Toppers Pizza in Nation's Restaurant News

Toppers Pizza was recently featured in the Nation's Restaurant News in an article titled, "New franchise leaders talk growth plans, challenges." The article, which included a photo, highlights some new hires from national brands by asking for their insight and industry outlook for this year and next. In the interview round-up, Chris does a great job talking about how finding the right people in the right growth markets makes all the difference in growth plans, along with offering some additional brand information.  Click here for the entire article or begin below.

New franchise leaders talk growth plans, challenges.

By: Mark Brandau

Chris Cheek, Toppers Pizza: My experience has been that when a company wants to grow, it has to be by new-store openings, and in order to hit store-opening objectives, a lot of people have to tie it together, including someone in my position recruiting the right franchisees on the front end. Getting the best candidates in the right markets and getting the right real estate sites translates into opening restaurants, which helps the construction piece of the business as well. 

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Toppers featured in Nation's Restaurent News

Toppers was recently featured in the Nation's Restaurant News in an article titled, "Toppers Pizza ramps up growth efforts." The article discusses Toppers’ aggressive growth and strategy to have more multi-unit franchisees. Mark discusses Jennifer and Barry Friends’ deal in the article.  Click here for the entire article or begin below.

Toppers Pizza ramps up growth efforts
By: Mark Brandau

Toppers Pizza is planning aggressive growth with new franchise deals that could add 30 new restaurants to the 50-unit chain’s portfolio this year.

The Whitewater, Wis.-based concept took 22 years to grow to 50 locations, but plans could see it quadruple that unit count by 2020, necessitating a new focus on multiunit franchise deals, executives said.

The chain has inked its largest franchise agreements to date in the past few weeks, with two separate deals calling for five locations in the Minneapolis and Little Rock, Ark., markets. Since its founding in 1991, Toppers has grown via 13 corporate restaurants and single-unit franchise agreements, though several longtime operators now have built additional restaurants.

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Toppers Pizza featured in Nation's Restaurant News

Toppers Pizza Marketing Manager Bridget Keeler spoke with Nation’s Restaurant News reporter Mark Brandau about how Toppers uses Social Media to create and drive the brand’s advertising for an article in Nation’s Restaurant News called “Collaborative Spirit.” In Toppers' latest contest, it asks Facebook fans to design a car wrap. The winner selected could potentially see a ’74 Mercury Grand Marquis driving around town with his or her design wrapped on the car. View the full article below, or click here!

Toppers Pizza featured in Nation's Restaurant News