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title: "The Wall Street Journal: Growing Economy Enables Toppers Pizza To Grow Its Staff"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/e5ed4be5-dc10-484d-b2eb-093a6f74d777
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/the-wall-street-journal-growing-economy-enables-toppers-pizza-to-grow-its-staff-3867
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
published: 2016-03-07T22:17:17.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T12:59:49.557Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/1a838d5d9e56ec3e8fbc542d82176bf6313160307170629.jpeg
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# The Wall Street Journal: Growing Economy Enables Toppers Pizza To Grow Its Staff

**TL;DR:** Toppers Pizza expects its staff to grow from 550 to 700 employees by the end of the year. The franchise system has been raising wages and investing in technology to reduce labor use.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-03-07. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/the-wall-street-journal-growing-economy-enables-toppers-pizza-to-grow-its-staff-3867).*

## Story

In “U.S. Employers Look Past Global Tumult,” Scott Gittrich, president and founder of Toppers Pizza discusses the hiring and the current economy.

“Right now the economy is pretty hot,” he says.

The franchise system expects its staff to grow from 550 employees to 700 by the end of the year.

Toppers Pizza has been raising wages, looking for opportunities to promote within, make the application process easier, and invest in technology to allow customers to order online and reduce the use of labor in the process.

“We’re not adding headcount as quickly as we would like,” Gittrich said. “It’s a very tight labor maker in most places. About two-thirds of our stores have understaffing at some position.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Toppers Pizza (company)
- technology investment (topic)
- labor market (topic)
- wage increase (topic)
- staff expansion (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/the-wall-street-journal-growing-economy-enables-toppers-pizza-to-grow-its-staff-3867). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/e5ed4be5-dc10-484d-b2eb-093a6f74d777).