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Those have been our primary goals for the last 32 years and they’ll continue to be for at least another 32 years!

As the industry’s leading source of Pizzeria Business Information, Pizza Today & International Pizza Expo look to accomplish two primary goals:

• To increase the success rate of independent and multi-unit pizzerias over and above any other type of foodservice operation.• To maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of pizzeria industry suppliers’ marketing & advertising budgets through the use of Pizza Today, Pizza Expo and our other related services.

What’s New in the Pizzeria Business?This really is a cool industry. The past few years have brought all kinds of changes. Everywhere you look, the industry is taking on a new personality. Pizza and pizzerias are definitely … hip.

• Fast Casual is coming on strong. Using successful models like Chipotle and Subway, new pizzerias are being designed to deliver high quality individualized pizzas to the customer in the time it takes to walk down the line, specify your toppings, order a drink, maybe a cookie and pay for it. • Mobile Pizzerias whether they’re driven or dragged, these are becoming the rage for both “weekend pizzaiolos” looking to build a new business, and for those established “brick & mortar” operators looking to expand their reach, increase their revenue and build their brand.• Regional Styles New Haven, St. Louis, Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, California and of course, New York-style pizzas are FINALLY being offered through out the country! Specializing in one or more styles of pie is setting pizzerias apart from their immediate competitors.• Coal & Wood-fired Artisan Pizzerias are far more popular and easier to find than they were even a cou-ple of years ago. Pizza Today’s Hot 100 Independent pizzerias in the country reflect this growing trend. These pizzerias offer a new dining experience as well as a new taste and appearance to pizza.• Online Ordering is rapidly growing in popularity. New apps and custom websites are being developed and offered to the industry every month. Right now, 50% of Domino’s business is e-commerce generated.• Gluten Free Menus are definitely here to stay! While most pizzerias refer to their menu as “Gluten Friendly,” this grass roots trend is posing both chal-lenges and opportunities for today’s pizzerias and is showing no signs of slowing down in the near future.

Pizzeria Operators need your help & advice!

The average pizzeria operator is a self-taught entrepreneur. They’re capable of baking an excellent pizza, but many struggle to find a profit because they don’t understand the business.

Pizza Today’s 2014 Independent Reader Survey with 1,554 respondents, conducted by Butterflies & Castles (Tenafly, NJ) has focused our editorial on the critical needs of today’s operators.

1. Recipes, Food Prep & Safety having come from outside the indus-try, most operators began with little if any culinary experience. Recipes are extremely important. Whether the pizzeria be a dine-in, carryout & delivery, mobile, fast casual, coal & wood-fired or a combination of them all, the recipes, amount of food prep and methods of food safety vary from one type of pizzeria to the next.

2. Customer service is as important as delicious pizza is to the success of a pizzeria, so is the dining experience. Whether it’s to simplify the ordering process, decrease the wait-time or to accommodate the needs of a family on their night out … a positive dining experience is all about customer service.

3. Marketing is what it takes to fill a restaurant with paying customers day after day … and it’s changing all the time. Remember door-hang-ers?

4. Business Managemen while appearing simple, specialized financial reports, selecting suppliers, proper site location and how and when to open the next location can make or break a pizzeria’s success.

5. Employee Management in a pizzeria is different. Scheduling? Cross training? Manager’s responsibilities and compensation? How does an owner work ON the business and not IN it? These continue to be some of the most frequently asked questions.

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Total U.S. Pizzerias • Estimated sales: approaching $45 billion• Estimated total units: 70-80,000

Total Independent (Single & Multi-Unit Pizzerias)• Estimated total units: 33,000• Estimated annual revenue: $19 billion• Estimated average sales per unit: $575,000

Top 100 Pizzeria Chains (2015)• Estimated $39.4 billion worldwide: $26.6 billion U.S. sales • Estimated 50,623 units worldwide: 34,424 U.S. units • Average U.S. unit sales: $773,000 per year.

What do the most successful pizzerias look like?

The 2015 Hot 100 Independent Pizzeria Companies: • Generate $595 million in revenue with 340 pizzerias• 35% have opened a new location in the last 12 months• Average $1.75 million per unit … Annual sales range

from $26 million with 9 units to $2.1 million from 2 units. • 20 new independents have joined the group for 2015

of which several are wood or coal-fired. All are baking artisan-style pizza.

