Monday, April 25, 2011

Toppers Q&A featured in Entrepreneur Magazine

Reporter Jason Daley of Entrepreneur Magazine sat down with successful Toppers Pizza franchisee Dave Gilewski to learn about how he has managed to generate $600,000 sales in the first six months of opening his location in Franklin, WI. What resulted was a Q&A called “Special Delivery: A Wisconsin franchisee discovers the secret behind a pizza chain’s unparalleled popularity and makes a bundle in the bargain,” that published in the May edition of Entrepreneur Magazine. Gilewski talks candidly about Toppers Pizza’s culture, his entrepreneur story and the food that started it all at Toppers Pizza. View the full article below!

Toppers Q&A featured in Entrepreneur Magazine

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Toppers Pizza featured in Nation's Restaurant News

Toppers Pizza Marketing Manager Bridget Keeler spoke with Nation’s Restaurant News reporter Mark Brandau about how Toppers uses Social Media to create and drive the brand’s advertising for an article in Nation’s Restaurant News called “Collaborative Spirit.” In Toppers' latest contest, it asks Facebook fans to design a car wrap. The winner selected could potentially see a ’74 Mercury Grand Marquis driving around town with his or her design wrapped on the car. View the full article below, or click here!

Toppers Pizza featured in Nation's Restaurant News

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Toppers Pizza featured in QSR

Toppers Pizza was recently featured in QSR. In the QSR article called “Battling Back Against Winter,” which published April 8, Adam Oldenburg of Toppers Pizza describes how Toppers embraces the winter weather and in doing so has made a name for being the place to go during winter storms. In the article, Adam says that winter snow days can double sales easily at all 28 Toppers Pizza locations and that Toppers has become known as the place to go during a storm. Click here to view the full article

Battling Back Against Winter: Quick serves find ways to fight off the winter blues as signs of spring approach.
By Mary Avant

Since mid-December, seven major snow storms have hit states all over the U.S., from the Northeast to the West Coast and everywhere in between.

This bleak weather “has literally dimmed the bulb on the restaurant business pretty much across the board,” says David Crane, CEO of BlueSky Local, a slow sales response solution for restaurants.

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

UWM Students Review Toppers in The Daily Cardinal

Toppers Pizza is known for connecting with the college demographic. Recently, UWM students, Eamon Hegarty and Matt Payne reviewed Toppers Pizza for the UWM publication, The Daily Cardinal. The review analyzes and praises Toppers' unique menu and friendly staff! Toppers continues to be a leader in the 18-34 demographic and testimonials like this continue to strengthen the brand. A portion of the article is below and it can be read in its entirety by clicking here.

Toppers: Better than bartime
By Eamon Hegarty & Matt Payne

Pizza and beer. For decades, the staple foods of young scholars have been this simple. While recent years have seen a rise in the number of health-conscious individuals, for many nothing is more welcome at 2 a.m. than a delicious pizza covered in an assortment of meats, cheeses and veggie toppings. For such occasions, Toppers Pizza on Regent Street is our favorite. Why? We admit that there are a number of outstanding pizza joints in Madison, and although Toppers offers an exceptional standard assortment, there are two menu items which make them unique.

The first, and by far our favorite, are Topperstix. Sure, other restaurants have their own version of cheesy breadsticks, but no one makes them as well as Toppers. The cheese is fresh and delicious. The dough's texture is soft and chewy without being underdone. It's like combining the best part of a cheese pizza with the best part of a breadstick. Furthermore, you can order three dipping sauces to make these "stix" even more enjoyable.

The second thing Toppers has working in their favor is their house pizzas. Although they're little more expensive, they ‘re worth every penny, particularly if you're in the mood for more than bar-time food. From the Taco Topper to the Smokey BBQ Chicken, Toppers has something for every palate. Next to the Mac ‘N Cheese pizza, our favorite was the Potato Topper. This pizza consists of baked potatoes with mozzarella and cheddar cheeses sprinkled with bacon bits and green onions. On the side, Toppers offers the perfect palate cleanser of sour cream for a dipping sauce. This unusual yet ingenious mixture is truly mouth-watering and provides something that both pizza loving individuals and partygoers will enjoy.

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