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title: "Nation's Restaurant News: Great American Cookies owner buys Round Table Pizza"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/5c3e53d9-d27d-4503-ba01-aff030f6e009
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-great-american-cookies-owner-buys-round-table-pizza-2704215
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
published: 2017-09-15T19:14:19.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:34:59.959Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/239e23448be8b32316e787776fd105321421.jpg
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# Nation's Restaurant News: Great American Cookies owner buys Round Table Pizza

**TL;DR:** Great American Cookies purchased Round Table Pizza, giving its owner GFG its fifth brand. The acquisition allows Round Table's employee owners to reap the rewards of their hard work.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-09-15. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-great-american-cookies-owner-buys-round-table-pizza-2704215).*

## Story

According to Nation's Restaurant News in an article published today, Great American Cookies purchased Round Table Pizza. According to the article:

*Terms of the deal were not disclosed. But the acquisition gives GFG its fifth brand, and one that has seen steadily improving sales in recent years.*

*Round Table was an employee-owned company.*

*“Round Table employee owners have seen a dramatic increase in their equity over the last six years and this deal allows them to reap the rewards of their hard work and dedication to making Round Table pizza what it is today and getting the brand to this moment,” Jack Robertson, chairman of Round Table Pizza, said in a statement.*

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- private equity (topic)
- brand acquisition (topic)
- Great American Cookies (company)
- Round Table Pizza (company)
- employee ownership (topic)
- Great American Cookies acquisition of Round Table Pizza (deal)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-great-american-cookies-owner-buys-round-table-pizza-2704215). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/5c3e53d9-d27d-4503-ba01-aff030f6e009).