menu helps this Mom ‘Git-R-Done’ Growing up my elders always told me, “the older you get the quicker time goes by” and man, were they right!  Like many working mothers I wear many hats and I have found, after having children, that time speeds by even faster.  My daughter, Josephine, is 17 months old and my son, Gavin just turned 3 on February 7th. To celebrate we had a party and of course this … Read More

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In 1959 the Monical family started making pizzas in the little town of Tolono, Illinois. Before long, their recipe became a hit with many of their local friends and neighbors. Thus was born Monical’s Pizza®, a name that over the years has become synonymous locally with the very finest thin crust pizza.
Today there are nearly 60 Monical’s Pizza® restaurants, primarily located throughout Central Illinois with several in Indiana, and one in Wisconsin. Monical’s great pizza has evolved into a dining tradition for countless families and into a financially-solid steadily-growing foodservice institution. In an intensely competitive business environment, Monical’s Pizza® has managed not only to keep up, but outpace many of its larger competitors. There are two reasons for this record of performance: People and Vision.
The Monical’s mission is simply stated as The Family Pleaser®…People Pleasing People®
The Monical’s vision is “In a world that pulls people apart… we bring people together”
[H4] “People Philosophy” Drives Business
The Monical’s Pizza mission is simply stated in our trademarked phrase “The Family Pleaser… People Pleasing People®”. We believe in developing people to their fullest extent. The driving force behind our business is our people philosophy, which encompasses our team members, franchisees, guests, vendors and shareholders. This statement of purpose is found throughout our restaurants and inspires our employees to deliver nothing but the best. We strive to provide memorable dining experiences for everyone that enters our restaurants. People return because of our consistent quality products, detailed service and our warm, friendly atmosphere.
[H4] Walking the Walk
Monical’s Pizza internalizes the importance of people and emulates its “People Pleasing People” philosophy. This approach has resulted in a great organizational culture that is recognized by the restaurant industry in our third straight “Best Practices” nomination and our low management turnover rate of less than 20% for management.
To contact Monical’s Corporate Office:
Monical Pizza Corporation
530 N. Bradley Blvd.
Bradley, IL
60915-1220
Phone: (815) 937-1890
Fax: (815) 937-9828
Monical’s Corporate Memberships and Associations
NRA- National Restaurant Association
CHART- Council of Hotel & Restaurant Trainers
NRAEF- National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation
Illinois National Restaurant Association
People Report

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