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Pizza Facts
- Independents account for approximately 33 percent of industry sales.
- The average pizzeria in the U.S. reports gross sales of approximately $475,000.
- According to Parade Magazine, children between the ages of 3 and 11 prefer pizza over all other foods.
- Pizzerias represent approximately 17% of total restaurants in the U.S.
- The world's first pizzeria opened in Naples, Italy, in 1830. Named Port' Alba, the pizzas were cooked in an oven lined with lava from Mount Vesuvius, according to the Smithsonian.
- The highest-grossing single-unit independent pizzeria in the nation, Moose's Tooth Pub and Pizzeria, is in Anchorage, Alaska. It's annual sales are approximately $5.7 million.
- Pizza's popularity exploded after WWII when servicemen returning from Italy raved about the great Italian dish and began frequenting pizzerias.
- Maine has one pizzeria for every 2,359 residents, giving it the best pizzeria-per-person ratio of any state in the union.
- Wyoming has fewer pizzerias than any other state - 129. California has the most with 5,735.
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