Pizza Restaurants

Mellow Mushroom

Atlanta, GA · Founded 1974 · MMLS

Home-Grown Industries of Georgia, Inc. d/b/a Mellow Mushroom grants franchises for restaurants operating under the Mellow Mushroom name, featuring pizza and other food and beverage products and services available for on-premises dining, to-go, or delivery in either a traditional full-service restaurant format with table service and a full bar, or a fast-casual fast-fine format with counter ordering.

2026 Franchise 500
Unranked
161
units (2025)
-2.4%
year over year

Units by Year

168
2022
161
2023
165
2024
161
2025

Total outlets at year end, from FDD Item 20.

The Investment

Initial investment
$1,330,000 – $2,916,500
FDD Item 7
Franchise fee
$50,000
FDD Item 5
Ad fund
1%
FDD Item 6
Financial performance
No
FDD Item 19 disclosure
Royalty

5% of Restaurant's Weekly Gross Sales

Leadership

  • Richard A. Brasch

    President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director

  • Marc E. Weinstein

    Founder and Chairman of the Board

  • Michael T. Clock

    Chief Financial Officer

  • Charles Kevin Bridges

    Senior Vice President and Secretary

  • Elizabeth Brasch

    Executive Vice President, Marketing

  • Ahsan Jiva

    Executive Vice President, Strategy & Transformation

  • Jamie Cecil

    Vice President, Franchise Development

  • Peter J. Jurta

    Vice President of Operations

  • Kimberly Dockter Bolinger

    Director of Operations

  • Jeff Blaze

    Director of Operations

On File

FDD years
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Franchisee records
118
Current roster rows
Signed, not open
1
FDD Item 20, Table 5
Franchising for
38 yrs

Franchise Disclosure Documents

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