Toppers Pizza featured in 1851 Magazine

Toppers Pizza was recently featured in an article in 1851 Magazine titled "'Young At Heart': Toppers Pizza and the advantages of having a brand that rocks." The article discussed Toppers Pizza and embracing a fanatical culture that rocks. Scott Gittrich spoke about the advantages that Toppers Pizza has over competition by being able to embrace a culture that might normally be considered risqué. Click here for the full article, or begin reading below.

“Young At Heart”: Toppers Pizza and the advantages of having a brand that rocks

“Everyone at Toppers Pizza is young at heart” sums up the environment of the Whitewater, WI based pizza brand. While many brands might shy away from risqué branding and marketing, Toppers Pizza embraces living on the edge.

If you need an example of this unique culture, simply look at the franchising video that Toppers Pizza CEO and founder Scott Gittrich created with his staff. The video starts with Scott speaking directly to the camera dressed in a business suite. 20 seconds into the video, Gittrich stands up and reveals that he is wearing Zubaz, the popular zebra sweatpants that everyone might remember from the 90s.

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Toppers Pizza featured in Star Tribune

Toppers Pizza was recently featured in an article titled “Biz beat: Artisan bakery, restaurant to reopen in Mendota Heights,” which ran on the Star Tribune’s website. The article details two new business openings in the south metro area of the twin cities. The article includes information about the grand opening event on July 28th and also details the brands expansion plans for Minnesota. The article notes the brand's annual sales of about 40 million and that most of the stores are franchised. Click here for the full article or begin reading the Toppers excerpt below.

Biz beat: Artisan bakery, restaurant to reopen in Mendota Heights
Toppers Pizza comes to Burnsville

Toppers Pizza is opening its seventh Minnesota location in Burnsville on July 28, and to celebrate, it will give its first 50 customers free food for a year. The new store is in Wood Park Plaza on County Road 42 E. and 10th Avenue.

Based in Whitewater, Wis., Toppers has 42 outlets nationwide, including three stores in Minneapolis and one each in Bloomington, St. Paul and Mankato.

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Toppers Pizza featured in Burnsville Patch

Toppers was recently featured in an article in the Burnsville Patch titled “Power to the Pizza: Toppers Takes on Burnsville”. The article was based off an interview between Victoria West, owner of Toppers in Burnsville and Clare Kennedy, reporter at the Burnsville Patch. The article details Victoria’s background as well as her attraction to the brand after visiting a grand opening event in Green Bay. Victoria is looking forward to providing her employees with opportunities for advancement. Click here for the full story, or begin reading below.

Power to the Pizza: Toppers Takes on Burnsville
A local family is bringing a hot new pizzeria chain to Burnsville-Apple Valley, starting July 28, with four more Twin Cities stores to follow in the next few years.

Newly-minted dough wrangler Victoria West is issuing the following challenge to existing pizza places in Burnsville: Can you top this?

In just over a week, West will open a Toppers Pizza joint—the first south metro outpost for the punchy Wisconsin-based franchise, which has a stated goal of nothing less than worldwide domination. The company is in the midst of an agressive expansion plan with the aim of achieving complete pizza primacy.

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Toppers Pizza featured in Los Angeles Times

Toppers Pizza was recently featured in the Los Angeles Times after the Fort Worth Star-Telegram article was picked up and posted on Saturday, July 7, 2012 on LATimes.com. The article focuses on franchising as a whole and the recent increase in franchises throughout the Fort Worth area. Click here to view the full article, or begin reading below.

Franchising moves ahead after slump during recession
By Scott Nishimura

Heidi McGregor sells medical equipment, and her husband, Jim, owns an ambulance dealership in Fort Worth. On the road extensively, they were looking for another business to develop.

They settled on a pizza franchise, buying the rights to the first two Toppers Pizza franchise restaurants in Texas.

This summer, the McGregors, who live near Texas Christian University, plan to open their first restaurant nearby just in time for the return of students. And they are scouting another burgeoning area for the second.

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Toppers Pizza featured in 1851 Magazine

Toppers was recently featured in an article in 1851 Magazine called "The Top 10 Franchises for Franchisees under 30." The article discusses why the concept is good for young prospective franchisees. Click here for the full article, or read the Toppers excerpt below.

The Top 10 Franchises for Franchisees under 30

1) Toppers Pizza
Total Locations: 41
Why We Like It: Watch the video, and you will see exactly why we love it. Add in an attractive Item 19, and you can see why the young and the young at heart love this brand. In fact, the Wisconsin-based pizza game changer has seen quite the spike in development in 2012 – including breaking ground outside of their Wisconsin universe and into cities like Chicago, Cincinnati, Lincoln and Dallas.