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title: "Upstate Business Journal: Toppers Pizza Targets Growth in the Upstate"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/891f2b0b-8bec-433f-a1ac-d2c7b60970ab
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/upstate-business-journal-toppers-pizza-targets-growth-in-the-upstate-9419
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
published: 2017-01-19T20:15:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:33:05.393Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/26a10dfd6601e2fed79c5cba91e504d38125.jpg
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# Upstate Business Journal: Toppers Pizza Targets Growth in the Upstate

**TL;DR:** Toppers Pizza is planning a large expansion in South Carolina, specifically targeting the Upstate area for growth in 2017. The brand is looking for prospective franchisee partners to aid in this expansion.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-01-19. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/upstate-business-journal-toppers-pizza-targets-growth-in-the-upstate-9419).*

## Story

Toppers Pizza is looking to begin a large expansion throughout South Carolina, and is specifically looking at the Upstate area for growth in 2017. The Upstate Business Journal spoke with director of franchise development Mark Cairns about the brand and their development plans for South Carolina.

The article discusses what separates Toppers from the competition, and lays out in detail the requirements for prospective franchisee partners.

Said Cairns to the Upstate Business Journal, “Things are really good in the pizza business right now. There are a lot of different pizza options out there. We hit the core market of people that want a great quality product delivered to their house in and around 30 minutes.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- franchise development (topic)
- south carolina (location)
- Toppers Pizza (company)
- pizza market (topic)
- Upstate (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/upstate-business-journal-toppers-pizza-targets-growth-in-the-upstate-9419). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/891f2b0b-8bec-433f-a1ac-d2c7b60970ab).