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Franchise Times: Toppers Pizza Featured for “Pandemic Driven Sales Surge”
The delivery pizza chain’s off-premise pizza sales soared amid the pandemic.
After a year of pandemic-mandated shutdowns, Toppers Pizza, a fast and easy pizza delivery franchise, was featured on Franchise Times alongside several competitors for experiencing an increase of 35% in year-over-year sales in 2020. While many restaurant franchises experienced loss and closures, delivery pizza was a bright spot in the food industry as it continued to grow.
“There was this national group-think that it’s okay to order some food,” said Toppers Pizza Founder & CEO Scott Gittrich. “The government sent out money to every family and there was a thought, ‘We might make it through this.’ From that one week to the next, we went from being down 12% to 15% to being up 25%, and we were up a lot of weeks. We’re up 35% year over year.”
Gittrich also mentions that Toppers Pizza franchisees have a lot to be excited for as far as “what’s next” for the pizza segment. He told Franchise Times the pandemic-proof model and sales resiliency has many feeling bold and confident during this time of economic downturn.
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