2015 Hot 100 Independents By the Numbers:

• The highest grossing single-unit pizzeria is Piece Brewery & Pizzeria in Chicago.

• Ohio has the most Hot 100 pizzerias, followed by California.

• 35% opened a new location in the last 12 months• 57% offer delivery • 94% offer carryout• 92% offer dine-in with an average seating

capacity of 142• 46% offer online ordering

• 96% use a POS system• 25% plan on buying a new POS system • 83% serve alcohol. Of those 63% serve

beer & wine only• The average Hot 100 pizzeria has been in

business for 25 years.• The average Hot 100 pizzeria has 3 units• 81% offer catering

What’s on the Top 100 Independents’ Menu?

• 52% sell pizza by the slice• 34% offer Take & Bake• 16% have buffets• 91% serve appetizers• 68% serve pasta• 81% serve sandwiches• 97% serve salads• 97% serve vegetarians items• 77% offer gluten-free items

This research has also confirmed:

• 81.1% of Pizza Today’s subscribers read 4 out of 4 issues

• Pizza Today reaches more than 128,000 pizzeria personnel every month with 3.21 readers per copy.

• Pizza Today subscribers average more than 55 minutes of readership per issue. 20 minutes more than the average trade magazine!

• 52% of Pizza Today’s subscribers also read “the other industry publication”.

Amongst those that read both magazines

• 57.7% believe Pizza Today does a better job covering MARKETING

• 70.1% believe Pizza Today does a better job covering BUSINESS SOLUTIONS & PRACTICES

• 68.6% believe Pizza Today does a better job covering EMPLOYEE MGMT & TRAINING

• 74.4% believe Pizza Today does a better job covering MENU EXPANSION

• 80.8% believe Pizza Today does a better job covering RECIPES

• 69.3% believe Pizza Today does a better job covering INDEPENDENT PIZZERIA REVIEWS

• 62.5% believe Pizza Today does a better job covering CHAIN PIZZERIA REVIEWS

• 63% believe Pizza Today does a better job covering INDUSTRY & TRENDS ANALYSIS

• 78.6% believe Pizza Today has better DESIGN & GRAPHICS

• 76.9% believe Pizza Today is EASIER TO READ• 78% believe Pizza Today is more USEFUL• 72.8% believe Pizza Today is more ACCURATE• 74.2% believe Pizza Today has more INTEGRITY

Current 2015 Industry Estimates:

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2015 was another award-winning year for Pizza Today! Winning an additional 8 awards from Trade, Association and Business Publication International (TABPI). The 12th Annual TABBIE awards recognized excellence in business-to-business publica-tions around the globe. In 2015, Pizza Today won more editorial awards than any one of the other 500 magazines entered in the competition.

Pizza Today… the pizzeria magazine your customers read

2015 (8 Awards)1. Best Use of Social Media

– Gold Award2. Best Feature Design – Silver3. Best Regular Column – Silver4. Best Focus/Profile Article – Bronze5. Best Single Issue – 9th place6. Best Front Cover Photography

– Honorable Mention7. Best Front Cover Special Issue

– Honorable Mention8. Best Department

– Honorable Mention2014 (5 Awards)1. Best Use of Social Media

– Silver Award2. Best Regular Column – Gold Award3. Best Opening Page or Spread

– Honorable Mention4. Best Feature Article

– Honorable Mention5. Best Department: Social Media

– Honorable Mention

2013 (6 awards)1. Best Single Issue – Top 25 Issues2. Best Use of Social Media

– Gold Award3. Best Regular Column

– Bronze Award4. Best Cover – Bronze Award5. Best Opening Page or Spread

–Honorable Mention6. Best Feature design

– Honorable Mention2012 (3 Awards)1. Best Single Issue – Top 25 Issues2. Best Front Cover, Special Issue

– Gold Award3. Best Focus/Profile Article

– Bronze Award2011 (4 awards)1. Best Single Issue – Top 25 Issues2. Best Editors Column – Bronze Award3. Best Focus/Profile Article

– Bronze Award4. Best Opening Page or Spread

– Honorable Mention2010 (our first!)1. Best Single Issue – Top 25 Issues

Pizza Today has won 27 TABBIE Awards in the last 6 years! More than any other foodservice publication in the world!

