Facts About Today's Pizza
Pizza Hut is the largest pizza purveyor in the world, with
12,583 total restaurants and combination delivery/takeout units in the U.S. and over 90 other countries; 6,590 units are company-owned. Pizza Hut generated approximately $7.7 billion in sales in 1996. (Chain Store Guide.)
Domino's Pizza is the world leader in delivery, with 5,500 stores in 46 international markets. Domino's reached $2.8 billion in sales in 1996. (Chain Store Guide.)
Of 31,386 pizza franchise units in the United States, roughly 83 percent (24,381 stores) offer delivery, 91 percent offer takeout, and 51 percent offer dine-in service.
According to a Pizza Today survey, 61% of independent pizza operations serve alcohol, compared to 69% of chains and 48% of franchises.
Each year, thousands of people involved in the pizza industry attend Pizza Expo, the world's largest pizza-only trade show. Pizza Expo is held each year in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Pizza has played a major role in television and in the movies, with appearances in such films as Splendor in the Grass, The French Connection, Mystic Pizza, Do the Right Thing, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Multiplicity, Lover Boy, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Caddy (featuring Dean Martin's song "That's Amore"), Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco, Spaceballs, Toy Story, Delivery Boys, Free Willy III and I Love You to Death.
Regular thin pizza crust is still the most popular crust, preferred by 61 percent of the population. Thick crust and deep dish tied for second, at 14%. Only 11 percent of the population prefers extra thin. (Source: CREST [Consumer Reports on Eating Share Trends], 1994)
Three of the top 10 weeks of pizza consumption occur in January. More pizza is consumed during Super Bowl week than any other week of the year. (Source: Kraft Foods, Northfield, Ill.)
Over the past five years, pizza has outpaced the growth rate of all other food service items, averaging about 11 percent a year and making it the Number 2 item in food service (after burgers). (Source: Food Industry News)
Pizza is the second most popular takeout food (after chicken) among the over-50 market.
Pizza Hut is the largest pizza purveyor in the world, with
12,583 total restaurants and combination delivery/takeout units in the U.S. and over 90 other countries; 6,590 units are company-owned. Pizza Hut generated approximately $7.7 billion in sales in 1996. (Chain Store Guide.)
Domino's Pizza is the world leader in delivery, with 5,500 stores in 46 international markets. Domino's reached $2.8 billion in sales in 1996. (Chain Store Guide.)
Of 31,386 pizza franchise units in the United States, roughly 83 percent (24,381 stores) offer delivery, 91 percent offer takeout, and 51 percent offer dine-in service.
According to a Pizza Today survey, 61% of independent pizza operations serve alcohol, compared to 69% of chains and 48% of franchises.
Each year, thousands of people involved in the pizza industry attend Pizza Expo, the world's largest pizza-only trade show. Pizza Expo is held each year in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Pizza has played a major role in television and in the movies, with appearances in such films as Splendor in the Grass, The French Connection, Mystic Pizza, Do the Right Thing, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Multiplicity, Lover Boy, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Caddy (featuring Dean Martin's song "That's Amore"), Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco, Spaceballs, Toy Story, Delivery Boys, Free Willy III and I Love You to Death.
Regular thin pizza crust is still the most popular crust, preferred by 61 percent of the population. Thick crust and deep dish tied for second, at 14%. Only 11 percent of the population prefers extra thin. (Source: CREST [Consumer Reports on Eating Share Trends], 1994)
Three of the top 10 weeks of pizza consumption occur in January. More pizza is consumed during Super Bowl week than any other week of the year. (Source: Kraft Foods, Northfield, Ill.)
Over the past five years, pizza has outpaced the growth rate of all other food service items, averaging about 11 percent a year and making it the Number 2 item in food service (after burgers). (Source: Food Industry News)
Pizza is the second most popular takeout food (after chicken) among the over-50 market.
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