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title: "Franchise Times: Toppers Pizza Featured for “Pandemic Driven Sales Surge”"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/030ae784-b47b-43df-808c-82892dd18ce2
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/franchise-times-toppers-pizza-featured-for-pandemic-driven-sales-surge-2715308
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
published: 2021-03-26T19:14:04.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:16:11.600Z
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# Franchise Times: Toppers Pizza Featured for “Pandemic Driven Sales Surge”

**TL;DR:** Toppers Pizza experienced a 35% increase in year-over-year sales in 2020 due to the pandemic-driven shift to delivery and online ordering. The company's founder and CEO, Scott Gittrich, attributes the surge to government stimulus and a change in consumer behavior.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2021-03-26. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/franchise-times-toppers-pizza-featured-for-pandemic-driven-sales-surge-2715308).*

## Story

After a year of pandemic-mandated shutdowns, Toppers Pizza, a fast and easy pizza delivery franchise, was featured on Franchise Times alongside several competitors for experiencing an increase of 35% in year-over-year sales in 2020. While many restaurant franchises experienced loss and closures, delivery pizza was a bright spot in the food industry as it continued to grow.

“There was this national group-think that it’s okay to order some food,” said Toppers Pizza Founder & CEO Scott Gittrich. “The government sent out money to every family and there was a thought, ‘We might make it through this.’ From that one week to the next, we went from being down 12% to 15% to being up 25%, and we were up a lot of weeks. We’re up 35% year over year.”

Gittrich also mentions that Toppers Pizza franchisees have a lot to be excited for as far as “what’s next” for the pizza segment. He told Franchise Times the pandemic-proof model and sales resiliency has many feeling bold and confident during this time of economic downturn.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Franchise Times (publication)
- Toppers Pizza (company)
- pandemic impact (topic)
- franchise performance (topic)
- sales surge (topic)
- delivery and online ordering (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/franchise-times-toppers-pizza-featured-for-pandemic-driven-sales-surge-2715308). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/030ae784-b47b-43df-808c-82892dd18ce2).