Today I learned that Little Caesar's is a bigger pizza chain than Papa John's[1]. As of 2018, the top five are:
1. Domino's, with 14,856 "units" and $12.2 billion in gross sales.
2. Pizza Hut, with 16,784 units and $12.0 billion in gross sales.
3. Little Caesar's, with 5,500 units and $4.0 billion.
4. Papa John's, with 5,199 units and $3.7 billion.
5. California Pizza Kitchen, with 267 units and $840 million.
Everything after Papa John's is a long tail. Strangely, revenue in the long tail is not obviously proportional to the number of units. So instead of a top three, there's really a top two, a next two, and everyone else.
Hasn’t MOD Pizza effectively replaced California pizza kitchen (which closed all their locations in my metro after their 2020 bankruptcy) as the west coast choice (500 units, $390 million)? It helps that they don’t try to be a full service like California pizza kitchen and focus on just really custom pizza.
1. Domino's, with 14,856 "units" and $12.2 billion in gross sales.
2. Pizza Hut, with 16,784 units and $12.0 billion in gross sales.
3. Little Caesar's, with 5,500 units and $4.0 billion.
4. Papa John's, with 5,199 units and $3.7 billion.
5. California Pizza Kitchen, with 267 units and $840 million.
Everything after Papa John's is a long tail. Strangely, revenue in the long tail is not obviously proportional to the number of units. So instead of a top three, there's really a top two, a next two, and everyone else.
[1] https://pizzatoday.com/pizzeria-rankings/2018-top-100-pizza-...