- June 14, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
EAU CLAIRE (WQOW) – One Eau Claire couple spent the pandemic making pizza and now, they’re looking to trade their backyard oven for a commercial kitchen as their new small business takes off.
“He came up with ‘CoVizza’ as a joke,” said Brittany Paulsrud, when explaining how the business name came about.
Last spring, Brittany and Jacob Palsrud were among the millions that lost their jobs due to the pandemic but managed to find a silver lining.
“It just gave us the time to do what we’ve been wanting to do,” Jacob said.
What they wanted to do was make pizza. As Jacob took on the role of creating dough and sauce recipes, friends and family took on the role of taste-testers.
“It just became a thing every weekend,” Brittany said. “And it was so fun to be able to see our friends and family safely and try out a different recipe every week.”
In July of 2020, the two moved from Minneapolis to Eau Claire and brought CoVizza with…
