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Ad man Dick Zillman created the Pizza Pit television spot in the snowy winter of 1978–79: a model train set, children's voices, flour and the jingle — 'whose pizza fleet still delivers free, fast and steaming hot? Yeah, it's the Pit's. Pizza Pit.' | |||
| Property / research note: Ad man Dick Zillman created the Pizza Pit television spot in the snowy winter of 1978–79: a model train set, children's voices, flour and the jingle — 'whose pizza fleet still delivers free, fast and steaming hot? Yeah, it's the Pit's. Pizza Pit.' / rank | |||
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| Property / research note: Ad man Dick Zillman created the Pizza Pit television spot in the snowy winter of 1978–79: a model train set, children's voices, flour and the jingle — 'whose pizza fleet still delivers free, fast and steaming hot? Yeah, it's the Pit's. Pizza Pit.' / reference | |||
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pizza delivery chain founded in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1969
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Pizza Pit |
pizza delivery chain founded in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1969 |
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1969
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Pizza Pit was founded in Madison in 1969 and operates nine delivery stores and restaurants here.
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a once-lucrative pie that Voice started in 1969, creating a delivery market where there was none
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October 2024
October 2024
September 2026
October 2024
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said the company's president Robby Bisbee
June 1983
June 1983
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Warren, who joined Pizza Pit as a driver in 1970
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Jim and I both worked for Pizza Pit
April 1983
June 1983
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Vincent Teske and Mark George have been named managers of two new Pizza Pit stores in Green Bay, the company's newest stores.
9
April 1983
12
June 1983
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Pizza Pit now has 12 stores in Iowa and Wisconsin.
10
July 1999
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Back in July, Pizza Pit had 10 corporate stores.
9
August 1999
30
August 1999
7
January 2000
29
January 2000
26
29 January 2000
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All 26 Pizza Pit franchise stores have remained open during the time the corporate stores were closed
15
September 2026
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all 15 of our independently owned stores
In the 2010s and 2020s two separate businesses use the name: the franchise system (pizzapit.biz) and Jim Meyer's Pizza Pit/Pizza Extreme. When they separated is under research; the working date is early 2000.
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People's Choice best pizza in 2024, 2025 and 2026; best chicken wings in 2026.
A 2016 profile of Athens Gyros names Pizza Pit/Pizza Extreme as the gyro maker's largest client.
Ad man Dick Zillman created the Pizza Pit television spot in the snowy winter of 1978–79: a model train set, children's voices, flour and the jingle — 'whose pizza fleet still delivers free, fast and steaming hot? Yeah, it's the Pit's. Pizza Pit.'
