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In the corner of every <a href="http://www.toppersfranchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=toppers-pizza-reports-133-percent-sales-growth-2940" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Toppers Pizza </a>box, there&#8217;s a rallying cry for the brand: &#8220;First pizza, then the world.&#8221; While Toppers might not be able to cross &#8220;conquering the world&#8221; off the to-do list quite yet, the Whitewater pizza chain is already making moves to at least dominate the country. After closing out the tenth period (September 7 to October 4) with company system-wide sales up 13.3 percent, the purveyor of extravagant toppings and dangerously-addictive Topperstix (<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/anniedaly/its-3-am-i-must-be-hungry?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=toppers-pizza-reports-133-percent-sales-growth-2940#.qxKNKBgKn" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">recently named one of the 43 best drunken eats by BuzzFeed</a>) has proven that Toppers is a delicious force to be reckoned with. With average store sales reaching $914,000 in 2014, the company wasted no time in kicking off 2015 with a greater ambition in mind: To support franchisees and improve operations in an effort to increase same-store sales by 10 percent. And as the pizza chain charges its way through the second half of 2015, Toppers is readying to hoist its victory flag&#8212;so far this year, Toppers has seen a 23.3 percent rise in sales. System-wide same store sales grew by 5.6 percent in the third quarter, led by franchise owned units up more than 6.7 percent and company-owned units up 3.5 percent, marking the fifth straight quarter of same store sales increases of more than 5 percent. &#8220;At the beginning of the year, we aligned our system to focus on one goal &#8211; to increase same-store sales by ten percent and so far, we&#8217;ve managed to go above and beyond that goal,&#8221; said Chief Financial Officer Kendall Richmond. &#8220;We&#8217;re eager to close out the year as our best sales year yet while approaching 2016 with even more ambitious goals to continue to propel the brand forward.&#8221; When Toppers&#8217; CEO Scott Gittrich decided to rebel against big pizza chains in 1991, he started with the simple goal: to recapture the magic of a made-from-scratch pizza in a sea of cookie cutter chains. Nearly 20 years later, Toppers Pizza proudly boasts 71 locations in 11 states, a rabid cult-like following and a growth trajectory that puts the brand on pace to open 700 locations in the next ten years. Since the beginning of 2015, Toppers has signed two new multi-unit operators representing 11 locations across Kansas City, Northwest Iowa and South Dakota. &#8220;The formula for Toppers&#8217; success simple: We serve up delicious and unique flavors in a playful way that lets our passion for pizza speak for itself,&#8221; said Scott Iversen, vice president of marketing at Toppers. &#8220;With the help of our dedicated and passionate franchise owners, delivery drivers and team members, we&#8217;ve achieved the sales goal we created at the beginning of the year. Now that we&#8217;ve seen what we&#8217;re capable of, we have even higher hopes for 2016!&#8221; Proud of their roots in Wisconsin, the brand launched with a focus that led to the complete selling of their home state, and an ironclad growth plan has led to sold out states in Minnesota and Nebraska. The brand&#8217;s current focus is on finding qualified multi-unit franchise partners in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kansas and North Carolina. &#8220;My ultimate fantasy would be a world where people ask: &#8216;Where do you eat pizza?&#8217; And the answer will always be: &#8216;I go to Toppers. Toppers is my place.&#8217; That&#8217;s my dream&#8212;where we&#8217;re a growing, unstoppable company and a place that people can be proud to say is their favorite,&#8221; Gittrich said.

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