zpizza Case Study
Already a household name in California, zpizza is on point to becoming the largest gourmet pizza franchise in America. With restaurants open in states from California to Washington, DC, zpizza has become an unstoppable force in the pizza industry—attracting a solid fan base, winning "Best Pizza" awards on the East and West Coasts and quickly climbing the ranks of prestigious lists such as Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 and Pizza Marketing Quarterly’s Top 200.
Since partnering with Fransmart in 1999 zpizza has grown from a four unit chain in Orange County, California to a 50 unit chain with over 200 restaurants in development nationwide. Pairing zpizza's passionate and creative founder, Sid Fanarof, with zpizza’s all star management team — franchise veteran Chris Bright, former California Pizza Kitchen executives Amir Sabetian, Tracy Labat and Doug MacDonald as well as Gary Graham, former Vice President of Real Estate for companies such as Red Robin, In-N-Out Burgers, IHOP, Jack-In-The-Box, and Taco Bell —the chain has a superior support system and continues to expand at a rapid pace with over 400 units expected to be in development by the end of 2007.
Recently featured on Good Morning America as a health conscious pizza alternative and voted best pizza restaurant from coast to coast in publications such as the LA Times and Washingtonian magazine, zpizza is etching out big name competition with its innovative, health conscious spin on the pizza segment. zpizza’s great unit level economics, top-notch franchisee support and unique gourmet niche makes them the hottest pizza franchise opportunity on the market.
Testimonials
“When I first started looking for franchises I was interested in finding a business that would accomplish my long term goals of generating a steady stream of passive income. I was drawn to zpizza because it had a reasonable start up cost, it was easy to manage and it was a very hot concept.”
--Michael Blank, Northern Virginia. zpizza’s first franchisee to open three consecutive restaurants.
“When my husband and I decided to look at franchising opportunities, we investigated a lot of restaurants, especially pizza restaurants. We were underwhelmed with most of the opportunities out there until we discovered zpizza. zpizza took chef-style pizza from a formal sit down restaurant and transformed it into quick dine-in, take out and delivery. zpizza is creative, health conscious pizza without having to pack all the kids into the car and deal with a full service, sit down restaurant.”
--Mark Weeter and Julie Kossak, Phoenix, AZ
“I wish I started building my multi-unit zpizza franchise company 10 years ago— I can’t recommend it enough. I love every aspect of this concept and I can’t wait to open more units.
-- Mike Smith, Virginia
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