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. zpizza has locations in

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, they plan to increase locations in 2025-2026. The menu includes artisan pizza with fresh high quality locally sourced ingredients, salads, and sandwiches. zpizza's customers have the option of creating their own pizza from the provided "crusts, sauces, cheeses and toppings" on their menu, including gluten free and vegan options.

History

zpizza was founded in

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, in 1986 by Suzy Megroz & Sid Fanarof. It was owned by Fanarof, Chris Bright, and Dan Rowe, the founders of Fransmart. In 2022 zpizza was purchased by zpizza USA by its now CEO Ron Osmena and since then many new stores have opened in the country with the majority of them in Orange County, Riverside County, the Bay Area (Northern California), Los Angeles Counties, the Phoenix metro, and South East Asia. zpizza started to franchise in 2000. During the restaurant's inception in Laguna Beach, Suzi Megroz & Fanarof, her business partner, called it "the pizza place". Raised in France, Suzi pronounced the name with an accent, "zee pizza place". They had not yet chosen an official name for the restaurant, and Suzi's pronunciation inspired them to call it z pizza. As the business matured, the company omitted the space, officially naming it "zpizza" and occasionally calling it "z".

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Companies based in Newport Beach, California Restaurants established in 1986 Pizza chains of the United States Pizza franchises Fast-food chains of the United States Regional restaurant chains in the United States 1986 establishments in California American companies established in 1986

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