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Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Pizza Pipeline, The vs Urban Bricks Pizza including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.
| Start-Up Costs and Fees | ||
| Investment | $138,000 - $341,800 | $281,000 - $757,750 | 
| Franchise Fee | $20,000 | $35,000 | 
| Royalty Fee | 5% | 6% | 
| Advertising Fee | - | 1% | 
| Year Founded | 1988 | 2015 | 
| Year Franchised | 1988 | 2015 | 
| Term Of Agreement | 10 years | - | 
| Term Of Agreement | 10 years | - | 
| Renewal Fee | $1000 | - | 
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 Business Experience Requirements | ||
| Experience | - | - | 
| Financing Options | ||
| In-House/3rd Party | In-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 | ||
| Training | - | On-The-Job Training: 120 hours Classroom Training: 49 hours | 
| Support | - | Newsletter Meetings/Conventions Grand Opening Security/Safety Procedures Field Operations Site Selection Proprietary Software Franchisee Intranet Platform | 
| Marketing | - | Co-op Advertising Ad Templates National Media Regional Advertising Social media Website development Email marketing Loyalty program/app | 
| Operations | - | Number of Employees Required to Run: 10 - 20 | 
| Expansion Plans | ||
| US Expansion | - | Yes | 
| Canada Expansion | No | - | 
| International Expansion | No | Yes | 
 Pizza Pipeline was founded in Spokane, WA in 1988 and built a great reputation based on strong customer service and quality products.  In addition to pizzas, we also offer sub sandwiches, cheese bread, chicken products, our dessert pizzas appropriately named “Sweetza Pizza”® and our infamous specialty bread sticks know as “Tricky Stix”® We now have franchises in Washington and Oregon. As a franchisee, you can be assured that this company has been built on proven formulas, techniques and a thorough training program.  Our management team will guide you as you undertake this new opportunity.