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of pizza this year as the previous year, and 95% of operators believe their pizza sales will increase or stay the same next year. Grocery and convenience stores specifically were positioned relatively well during the pandemic, and many people traded what would have been visits to restaurants for trips to these locations. Datassential data shows that the percentages of consumers reporting to visit a grocery or convenience store at least once per month to purchase pizza both increased by doubledigit percentages since 2018. “It has not slowed down,” confirmed Turner. “Our sales this year are up over last year, and we’re up tremendously over prepandemic sales. We sell it at more locations now, and our locations that have always sold it are seeing a lot of growth.” CSD Source: Datassential, “Pizza: A SNAP! Keynote,” 2021
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