I will admit that I had never heard of this pizza chain before today, but if business experts are right, that will change soon. One of the fastest-growing pizza chains in America is already in 7 Missouri towns and that's expected to expand even further.

In a new article shared by Nation's Restaurant News, they asked if a certain pizza chain was one to watch? That's because their growth is more than double that of their 2nd place competitor. The chain they're talking about is Marco's Pizza which has seen explosive growth recently. The story says that Marco's Pizza has the "strongest momentum among the big pizza chains last year: 7.6% sales and 7.2% unit growth, more than double the growth of the No. 1 pizza chain, Domino’s".

What I didn't know is Marco's Pizza is already located all over Missouri with 7 locations:

  • 1000 Quartz Canyon Dr
    Wentzville, MO 63385
  • 8201 Mexico Rd
    Saint Peters, MO 63376
  • 15003 Manchester Rd
    Ballwin, MO 63011
  • 10460 St Charles Rock Rd
    St. Ann, MO 63074
  • 3520 Patterson Rd
    Florissant, MO 63031
  • 330 W Plainview Road
    Springfield, MO 65810
  • 830 W Mount Vernon Street
    Nixa, MO 65714

The Mashed video says that Marco's Pizza is the only national pizza chain in America which was founded by an Italian which is surprising when this is pizza we're talking about. Italians know.

Is Marco's Pizza the next big chain that will eventually expand even into the more rural areas of Missouri? Time will tell, but their momentum right now makes that look very likely as the Nation's Restaurant News story says they have 200 locations "in the pipeline".

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