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title: "Wall Street Journal: Toppers CEO Feeling Positive About Next Four Years"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/ea35b090-4f71-4397-a405-551d76d96fd9
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/wall-street-journal-toppers-ceo-feeling-positive-about-next-four-years-9580
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
topics: ["Finance & M&A","People"]
published: 2017-01-24T22:17:27.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:06:58.509Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/5aa134cd04cc55e21b6c52dbe47f31707893.jpg
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# Wall Street Journal: Toppers CEO Feeling Positive About Next Four Years

**TL;DR:** Toppers Pizza CEO Scott Gittrich is optimistic about the next four years under the Trump administration, citing the brand's success and the appointment of a franchise industry executive to the cabinet. Toppers Pizza has nearly 80 restaurants across more than a dozen states.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-01-24. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/wall-street-journal-toppers-ceo-feeling-positive-about-next-four-years-9580).*

## Story

In the first days of Trump's presidency, it appears that business leaders are poised for a positive four years. As reported recently in the Wall Street Journal , Trump has tapped a variety of chief executives for his cabinet and team of advisors - and many CEO's across the country are optimistic about what this means for their business interests in comparison to how things went under the Obama administration.

Toppers Pizza is a better pizza franchise concept with nearly 80 restaurants across more than a dozen states. Founder and president Scott Gittrich told the WSJ that under the former administration, he felt that some restaurant leaders were made out to be villains but that Trump's election is “an endorsement of what I do and my chosen vocation.” He's also optimistic about a franchise industry executive (Andy Puzder, chief executive of CKE Restaurants Holdings Inc.) in the cabinet. “Holy smokes, one of us is going to be on the cabinet. Wow," Gittrich added.

Brian Jaeger is a Vice President of Media Relations at No Limit Agency. Brian joined No Limit Agency after seven years working for local television news stations in Florida, four years at WCJB in Gainesville and three years at Bay News 9, the 24-hour local news station in the Tampa Bay area. Brian is a graduate of the University of Florida, where he studied journalism and telecommunications.

He brings a journalist’s viewpoint to the public relations field, and when he’s not busy telling the stories of No Limit Agency's brands, you can find him writing, on a karaoke stage, or cheering on the Gators.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- franchise industry (topic)
- Toppers Pizza (company)
- CKE Restaurants (company)
- trump administration (topic)
- business optimism (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/wall-street-journal-toppers-ceo-feeling-positive-about-next-four-years-9580). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/ea35b090-4f71-4397-a405-551d76d96fd9).