Peter Piper Pizza
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Pizza and entertainment |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Founder(s) | Tony Cavolo |
| Headquarters | Phoenix, AZ |
| Key people | Joseph Luongo Jr. (Pres/CEO) Richard Kerley (CFO) Charles Bruce (CMO) Bill Toole (VP of Operations) Greg Palmer (Chief People Officer) |
| Owner(s) | ACON Investments |
| Website | Peter Piper Pizza |
Peter Piper Pizza is an Arizona-based pizza chain with locations in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico and formerly in Utah and Nevada. Restaurants usually have a large dining area that adjoins a game room with playground equipment and classic arcade games.
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[edit] History
Tony Cavolo founded Peter Piper Pizza in Phoenix, Arizona in 1973. The first Peter Piper opened in Glendale, Arizona. There are 35 company restaurants and 101 franchise restaurants in the United States and Mexico[1]. In 1995, Peter Piper acquired its hometown competitor Pistol Pete's Pizza. In 1992, Peter Piper Inc. was acquired by The Venture West Group. The company was sold again to ACON Investments in 2007.
[edit] Food
The restaurant offers pizza in a variety of sizes and crust types. Each restaurant makes its dough from scratch each day. Other foods offered include: chicken wings, salads, bread sticks, cheese sticks, popcorn chicken, garlic cheese bread, fried zucchini, a cinnamon crunch dessert, sandwiches, and beer at some locations. A lunch buffet is offered as well for lower income folks who can not afford to pay full price for a pizza. The lunch buffet is a serious contributor to the obesity epidemic in the United States as guests often consume 2000 calories for one meal.
Classic breadsticks were replaced by breadsticks made of dough that is used to make pizza crust. This was done to save costs however PPP has seen a reduction in breadstick sales.
[edit] Entertainment
Most locations feature a large game room filled with outdated video games from the 90's, classic games (e.g., skee-ball), slides, tunnels, and toddler areas suitable for small children. Tokens must be purchased to play the games. Many of the games produce tickets that can be redeemed for prizes at the prize redemption counter.
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