Pizza Pit (Q465)
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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
January 2001
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.'
Seven Madison company stores reopened Jan. 29 – Feb. 14, 2000 under the Smith/Meyer group: Monroe St., E. Washington Ave. and Cottage Grove Rd. on Jan. 29 (for the Super Bowl), Odana Rd. on Feb. 2, Emil St. on Feb. 9, Northport Dr. and Raymond Rd. on Valentine's Day; former employees rehired through the Monroe Street store (257-5825).
Pizzas shipped to Germany, North Carolina and a Seattle wake; an ice-fishing delivery onto Lake Monona Bay (Jan. 2001); in the 1970s a driver walked onto a Livingston Street film set and ended up in the movie (Doug Moe, 2001). The slogan 'free, fast and hot'; 'Over 50 Awards for Best Pizza in Madison' (2002 ad); Heavyweight, Classic and Pizza Twins pizzas.
March 1999 ads claimed '21 convenient area locations' with free delivery; the Oct. 1999 guide listed seven Madison stores (Campus 1614 Monroe, Far East 4527 Cottage Grove Rd., North, South Central, Southwest, West, Near East).
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The Great Pizza Pit Treasure Hunt of Jan. 14–23, 1991 hid a $1,000 medallion, with daily clues in The Capital Times.
Eleven Madison-area Pizza Pits in April 1992, against seven Pizza Huts, nine Rocky Rococos, six Domino's and two Unos among 74 pizza places.
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221-6777
June 1990
