Case Study: Little Pops NY Pizzeria achieves rapid sales growth and staff retention through curbside and delivery with HungerRush

Little Pops Pivots to Curbside and Delivery During Covid-19, Sees Remarkable Growth in Sales

Little Pops NY Pizzeria, a family-run New York–style pizzeria in Naperville, faced the sudden dine‑in shutdown from COVID‑19 and needed to sustain sales while keeping staff fully employed. Working with HungerRush’s restaurant management perspective and leveraging the Revention POS for online ordering and customer data, the owners rapidly redesigned operations for curbside pickup and delivery.

HungerRush’s integrated approach (paired with the Revention POS contact database) enabled fast implementation of no‑contact pickup stations, text/phone queuing, a gift‑card promotion and targeted outreach to customers and first responders. The results were significant: nightly pizza volume jumped from 200–250 to over 400, Little Pops sold more than $22,500 in gift cards in the first 10 days, retained its full staff, and built lasting customer goodwill and loyalty.

Little Pops NY Pizzeria

Mike Nelson

Owner