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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Toppers Pizza featured in QSR

Toppers Pizza was recently featured in QSR. In the QSR article called “Battling Back Against Winter,” which published April 8, Adam Oldenburg of Toppers Pizza describes how Toppers embraces the winter weather and in doing so has made a name for being the place to go during winter storms. In the article, Adam says that winter snow days can double sales easily at all 28 Toppers Pizza locations and that Toppers has become known as the place to go during a storm. Click here to view the full article

Battling Back Against Winter: Quick serves find ways to fight off the winter blues as signs of spring approach.
By Mary Avant

Since mid-December, seven major snow storms have hit states all over the U.S., from the Northeast to the West Coast and everywhere in between.

This bleak weather “has literally dimmed the bulb on the restaurant business pretty much across the board,” says David Crane, CEO of BlueSky Local, a slow sales response solution for restaurants.

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