September 26, 2018
by Alto-Hartley
13 Pizza Stats That Will Blow Your Mind
Pizza is by far one of America’s favorite foods. In fact, almost half of us eat pizza at least once a week. From quick delivery services to the more gourmet fast-casual concepts, here are some statistics that might pique your interest when it comes to pizza.
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Three billion pizzas are sold every year in the United States.
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Every second, an average of 350 slices are sold.
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More than 41 percent of us eat pizza every week, with one in eight of all Americans eating pizza on any given day.
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Roughly 17 percent of all restaurants in the U.S. are pizzerias, with more than 10 percent of the country’s pizzerias located in NYC.
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How many pizzerias are there? Nearly 70,000, with a quarter of those being Domino’s, Pizza Hut, or Papa John’s.
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Super Bowl Sunday is the most popular pizza day of the year, with 70 percent of those watching the game eating at least one slice.
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Like pepperoni? How about 251.7 million pounds of it annually. Most of this consumption is on pizza, and pepperoni accounts for more than a third of all pizza orders.
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Americans prefer meat toppings to veggie topics at a ratio of roughly two to one.
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Mozzarella cheese accounts for nearly 80 percent of all Italian-style cheese production in the U.S.
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Nearly a third of all people consider pizza to be the perfect breakfast.
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The pizza industry sells more than $40 billion in product every year.
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The highest grossing single location, independent pizzeria is the Moose’s Tooth Pub in Anchorage, Alaska.
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October is National Pizza Month.
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