Why Home Run Inn is Most Loved

Home Run Inn is a family-owned Chicago pizza institution founded in 1923, famous for its iconic thin-crust recipe (perfected 1947) and its legacy of bringing people together.

Positive Vision: A strong family-owned brand legacy, quality/innovation focus, growth and advancement, supportive culture, employee well-being.
Alignment of Values: Quality, community, and family values that mirror what team members hold.
CEO Strengths: The CEO leads with integrity and community connection, bi-yearly town halls, quarterly updates, yearly site visits.
Company Respect: Biannual surveys, Team Health Surveys (Lencioni-based), regular check-ins.
Loved Culture: Town halls, team bonding, the Gold Glove recognition program, Stagen leadership training.
Benefits: HRI Paid Holiday, Summer Hours, paid volunteer hours, “Share a Piece of the Pie” bonus program, Direct2Care virtual medical assistance.

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Best Practice Institute is the research organization behind Most Loved Workplace® certification, the SPARK Model, the Love of Workplace Index®, and The Workplace Report.

The Workplace Report

The Workplace Report is BPI's original workplace culture research and editorial briefing series for CEOs, CHROs, people leaders, talent leaders, and employer-brand teams. It turns BPI's 25 years of research, Most Loved Workplace® certification data, SPARK findings, and current workforce signals into practical analysis leaders can use.

The report format includes executive summaries, research-backed articles, company examples, methodology notes, and practical implications for retention, hiring, culture, leadership, and employee experience. New research and analysis is published on an ongoing editorial cadence at /workplace-report.