Toppers Pizza in Chicago Sun-Times

Toppers Pizza in Chicago Sun-Times

We were featured in the Chicago Sun-Times. New Toppers Pizza franchisee, Jackie Apkarian is opening a Toppers location in Bucktown, in Chicago, with plans to open a second location in Oak Park and eventually a third location in the Chicagoland area. Toppers will continue to grow in Chicago this year with three other stores planned to open.

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Toppers Pizza in Crain's Chicago Business

Toppers Pizza in Crain's Chicago Business

We were featured in Crain’s Chicago Business. Toppers Pizza is set to open more than five locations in Chicago in 2015 and bring more than 100 jobs to the city. The first opening is in Bucktown on February 16th, 2015. The owner of the Bucktown Toppers is a single mother named Jackie Apkarian who learned about Toppers because her daughter is doing pre-med at Marquette University and her and her friends would bring it home. Jackie liked the pizza so much that she looked into the brand and decided to become a franchise owner. Jackie also has a 16 year-old son. She’s excited to open this first location at 1658 N. Milwaukee Street in Chicago, and then has plans to open two more.

The article also talks about how this is the first of nine locations to open in the Chicago area in the next two years, and how Toppers looks to target 18- to 30-year-old young adults as the brand continues to expand.

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Toppers Pizza in DNA Info Chicago

Toppers Pizza in DNA Info Chicago

We were featured in DNA Info Chicago. Toppers Pizza is set to open more than five locations in Chicago in 2015 and bring more than 100 jobs to the city. The first opening is in Bucktown on February 16th, 2015. The owner of the Bucktown Toppers is a single mother named Jackie Apkarian who learned about Toppers because her daughter is doing pre-med at Marquette University and her and her friends would bring it home. Jackie liked the pizza so much that she looked into the brand and decided to become a franchise owner. Jackie also has a 16 year-old son and her family takes in abused dogs and nurses them back to health and then keeps them. She’s excited to open this first location at 1658 N. Milwaukee Street in Chicago, and then has plans to open two more.

Alisa Hauser, with DNA Info Chicago spoke with Jackie about how she is excited to open up the first Wicker Park location and how she is also looking into opening her second location in Oak Park. Mark Cairns talks about how the Bucktown/Wicker Park area was selected as the chain’s next location because of the vibrant area and its great nightlife scene. The article also talks about the grand opening event that Jackie will be having on February 21st.

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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.

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Toppers Pizza in Crain's Chicago Business

Toppers Pizza was recently featured in Crain's Chicago Business in an article titled, "Toppers Pizza plans more local stores."  The brief discusses the expansion plans for Toppers Pizza in Chicago. Jackie discusses the areas within the Wicker Park neighborhood where their expansion is likely to occur. Chris Cheek discusses the overall expansion plans in Chicago. Click here to read the entire article or see below.

Toppers Pizza plans more local stores

Whitewater, Wis.-based Toppers Pizza plans to open at least 12 more restaurants in the Chicago area over the next three years. One likely will open on or near Milwaukee Avenue between Armitage Avenue and Honore Street, followed by two more by the end of 2015, said Jacqueline Apkarian, a new franchisee. Ms. Apkarian said she expects to sign a lease on a 1,600- to 2,400-square-foot space by

October. The delivery chain, which offers mac 'n cheese pizza, is seeking 10-year leases for nine Chicago-area locations of 1,100 to 1,600 square feet, with a focus on downtown, said Chris Creek, chief development officer for Toppers. Two franchises are open in Chicago, 727 S. State St. and 120 S. Halsted St., according to the company website.

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