Pizza Today’s Critical Circulation Statistics:

1. Total Average Monthly Circulation is 40,010

2. 84.2% is REQUEST circulation in last 24 months. • 27.2 percentage points higher than the next clos-

est competitor. • 33,704 vs. 22,846

3. 27,486 pizzeria operators have requested to receive Pizza Today in the last 12 months.

• 14,459 MORE than the next closest competitor.

4. Pizza Today’s Business Directory circulation is limited to only 6,234 (15.6% of the total circulation).

• Our closest competitor’s circulation has reached 12,187 (30.4% of their total circulation)

Circulation is only as good as its Editorial

When describing circulation, the best analogy I can make is this: when you see a line entering a restaurant, you can rest assured that the food is good enough to wait for.

Pizza Today’s circulation is the same. If the pizzeria operator takes the time to REQUEST to receive the magazine, the magazine is worth their time to read.Based on the latest circulation auditing statements, more pizzeria operators have requested to receive Pizza Today in the last 12 months than all the other pizzeria publications in the world combined.

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Pizza Today’s 2016 Editorial CalendarPizza Today’s editorial is guided by two primary requirements: Whether the editorial is a full feature or a small product release, our editorial MUST provide an OPPORTUNITY or a SOLUTION for our pizzeria operators. Otherwise, it doesn’t belong in the magazine.

January: The Artisan MovementThe most successful pizzerias today are taking advantage of the con-sumers’ desire for artisan products. Regardless of the style(s) of pizza they’re selling, they are using the best ingredients and equipment to produce these special products and getting better prices as a result!

Reservations due: 11/25Material due: 12/4

February: Pre-Show IssueThis year’s “pilgrimage” of 8,000 piz-zeria professionals to International Pizza Expo 2016 will be the largest in our 33-year history. This issue is used to determine which of the seminars to attend and which suppliers to visit. Simply stated, this is a planning issue and your company should be a part of the plan.

** Exhibiting at International Pizza Expo? Become a Preferred Supplier by promoting you exhibit in both the February & March issues! Stand out from your competitors and have your company contact info listed under appropriate product and services categories and your booth highlighted on the show-floor map!

Reservations due: 12/30Material due: 1/8

March: Pizza Expo 2016 IssueWhether your company is fortunate enough to have reserved a booth in this SOLD OUT event or not, this is the chance to promote yourself to the Movers & Shakers of our industry and to those who intend to be. This issue is an extremely important refer-ence tool used throughout the year.

** Exhibiting at International Pizza Expo? Become a Preferred Supplier by promoting you exhibit in both the February & March issues! Stand out from your competitors and have your company contact info listed under appropriate product and services categories and your booth highlighted on the show-floor map!

Reservations due: 1/28Material due: 2/4

April: Dough isn’t just Dough Anymore / These days, with opera-tors introducing new styles to their product line one pizza dough just won’t do it! Today we have operators baking everything from gluten-free to Neapolitan pizza and Detroit to NY Style all in the same pizzeria. Each of these styles requires its own specific dough with different flour and production techniques. This issue will stretch the operators imag-ination and show them how they can do it all under the same roof!

Reservations due: 2/26Material due: 3/4

May: Fast Casual / Research Update / Here’s a trend that’s been on everyone’s radar for several years now. Is it an independent or a chain concept? Does it matter? Will it last? We’ll take the time to explain exactly what Fast Casual is …and how it’s changing the face of the industry!

Reservations due: 3/29Material due: 4/5

June: How-To GuideFar more than half of all pizzeria owners never worked in a restaurant prior to opening their first store. That inexperience brings with it prob-lems and situations the operator never dreamed of, much less the knowledge of “how-to” certain tasks and production methods. This issue will provide a step-by-step guide of how to overcome many of the most common challenges in a pizzeria.

Reservations due: 4/29Material due: 5/6

July: Management ManualThe second most-requested topic from today’s pizzeria operators is “Employee Management”. From scheduling and training to compen-sation and cross training, this issue will explain common practices of the most successful operators in the country. This valuable “guide” will be amongst the most coveted issues of the year.

Reservations due: 5/31Material due: 6/7

August: Indy of the YearWith the average pizzeria’s annual revenue approaching $600,000, this is one issue the operators take very seriously. How can the Independent Pizzeria of the Year generate millions in revenue from one or two units? We’ll interview this year’s winner and tell your customers all about it!

