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title: "Wall Street Journal: Toppers Pizza Founder and President Weighs in on Trump Presidency"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/004b2881-e8c7-4190-8387-4d19839d2e4a
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/wall-street-journal-toppers-pizza-founder-and-president-weighs-in-on-trump-presidency-9731
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2017-01-27T22:17:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:12:15.904Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/c98da86896358ac02d3a380498f839a19580.jpg
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# Wall Street Journal: Toppers Pizza Founder and President Weighs in on Trump Presidency

**TL;DR:** Toppers Pizza founder Scott Gittrich expressed optimism about the Trump presidency, citing a shift from villainous restaurant leaders to a more positive tone. Gittrich also welcomed the appointment of CKE Restaurants CEO Andy Puzder to the cabinet.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-01-27. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/wall-street-journal-toppers-pizza-founder-and-president-weighs-in-on-trump-presidency-9731).*

## Story

In the first days of Trump's presidency, it appears that business leaders are poised for a positive four years. As reported recently in the Wall Street Journal, Trump has tapped a variety of chief executives for his cabinet and team of advisors - and many CEO's across the country are optimistic about what this means for their business interests in comparison to how things went under the Obama administration.

Toppers Pizza is a better pizza franchise concept with nearly 80 restaurants across more than a dozen states. Founder and president Scott Gittrich told the WSJ that under the former administration, he felt that some restaurant leaders were made out to be villains but that Trump's election is “an endorsement of what I do and my chosen vocation.”

He's also optimistic about a franchise industry executive (Andy Puzder, chief executive of CKE Restaurants Holdings Inc.) in the cabinet. “Holy smokes, one of us is going to be on the cabinet. Wow," Gittrich added.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- restaurant industry (topic)
- Toppers Pizza (company)
- Donald Trump (person)
- CKE Restaurants (company)
- franchise concept (topic)
- trump presidency (topic)
- cabinet appointment (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/wall-street-journal-toppers-pizza-founder-and-president-weighs-in-on-trump-presidency-9731). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/004b2881-e8c7-4190-8387-4d19839d2e4a).