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title: "Cheddar: Grabbing a Slice of the Pie"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/99faf34b-d49b-4dcf-bfed-f014e9446548
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/cheddar-grabbing-a-slice-of-the-pie-2703757
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2017-08-18T19:14:45.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:12:04.736Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/70e762e9bdc60c78fd62ed586876b7809047.jpg
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# Cheddar: Grabbing a Slice of the Pie

**TL;DR:** Toppers Pizza has expanded to nearly 100 units, with plans to open 16 locations in 2017 and hit 100 in 2018. Founder and president Scott Gittrich discussed the company's growth and importance of franchisees on Cheddar.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-08-18. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/cheddar-grabbing-a-slice-of-the-pie-2703757).*

## Story

Toppers Pizza has expanded their franchise presence behind a desire to do pizza better. That's been the motivating factor for Toppers Pizza's founder and president Scott Gittrich since he founded the brand more than 25 years ago. Gittrich was a guest recently on Cheddar where he touched on the journey to growing to nearly 100 units and how they are taking on the corporate pizza chains, as well as what makes a great franchisee for Toppers.

"A great franchisee is somebody who has a passion for pizza, a passion for restaurants, loves to work with people - and people that are in communities that are ready for a pizza like ours," Gittrich told Cheddar. Toppers Pizza currently has 80 locations and plans to open 16 in 2017, with plans to hit the milestone 100th location in 2018.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- community involvement (topic)
- franchisees (topic)
- Toppers Pizza (company)
- pizza chains (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/cheddar-grabbing-a-slice-of-the-pie-2703757). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/99faf34b-d49b-4dcf-bfed-f014e9446548).