Toppers in Nation’s Restaurant News

Toppers in Nation’s Restaurant News 

We were featured in an article titled “Restaurateurs look to snacks to boost revenues” in Nation’s Restaurant News.  The article focused on the rise in snacking at chains, Scott Iversen, Toppers' vice president of marketing, talked about the launch of Topperstix, and how this snackable item has become a brand staple among its consumers. He provided some insight on how customers, especially college students, crave this menu item and order as a snack on its own. The article looks at how its popularity and sales impacted the company, making this cornerstone product a brand differentiator.

Read the full article here. 

Toppers Pizza in the Omaha World-Herald

Toppers Pizza in the Omaha World-Herald

We were featured in the Omaha World-Herald. The article talks about how Jeff Pickering of Toppers started as an assistant manager at the first Toppers Pizza in downtown Lincoln, and how he now has partial ownership of the new Toppers Pizza store scheduled to open in Omaha early next year.

The article also talks about how Jon Crowe and Jeff met while Jeff was working at Kona Grill and how he decided to take a pay cut to join the growing Toppers franchise.

Mark Cairns, Director of Franchise Development, talks about how the Jon has a development agreement that calls for five stores by the end of 2015 and that the next store to open will be in Lincoln.

Read the full article here. 

Toppers Pizza on WKOW-TV

ToppersPizza on WKOW-TV

We were featured on WKOW-TV (ABC) in Madison, Wisconsin. Kasha Ksobiech recently won the Skin Sprints at the annual Toppers convention and was on Wake Up Wisconsin in honor of National Pizza Month to show them how to toss, stretch and sauce a pizza.  Kasha won the contest by tossing, stretching and saucing six pizzas in one minute and thirty five seconds!

Watch the clip here. 

Toppers Pizza in DNA Info Chicago

Toppers Pizza in DNA Info Chicago

Toppers Pizza was featured in DNA Info Chicago. The article talks about how Toppers Pizza is expanding throughout the city of Chicago and opening up in Wrigleyville, Bucktown and Lincoln Park.

Scott Gittrich, Toppers CEO and founder, talks about how Chicago is right in Toppers Pizza’s backyard and how the brand has grown throughout the entire state of Wisconsin.  The article mentions how the goal is to open the Wrigleyville location by December 11th, and Mark Cairns spoke about how Toppers is targeting neighborhoods with younger residents.

Read the full article here. 

Toppers Pizza in Pizza Marketplace

Toppers Pizza in Pizza Marketplace

ToppersPizza was featured in an article in PizzaMarketplace October 1^st, 2014 about the remodeling taking place at Toppers Pizza. 

The article talks about about the new Toppers model that is being rolled out at locations across the system. It showcases how it’s a more financially efficient design and how this is part of the brand’s push for aggressive growth. Toppers CEO and founder, Scott Gittrich, touches on the strong financial returns that are funding the remodels. The article then dives into the strong expansion the brand has experiences and includes a lot of great development information about strong growth markets. The next section focuses on obstacles and then Scott discusses the company’s push toward online ordering and mobile. The article closes out with a great wrap-up about the culture at Toppers and how the brand stays fresh and relevant.

Read the full article here. 

Toppers Pizza in Crain's Chicago Business

Toppers Pizza in Crain's Chicago Business

Hello everybody!  We were featured in an article in Crain'sChicago Business on September 30th, 2014 featuring Toppers Pizza Founder & CEO Scott Gittrich.

The article talks about how Toppers Pizza is going to be opening four new locations in Chicago by January of next year. The article goes through the addresses of the locations and Scott talks about how he sees the brand as the little guy in between the Pizza Huts and the great local place. Furthermore, the article talks about how there are currently two locations in Chicago and how Toppers is looking to open 10-12 locations by the end of 2015.

Read the full article here. 

Toppers Pizza in the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point's student newspaper The Pointer

Toppers Pizza in the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point's student newspaper The Pointer 

We were featured in an article in University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point’s student newspaper The Pointer on Saturday, September 27^th, 2014 about the remodel of the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point Toppers Pizza.

The article goes into details about the renovations with a quote from Scott Iverson, Toppers Pizza Vice President of Marketing, about the old model not matching the hip and modern attitude of the brand. The article touches on the fun that Bradley and his staff have while working and how the Stevens Point location helped the brand grow throughout the Midwest.

Read the full article here.

Toppers Pizza on Foxbusiness.com

Toppers Pizza on Foxbusiness.com

We were featured on Foxbusiness.com! The story focused on how people are buying fewer potatoes to eat at home, but when they go out to eat they order potato dishes that are indulgent which is good for business.  ToppersPizza was included in the story with Scott Iversen, Toppers Pizza Vice President of Marketing, talked about the Loaded Tot-zza Topper.  

Read the full article here.