QSR Magazine: Toppers Pizza Recognized as Top Franchise Deal in 2016

For the past six years, QSR Magazine has revealed its list of the top 10 to 12 quick-service and fast-casual concepts that provide franchisees the best return on their investment. But this year’s list is slightly different.

QSR teamed up with Franchise Business Review (FBR) to name 2016’s best franchise deals. The leading market research firm, which specializes in franchisee satisfaction and performance, helps the annual report go beyond companies’ financial success to also look at franchisor support and overall system satisfaction.

Toppers Pizza was named one of this year’s top ten franchise deals. The publication points to the brand’s impressive network of multi-unit franchisees as a quality that makes it stand out on the franchising industry. Over the past three years, Toppers Pizza has doubled its store count to 75 units in the U.S. The Wisconsin-based brand has also tapped into millennial consumers through its commitment to a strong digital presence.

Both QSR and FBR considered a wide range of factors to determine this year’s best franchise deals, including franchisee satisfaction surveys, management team experience, litigation history, estimated ROI as a factor of average unit volume and average startup costs, unit growth and continuity and momentum.