Original Pizza Pan, The vs Johnnie's Pizza Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Original Pizza Pan, The vs Johnnie's Pizza including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Company Overviews

About Original Pizza Pan, The

Pizza Pan started off as a family-owned and operated Ohio business. Today, Pizza Pan is a very successful and rapidly expanding franchise.

Almost two decades have passed since the first Pizza Pan store was opened. After all these years, the recipe remains the same.

Their secret? They use fresh dough, sauce, 100% provolone cheese and the finest ingredients. That's the key to their mouthwatering pizza.

As a franchising concept, they've hit their stride. This rapid growth is made possible by the individual franchisees who consider each other family. Each franchisee will stop at nothing to help each other succeed. This family-like atmosphere has powered their success.

About Johnnie's Pizza

At 16 years old, Bruce Jackson was flipping pizza at the original Johnny’s Pizza in Manlius, New York. He loved the business: serving piping hot pizza - always made with fresh, authentic ingredients - to happy customers, sitting down with the locals on a Friday night for a slice, or feeding the high school football team after a win. He saw opportunity. And he wanted to build his own. Most of our franchise operators are familiar with the feeling.

In three short years, Bruce opened a Johnny’s Pizza just off the Syracuse University campus with Johnny’s younger brother Rosario. After six years of success there, Bruce and a new business partner, Scott Allen, were ready for a move to warmer weather! Atlanta, Georgia is where they landed.

In 1977, Bruce and Scott wrote "Now Open” on a pizza box, stuck it in the front window of their storefront in Atlanta, and started selling pizza. One year later, they opened a second store. As entrepreneurs, they saw bigger potential in the brand and the business model they’d so carefully fine-tuned. In 1994, they officially began to franchise. In 2003, we needed a unique name to operate on a national level. So we gave Johnny a last name, and Johnny Brusco’s Pizza was born!

Now a new generation of leadership is guiding Johnny’s Pizza into the future. Bruce’s son, Luke, is expanding the business across the southeast and focusing on growth in dine-in, delivery and online ordering segments. We’re also focusing on ways to increase individual store volume growth, including new seasonal menu offerings and an expanded craft beer selection.