Leaders Don’t Sandbag
Toppers has an ass-kicking franchisee in Minnesota that recently called me out. He told me that one of his people read something I’d written in which I claimed that we would have several hundred stores in the next few years...
Posted on December 18, 2015 By Scott Gittrich
Toppers has an ass-kicking franchisee in Minnesota that recently called me out. He told me that one of his people read something I’d written in which I claimed that we would have several hundred stores in the next few years...
Posted on December 15, 2015 By Scott Gittrich
“The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have” Vince Lombardi You don’t always have to be the biggest, tallest, and smartest to win. Bring a high percentage of what you do have and you...
Posted on December 7, 2015 By Scott Gittrich
In September, my 18 year old son Clay packed up his car with most of his worldly belongings and moved to Portland Oregon, 2000 miles from home. I love the nerve; I really do. There were four of them that planned...
Posted on November 6, 2015 By Scott Gittrich
“…It’s the greatest food on Earth. Meatloaf, great. I mean I love meatloaf. A good fish fry, fine. A hamburger, of course I like a good hamburger. Chinese food? Yes. But you get a pizza on the kitchen table and the kids are going...
Posted on October 16, 2015 By Scott Gittrich
Toppers Pizza is incredibly special to me. I know it is the same for many of you. What makes it special is not the logo or the breadstix or the buildings or the pay- what is it? For me it...
Posted on October 16, 2015 By Scott Gittrich
I started in the restaurant business making $2.30 per hour in 1978 when I was 15 years old. Though I studied Engineering and eventually got a degree in Psychology, I worked in restaurants that entire time. Despite all my other...
Posted on October 5, 2015 By Scott Gittrich
Commentary based on the book Think Like a Freak by Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner As a father of 5, I often find myself discussing the challenges of parenting with others. During those conversations I’ll often say that...