This week on The Hot Slice Podcast, Jeremy and Denise sit down with Melissa Rickman, owner of Wholly Stromboli in Fort Lupton, Colorado. Rickman, a seasoned pizza business maven, regularly contributes to the educational lineup at Pizza Expo and Pizza & Pasta Northeast. She has written articles for Pizza Today and has led a variety of seminars and food demos at the two aforementioned shows.Now, she’s prepping for her biggest stage yet — delivering a keynote address at PPNE 2023 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.We talk with Melissa about the keynote as well as her online ordering platform, who she sees as some of her biggest inspirations and her future plans in the industry.Read her article from earlier this year about why you should keep chicken wings on your menu: https://pizzatoday.com/topics/menu-development/keeping-chicken-wings-on-the-menu/.Learn more about Wholly Stromboli at whollystromboli.com. And, finally, register to attend PPNE so you can hear Rickman’s keynote in person: https://ppne.pizzatoday.com/.