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title: "QSR: Toppers Pizza Franchisee Finds Recipe for Success"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/51144e8d-de7f-4ec4-b65f-3931b06691df
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/qsr-toppers-pizza-franchisee-finds-recipe-for-success-8912
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
published: 2016-12-29T22:17:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:01:13.232Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/1d0b3c38498311de4d8e98d27d97ac295833.jpg
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# QSR: Toppers Pizza Franchisee Finds Recipe for Success

**TL;DR:** Toppers Pizza franchisee Todd Geatches shares his secrets for success in the QSR industry, including connecting with category leaders and prioritizing employees. Geatches has experience with other pizza concepts like Papa John's and Oliver's Pizza.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-12-29. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/qsr-toppers-pizza-franchisee-finds-recipe-for-success-8912).*

## Story

Pizza is not a new concept for Todd Geatches, who was an Oliver's Pizza franchisee out of high school and went to work with other names like Papa John's. After leaving the pizza concept for Taco John's, his passion for pie brought him to Toppers Pizza , a brand that puts pizza first.

Todd shared three secrets for success for those who are looking to grow in the franchise pizza world like he has with Toppers including: connect category and leadership, market to millennials, and make employees your no. 1 priority.

Sydney Creagh is a Senior Account Manager at No Limit Agency. She graduated from the the University of Iowa with a Journalism and Creative Writing major. Sydney has lived in Chicago for the last 5 years, but still loves walking the city and exploring new neighborhoods - especially during the summer months.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Papa Johns (company)
- franchise success (topic)
- qsr industry (topic)
- Toppers Pizza (company)
- Taco John's (company)
- employee prioritization (topic)
- marketing to millennials (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/qsr-toppers-pizza-franchisee-finds-recipe-for-success-8912). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/51144e8d-de7f-4ec4-b65f-3931b06691df).