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1962
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point in time: 26 December 1973
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Pep and Ron Simek began it at their Tombstone Tap in Medford, named for the cemetery across the road. In Madison it was in grocery ads by December 1973, and in 1985 the Tombstone Pizza Corporation ran a route-sales office in Sun Prairie. Kraft bought it in the late 1980s; Nestlé owns it now.
 
Property / research note: Pep and Ron Simek began it at their Tombstone Tap in Medford, named for the cemetery across the road. In Madison it was in grocery ads by December 1973, and in 1985 the Tombstone Pizza Corporation ran a route-sales office in Sun Prairie. Kraft bought it in the late 1980s; Nestlé owns it now. / rank
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Property / research note: Pep and Ron Simek began it at their Tombstone Tap in Medford, named for the cemetery across the road. In Madison it was in grocery ads by December 1973, and in 1985 the Tombstone Pizza Corporation ran a route-sales office in Sun Prairie. Kraft bought it in the late 1980s; Nestlé owns it now. / reference
 
Property / research note: Pep and Ron Simek began it at their Tombstone Tap in Medford, named for the cemetery across the road. In Madison it was in grocery ads by December 1973, and in 1985 the Tombstone Pizza Corporation ran a route-sales office in Sun Prairie. Kraft bought it in the late 1980s; Nestlé owns it now. / reference
 
Property / research note: Pep and Ron Simek began it at their Tombstone Tap in Medford, named for the cemetery across the road. In Madison it was in grocery ads by December 1973, and in 1985 the Tombstone Pizza Corporation ran a route-sales office in Sun Prairie. Kraft bought it in the late 1980s; Nestlé owns it now. / reference
 
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In a 2023 Madison Magazine staff taste test of six Wisconsin frozen brands, Tombstone came first (then DiGiorno, Jack's, Screamin' Sicilian, Palermo's and Roma).
 
Property / research note: In a 2023 Madison Magazine staff taste test of six Wisconsin frozen brands, Tombstone came first (then DiGiorno, Jack's, Screamin' Sicilian, Palermo's and Roma). / rank
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Property / research note: In a 2023 Madison Magazine staff taste test of six Wisconsin frozen brands, Tombstone came first (then DiGiorno, Jack's, Screamin' Sicilian, Palermo's and Roma). / reference
 
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1962
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point in time: 26 December 1973
Timestamp+1973-12-26T00:00:00Z
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Property / attested status: operating / reference
 
Property / research note
 
Pep and Ron Simek began it at their Tombstone Tap in Medford, named for the cemetery across the road. In Madison it was in grocery ads by December 1973, and in 1985 the Tombstone Pizza Corporation ran a route-sales office in Sun Prairie. Kraft bought it in the late 1980s; Nestlé owns it now.
Property / research note: Pep and Ron Simek began it at their Tombstone Tap in Medford, named for the cemetery across the road. In Madison it was in grocery ads by December 1973, and in 1985 the Tombstone Pizza Corporation ran a route-sales office in Sun Prairie. Kraft bought it in the late 1980s; Nestlé owns it now. / rank
 
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Property / research note: Pep and Ron Simek began it at their Tombstone Tap in Medford, named for the cemetery across the road. In Madison it was in grocery ads by December 1973, and in 1985 the Tombstone Pizza Corporation ran a route-sales office in Sun Prairie. Kraft bought it in the late 1980s; Nestlé owns it now. / reference
 
Property / research note: Pep and Ron Simek began it at their Tombstone Tap in Medford, named for the cemetery across the road. In Madison it was in grocery ads by December 1973, and in 1985 the Tombstone Pizza Corporation ran a route-sales office in Sun Prairie. Kraft bought it in the late 1980s; Nestlé owns it now. / reference
 
Property / research note: Pep and Ron Simek began it at their Tombstone Tap in Medford, named for the cemetery across the road. In Madison it was in grocery ads by December 1973, and in 1985 the Tombstone Pizza Corporation ran a route-sales office in Sun Prairie. Kraft bought it in the late 1980s; Nestlé owns it now. / reference
 
Property / research note
 
In a 2023 Madison Magazine staff taste test of six Wisconsin frozen brands, Tombstone came first (then DiGiorno, Jack's, Screamin' Sicilian, Palermo's and Roma).
Property / research note: In a 2023 Madison Magazine staff taste test of six Wisconsin frozen brands, Tombstone came first (then DiGiorno, Jack's, Screamin' Sicilian, Palermo's and Roma). / rank
 
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Property / research note: In a 2023 Madison Magazine staff taste test of six Wisconsin frozen brands, Tombstone came first (then DiGiorno, Jack's, Screamin' Sicilian, Palermo's and Roma). / reference
 

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frozen pizza brand founded in Medford, Wisconsin, in 1962; sold in Madison groceries by 1973
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Tombstone
frozen pizza brand founded in Medford, Wisconsin, in 1962; sold in Madison groceries by 1973

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    Pep and Ron Simek began it at their Tombstone Tap in Medford, named for the cemetery across the road. In Madison it was in grocery ads by December 1973, and in 1985 the Tombstone Pizza Corporation ran a route-sales office in Sun Prairie. Kraft bought it in the late 1980s; Nestlé owns it now.
    3 references
    stated in
    Tombstone (pizza) (Wikipedia, 28 Oct 2026)
    stated in
    C&P Foods coupon: a free quart of Pepsi with any variety of Tombstone Pizza, good through Dec. 31, 1973 (WSJ, 26 Dec 1973, p. 45)
    stated in
    Classified: Route Sales — Tombstone Pizza Corporation, P.O. Box 104, Sun Prairie (CT, 13 Apr 1985, p. 22)
    In a 2023 Madison Magazine staff taste test of six Wisconsin frozen brands, Tombstone came first (then DiGiorno, Jack's, Screamin' Sicilian, Palermo's and Roma).
    1 reference
    stated in
    Why is Wisconsin obsessed with frozen pizza? (Madison Magazine, 21 Sep 2023)
     
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