Reservations due: 6/23Material due: 6/30

September:: The Marketing Issue / Looking for that one issue with a high-level of readership? Marketing is the #1 topic amongst today’s pizzeria operators. This issue will discuss all kinds of related topics. Social media, local charities and fund-raisers, craft beer tasting and pairings will be just a few of the many techniques used to increase revenue on any given night.

Reservations due: 8/1Material due: 8/8

October:: Hot 100 IndiesSuccessful pizzerias and how they get there is what Pizza Today is all about. This issue lists 100 of the most successful pizzerias we can find in the country. This issue looks at who they are and what their businesses look like. Slices? Take out and deliv-ery? Gluten free? POS? Beverages? This issue provides a clear picture of who these pizzerias are and the types of operations they run.

Reservations due: 8/29Material due: 9/6

November: Top 100 Pizzeria Companies / Who are they? Where are they? How many units do they have? What’s their annual revenue? How does their ranking compare to last year? This is the issue that answers those questions. This is the issue ALL the chains want to read!

Reservations due: 9/28Material due: 10/5

December: Menu Development / Recipe GuideThis issue is specifically designed to help pizzerias develop a successful menu for every season. We’ve asked some of the best pizzaiolos in the world to contribute recipes within reach of the average operators. The ingredients will include those com-monly found in every pizzeria or can be easily sourced. Categorized by the season, these recipes will include appetizers, salads, pasta, desserts and of course pizza.

Reservations due: 10/27Material due: 11/3

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Corporate Membership Fee … $1200/yr.

The following benefits are designed exclusively for NAPO Corporate Members. It allows direct communication of your company’s special offerings to pizzeria opera-tors throughout the year.

Promote your corporate marketing programs

• Your company’s logo will appear for 12 months on the NAPO landing page.• Your company’s logo and message will appear on Solutions and Opportunities page.q Promoting a new product-line? Post it!q Offering a discount for a limited period of time? Post it.q A value of $220 per month/ $2640 per year.

• NAPO will also be promoted every week through our Quick Tips & Recipes news-letters. q Your banner ad will run for one month each quarter. q The Quick Tips e-newsletter with over 12,500 - 100% personally requested copies emailed 4 times a month (With an open rate of approx. 23%) will continue to carry your banner-ad for one month quarterly. q Quick Tips is a weekly e-newsletter offering expert advice on pizzeria operations, management, recipes, menu development, marketing, branding and training. q A value of $225 per month/ $900 per year.

• We will post your product release to our online Product Showcase.• Printed product release in Pizza Today.• Your company name, phone number and web address in NAPO’s printed ad each month in Pizza Today.

NAPO is the best deal with a value package of $3540 for just $1200 per year.

Contact Stacie Dennison at sdennison@pizzatoday.com or 502-736-9508 to become a corporate member.

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From April 2015 to September 2015 PT.com averaged:• 38,150 Pizzeria Professionals visiting 48,965 times per month • 28.5% more Pizzeria Professionals than 12 months ago.• 23.5% of the professionals return multiple times per month!

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Call us with your Digital Marketing Goals today!

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If you’re looking to build your brand and market share in the pizzeria segment, add International Pizza Expo to your plan. With ten consecutive sold-out show floors, Pizza Expo remains unchal-lenged as the industry’s premier event and ranks amongst the Top 200 trade shows in the country.

Last year’s event was close in size to 6 football fields and drew more than 7,500 qualified inde-pendent, chain and franchise pizzeria operators.

This year, we fully expect a larger crowd and another sold-out show floor.

Maximize your opportunity to reach thousands of qualified buyers. And with an exhibitor reten-tion rate of over 85%, don’t delay; reserve your slice of the exhibit floor today!

Call Bobbie MacIntosh at 800-489-8324 x515 or 502-736-9515

*Pete LachapellePresident/Publisher908 South 8th StreetSuite 200Louisville, KY 40203502-736-9510Fax: 502-736-9511plachapelle@pizzatoday.com

Display & Webvertising Advertising SalesBrent AumanAssociate Publisher502-736-9504Fax: 815-395-0002bauman@pizzatoday.com

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Yellow Page, Marketplace, Web and NAPO SalesStacie DennisonSales Director502-736-9508Fax: 502-736-9518sdennison@pizzatoday.com

International Pizza Expo Booth & Sponsorship SalesBobbie MacIntoshBooth Sales Director800-489-8324 (Ext. 515)Fax: 502-736-9502bmacintosh@pizzatoday.com

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