Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p For the chain in Ventura County), see Topper's PizzaToppers Pizza is a chain of pizzerias in the United States. The chain was started by Scott Gittrich in 1991 in Champaign, Illinois, but the original location closed in the mid-1990s. The business is now headquartered in Whitewater, Wisconsin. There are Toppers franchises throughout the Midwestern United States, and two locations in North Carolina. Originally called "Topper's", the chain removed the apostrophe from its name as part of its marketing strategy to give it a more informal image.Toppers founder Scott Gittrich entered the pizza business in 1984 when he was a college student at the University of Illinois and took a job as a Domino's Pizza delivery driver. He rose through the company, serving as director of operations for a group of 22 franchise locations in Charlotte, North Carolina, when he left in 1991 to start his own pizza business.The chain's target market is college students and other customers between 18 and 34 years old. It has 50 locations in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Nebraska, Michigan, Texas and Wisconsin, mostly near college campuses. The chain includes both company-owned locations and franchise stores. As part of its targeting of college students, most of the chain's stores remain open until 3:00 a.m. or later to accommodate late-night business.Toppers ranked No. 343 in Entrepreneur Magazine's top 500 franchises as of 2013. The business was nominated as one of Nation's Restaurant News' 50 Breakout Chains for 2013.[citation needed] Toppers' growth was celebrated in 2009 by Chain Store Age, an industry publication that measures quick service restaurant growth over the previous five years, and ranked Toppers on its overachievers list of the Top 50 Fastest Growing Chain Restaurants in the United States.[citation needed]. }
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- Toppers_Pizza_(American_restaurant) abstract "For the chain in Ventura County), see Topper's PizzaToppers Pizza is a chain of pizzerias in the United States. The chain was started by Scott Gittrich in 1991 in Champaign, Illinois, but the original location closed in the mid-1990s. The business is now headquartered in Whitewater, Wisconsin. There are Toppers franchises throughout the Midwestern United States, and two locations in North Carolina. Originally called "Topper's", the chain removed the apostrophe from its name as part of its marketing strategy to give it a more informal image.Toppers founder Scott Gittrich entered the pizza business in 1984 when he was a college student at the University of Illinois and took a job as a Domino's Pizza delivery driver. He rose through the company, serving as director of operations for a group of 22 franchise locations in Charlotte, North Carolina, when he left in 1991 to start his own pizza business.The chain's target market is college students and other customers between 18 and 34 years old. It has 50 locations in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Nebraska, Michigan, Texas and Wisconsin, mostly near college campuses. The chain includes both company-owned locations and franchise stores. As part of its targeting of college students, most of the chain's stores remain open until 3:00 a.m. or later to accommodate late-night business.Toppers ranked No. 343 in Entrepreneur Magazine's top 500 franchises as of 2013. The business was nominated as one of Nation's Restaurant News' 50 Breakout Chains for 2013.[citation needed] Toppers' growth was celebrated in 2009 by Chain Store Age, an industry publication that measures quick service restaurant growth over the previous five years, and ranked Toppers on its overachievers list of the Top 50 Fastest Growing Chain Restaurants in the United States.[citation needed]".