Toppers Pizza (American restaurant) facts for kids
The Toppers Pizza logo
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Toppers Pizza in Falcon Heights, Minnesota
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| Franchise | |
| Industry | Quick Service Restaurant |
| Founded | Champaign, Illinois, United States (1991) |
| Headquarters | Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States |
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Key people
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Scott Gittrich, Founder and CEO Kendall Richmond, CFO |
| Products | Pizza, Topperstix, Wings |
Toppers Pizza is a chain of pizza restaurants found across the United States. It's known for its tasty pizzas and other menu items.
The company was started by a person named Scott Gittrich in 1991. He opened the very first Toppers Pizza in Champaign, Illinois. A couple of years later, in 1993, the first Toppers Pizza in Wisconsin opened its doors in Whitewater, Wisconsin. This city is now where the company has its main office.
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About Toppers Pizza
Toppers Pizza has many locations all over the United States. Some of these stores are owned by the company itself. Others are franchise stores, which means independent business owners run them.
You can find Toppers Pizza in more than 70 places. These locations are spread across many states. Some of these states include Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Nebraska, Michigan, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Kansas.
Who Loves Toppers Pizza?
Toppers Pizza mainly aims to serve college students. They also welcome other customers who are between 18 and 34 years old. Because many college students stay up late, most Toppers Pizza stores stay open until 3:00 a.m. or even later. This helps them serve customers who get hungry late at night.
How Toppers Pizza Started
Scott Gittrich, the founder of Toppers, began his journey in the pizza business in 1984. He was a college student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at the time. He got a job as a delivery driver for Domino's Pizza.
Scott worked hard and moved up in the company. He became a director for 22 Domino's Pizza stores in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1991, he decided to leave and start his own pizza business, which became Toppers Pizza.
The Toppers Name
In the late 1990s, Toppers Pizza had some legal discussions about using its name. They worked through these challenges, and now "Toppers" is a special name that only their company can use. This means it's a registered trademark.
The company's name, "Toppers," was chosen to show that they offer many different and interesting pizza toppings. They want customers to know they can get lots of great "toppings" on their pizzas!
Famous Owners
In April 2020, a famous American football player named Jonathan Taylor became involved with Toppers Pizza. He became an owner of two Toppers Pizza locations. One is in Wisconsin, and the other is in Indianapolis.
