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How the convenience-store chain Casey’s is making waves in the pizza business

A Deeper Dive: Tom Brennan, chief merchandising officer for the Iowa-based chain Casey’s, joins the restaurant finance podcast to talk pizza, beverages and competition with restaurants.

What is the country’s fifth largest pizza concept doing to expand its reach?

This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Tom Brennan, the chief merchandising officer for the Iowa-based convenience-store chain Casey’s.

That is right. Casey’s is the fifth-largest pizza concept in the U.S., at least based on sales. 

This is a fascinating conversation with a top executive of a company that is a growing competitor with a number of different restaurant chains, including much of the pizza business. 

We talk about that pizza business and how it became so vital to the company. Casey’s has been generating strong pizza sales this year even as fast-food pizza chains have been stagnant. Tom explains the company’s secret.

We also talk about the company’s broader foray into the food business and we also talk about beverages and how Casey’s plans to improve its sales in that area. 

We’re talking convenience store pizza on A Deeper Dive so please check it out. 

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