Gumby's Pizza (Q136)
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college-town pizza chain founded in Gainesville, Florida, in 1985
- Gumby's
- Gumby's Pizza & Wings
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Gumby's Pizza |
college-town pizza chain founded in Gainesville, Florida, in 1985 |
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October 1985
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Gumby's started in Gainesville, Fla., in October 1985.
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January 1992
1 reference
their 16 restaurants can be found only in college towns. The Madison restaurant is the chain's fifth in the Big Ten.
2
August 1996
27
1996
1 reference
25 corporate stores and two franchises
The chain's 1997 website named the founders as Jeff O'Brien and Chance Hippler, fraternity brothers who left the University of Florida in 1985; by 1996 there were 25 corporate stores and two franchises, dough and sauce made from scratch in every store. Madison was one of 23 cities on the 1997 store finder.
