Stuft Pizza vs Pizzaiolo Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Stuft Pizza vs Pizzaiolo including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees

 
Stuft Pizza Franchise
Pizzaiolo Franchise
Investment $350,000 - $650,000$275,000 - $375,000
Franchise Fee $30,000$25,000
Royalty Fee 4%5%
Advertising Fee -$1500/mo.
Year Founded 19762000
Year Franchised 19852005
Term Of Agreement --
Term Of Agreement --
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements

 
Stuft Pizza Franchise
Pizzaiolo Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options

 
Stuft Pizza Franchise
Pizzaiolo Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees No/No-/-
Start-up Costs No/No-/-
Equipment No/No-/-
Inventory No/No-/-
Receivables No/No-/-
Payroll No/No-/-

Training & Support

 
Stuft Pizza Franchise
Pizzaiolo Franchise
Training --
Support Newsletter, Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives-
Marketing --
Operations 20% of all franchisees own more than one unit

Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 10 - 20

90% of current franchisees are owner/operators

-

Expansion Plans

 
Stuft Pizza Franchise
Pizzaiolo Franchise
US Expansion Yes-
Canada Expansion NoYes
International Expansion No-

Company Overviews

About Stuft Pizza

Stuft Pizza was founded by Jack Bertram in 1976 as a small takeout restaurant in Cerritos, California. The company has been franchising since 1985 and has locations throughout California and Oregon. It is now based in La Quinta, California.

About Pizzaiolo

From our Famiglia, to yours "Toronto's Gourmet Pizza" Pizzaiolo is a leader in gourmet pizza in Toronto with up to 24 pizzas to choose from. While most have 4 to 5 options, Pizzaiolo gave much more. Also, we provide freshly made dough, never frozen, we freshly grind our own tomato sauce. Our cheeses are of the highest quality. Quality matters to us for long term success.Pizzaiolo was founded in August of 1999.
Unable to find great quality, authentic pizza in Toronto, Luigi opened Pizzaiolo in November 2000. His mission, "I want people to know what a great pizza tastes like”.
We started Pizzaiolo because of our "Love of Food”, and to this day, we are incredibly proud of our heritage and the fact we have not changed the quality of our pizza. With Love, Passion, Family and a commitment to Quality, we are proud to have served you, your friends and families for over 20 years.
We have grown to 40+ locations in the GTA and are focused on bringing Pizzaiolo to communities throughout all Ontario.