Topper's Pizza

Feed the Need

Business Type

Franchise

Min Liquid Capital

$252,000 to $400,000

Number of Units

In Business Since

1993

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Franchise Disclosure Document

Overview

Truth be told, providing great tasting pizza at an affordable price is a challenge. Nonetheless, we've found a way to make it happen. In fact, our methods can easily be taught to anyone interested in owning and operating their own Toppers Pizza. Using tried and true business principles, we began the Toppers Pizza Franchise Program in 1997. The way we work ensures that every store meets the high standards set for both our product and our service. Simply put, we don't accept mediocrity in any of our stores. We expect excellence in every aspect of our business.

We set equally high standards when it comes to building new franchise partnerships. We measure the growth of our company by the excellence of each and every store we open. We believe that we have a solid strategy and systemized business formula that will allow our new franchisees to compete with and outperform our largest competitors.

Thank you for your interest in our company. I hope you'll consider joining the Toppers Pizza family.

Products & Services

Toppers Pizza was born on August 9, 1991 in Champaign, Illinois. From the start, our founding vision was simple—provide customers with the best of both worlds: great pizza coupled with fast delivery. Thousands and thousands of pizzas later, that founding vision has not been blurred, compromised, or questioned. After all, it makes us who we are: Toppers Pizza. So we’ll continue to make great tasting pizza. We’ll continue to offer fast delivery. We’ll continue to do what we do best.

Training & Support

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You'll receive a comprehensive, confidential Topper's Pizza Operations Manual covering the important facets of your store's operation. You'll also receive support from our Field Representatives. These Representatives are carefully selected to ensure a proper mix of academic knowledge and practical experience. These skills are often gained within our own franchise system. By staying in close contact, we'll know the strengths and weaknesses of your business and how to best assist you. We'll be there to help your business improve and grow. As a franchisee, you'll have hands-on assistance available in all areas of your business.

Our Field Representatives will offer your store consultation and training in:

Recruiting, hiring, training, and maintaining a staff
Management training
Business planning, projecting, and budgeting
Maximizing financial performance
Cost controls
Cash flow management
Customer and community relations
Maintaining high operations standards for store product, service and image
Advertising and field marketing
Safety and security
Food management and sanitation

In addition, Toppers Pizza maintains a complete staff of franchise support personnel to ensure efficient administration and program coordination. Regardless of the level of industry experience you may or may not have, we will provide you with the support and training you'll need to run your business.

Toppers Pizza uses stores near our corporate offices in Whitewater, Wisconsin for new franchisee training and additional follow-up training. Each new franchisee and/or management team is required to attend a training program for a minimum of 30 days, taught by several qualified individuals. This comprehensive program combines both classroom instruction and on-the-job training for approximately 55 hours per week. It covers basic principles of management, scheduling, food preparation, customer service, sanitation, and other details vital to the success of your new business.

You'll use our professional training manuals and systems to train your hourly employees and assistant managers. These materials have been developed and tested over several years to make training your team as simple, comprehensive, and effective as possible.

Our Field Representatives and corporate support staff will assist you in maintaining and growing your new business. Our staff's expert training will provide you with the tools and knowledge you'll need to make your store a success.

Why Topper's Pizza?

We've created a system that makes planning and executing your print advertising easy and painless. You'll want to use our "Marketing & Advertising Print Program" (M.A.P.P.) for the majority of your print advertising needs. This program gives you access to quality materials to advertise your business. We're able to provide most materials to you at a fraction of the cost you would pay if you were creating the same materials on your own.

As a Toppers Pizza franchisee, you'll have access to a library of materials, which are customizable to fit the needs of each individual location.

Our computerized in-store customer tracking system helps you advertise more efficiently. For example, you can send Topperstix™ coupons to customers who have never ordered them before or send a coupon special to customers who always order when you send them that special. We can teach you how to easily choose and administer a cost-effective plan of mass mailing your delivery area.

Over the years, we've developed many effective plans and strategies to market your store in the community it serves. An example of this is our Marketing Projects Manual. It details, step by step, how to initiate each program. Additional customized supporting materials are available to you for your store location.

When you take advantage of these hands-on programs, you are truly connecting yourself and your business to the community.

Are You a Good Fit for Topper's Pizza?

Obviously, applicants who have managed people in the restaurant industry or the pizza delivery business are especially well-prepared for the work required. Retail managers or those who have retail business experience also have very useful skills. While such experience is helpful, it certainly is not a requirement. Most people in the restaurant business today came from totally unrelated fields without any intention of owning a restaurant. Once in, they found that it is consuming and rewarding work that can provide a lifetime of challenges and opportunities. Our extensive management training program and the ongoing guidance from your franchise representative more than prepares you to manage and operate your store.

After subtracting your total liabilities from your total assets you must have a minimum net worth of $100,000. Rent, household goods, jewelry, and other personal items are not considered for net worth totals. If your net worth is below $100,000 you can still qualify for a Toppers Pizza franchise by securing a partner whose net worth does meet our minimum requirement. You would need to supply us with a resume and Personal and Financial Application for each member of your potential franchise group.

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