Shoppers at the Walmart on Ralston Road in Arvada are about to get a new reason to linger near the checkout lanes. Fox's Pizza Den is preparing to open its fourth Colorado location inside that store, with construction and hiring underway ahead of a debut expected next month.
The roughly 1,403-square-foot shop at 9400 Ralston Road will be run by franchise owners Josh Hicks, Kaylin Hicks, and Raley Parker, according to WhatNow. Permitting for the space has already been completed, and construction is progressing toward completion as the team works through equipment installation, inspections, and other operational preparations, including hiring. Once open, the Arvada store will serve Fox's signature pizzas, wedgies, hoagies, strombolis, and other menu staples daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
A Fast-Growing Colorado Footprint
This isn't the trio's first foray into Walmart real estate. The franchisee group introduced Fox's Pizza Den to Colorado in 2024 and currently operates three other locations in Elizabeth, Peyton/Falcon, and Loveland, the same report notes. The Loveland shop, inside the Walmart at 250 W. 65th St., opened with Hicks and Parker at the helm and runs seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., per the station's report.
Hicks brings more than 15 years of experience in restaurant operations, hospitality, multi-unit management, business development, and sales leadership to the ventures, the outlet reports. He told the publication that equipment installation, inspections, and operational preparations, including hiring, are all in motion ahead of the Arvada opening.
Pizza Roots Going Back Decades
Fox's Pizza Den traces its history back to 1971, when the brand was founded before beginning to franchise a few years later, per the same account. The chain's own site, describing its Loveland store, counts 194 locations across 19 states, while the article covering the Arvada expansion put the number at approximately 200 locations nationwide with a presence in nearly two dozen states. Other outlets have landed on different figures still: a report on the brand's arrival in Falcon cited more than 200 locations across 19 states, while coverage of the Loveland opening put the count at more than 200 locations across 18 states.
Jake Haupricht, the company's director of franchise sales, said the Walmart-based format is a deliberate strategy. “Our Walmart locations offer a convenient way for customers to enjoy a great meal while shopping or pick up dinner to take home to their families,” he said, according to the same report. Haupricht added that the company is excited to grow in Colorado and bring its food to the Arvada community.
More Front Range Expansion in the Pipeline
Hicks and Parker's reach into Walmart storefronts appears to extend beyond Arvada. According to The Gazette, the pair were recently awarded four Fox's Pizza Den locations inside Walmarts in Arvada, Broomfield, Lafayette, and Loveland. The Gazette also reported that Hicks and Parker opened the Elizabeth franchise in December 2024, marking the brand's first entry into Colorado, and that the company's second Colorado location opened in Falcon on November 15, 2025, as the brand's first spot in El Paso County. Hicks has also discussed plans to expand into Peyton and north Colorado Springs, with a future site under consideration in the Old Ranch neighborhood, per that same report.
Separately, a Fox's Pizza Den owned by Josh and Kaylin Hicks opened in Peyton in November 2025 at 11694 Bent Grass Market View, Unit 150, according to FOX21. For now, Arvada shoppers can watch the Ralston Road storefront take shape as the newest stop in a franchise footprint that keeps expanding along Colorado's Front Range.
