[AdamH12113]

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.

[1] https://pizzatoday.com/pizzeria-rankings/2018-top-100-pizza-...

[seanmcdirmid]

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.

[vidanay]

And the best pizza comes from "units" of 1 with only six figure sales.

[whichdan]

Huh, I wouldn't have expected any of these numbers, given that Boston has a zillion Domino's and, at best, one each of the others.