Pizza Ranch facts for kids
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Grand Island, Nebraska restaurant
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| Industry | Restaurants |
| Founded | Hull, Iowa, U.S. (1981) |
| Founders | Adrie Groeneweg Lawrence Vander Esch |
| Headquarters | Orange City, Iowa, U.S. |
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Number of locations
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216 |
| Products | Pizza, chicken |
| Revenue | US$138.121 million |
Pizza Ranch, Inc., founded in 1981, is a Midwestern fast casual restaurant chain. Pizza Ranch offers pizza, chicken, a salad bar, and a pizza and chicken buffet. Pizza Ranch has over 200 locations in Iowa, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Tennessee, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Pizza Ranch was founded by Adrie Groeneweg and Lawrence Vander Esch. Vander Esch, however, left the company in 2001. The first restaurant opened December 21, 1981, in Hull, Iowa. The second Pizza Ranch opened in Orange City, Iowa in 1983.
Pizza Ranch has grown over the years and now has franchises in thirteen states. Pizza Ranch's specialties are pizza and chicken. Their headquarters, formerly located in Hull, Iowa, have moved to Orange City, Iowa.
Pizza Ranch is a Christian-based company. The Pizza Ranch vision is "To glorify God by positively impacting the world we live in."
Because Iowa has the first caucus for US presidential primary elections and Pizza Ranch has over 70 locations in Iowa, they are a frequent stop for presidential candidates, particularly for Republicans due to the chain's conservative bent, although Democrats have historically made appearances as well. The 'Pizza Ranch strategy' was first noted in Mike Huckabee's campaign at the 2008 Republican caucuses; Huckabee went on to win the caucuses despite being a longshot candidate.
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