Mellow Mushroom was founded by 2 College roommates in 1974.

The roommates' names were Rocky Reeves and Mike Nicholson, both were from Georgia Tech.

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Both had prior pizza experience as both had worked in various pizza restaurants.

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The first outlet was opened on Spring Street in Atlanta, near the Georgia Tech Campus.

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The first Mellow Mushroom pizza was offered at $2.50, along with Coke products for $0.30.

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Every Mellow Mushroom locations in the US is locally owned and operated.

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A Franchise of Mellow Mushroom requires $500,000 in cash and should have a background in restaurant operation.

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Mellow Mushroom is the only chain of Pizza restaurants that offers "The Southern Pizza" in their Mellow mushroom menu.

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Each box of Pizza is made up of negative carbon print with 100% recycled material.

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Mellow Mushroom is also called the greenest pizza box in the country.

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Every Mellow Mushroom Restaurant is full of great artwork.

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Currently Mellow Mushroom comes under the top 5 Pizza chain restaurants in the the US.

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