National Pizza day is a beloved American holiday celebrated on February 9th of every year. This is the day the nation gets together to enjoy an infinite amount of pizza slices available all around America. Pizza, being one of Americas favorite dishes, finally gets the recognition it deserves on this super day.
Below you will find more details about National Pizza Day!
What is National Pizza Day?
National Pizza Day is established to celebrate the delicious doughy flatbread dish topped with tomato sauce and many more customized toppings every year on February 9th in America. The holiday started roughly around the year 2000 when many popular pizza chains were on the rise in America like Pizza Hut, Papa Johns, and Dominoes. The day emerged instantaneously with no prior warnings or details. It just happens to be on February 9th of every year, but whose to complain! This love filled day (for pizza), grants us deals on a variety if not all pizzas around America ranging from free slices of pizza to buy one get one free.
National Pizza Day Deals
Updated February 9th, 2017:
Domino’s is giving away a pizza when you buy one at menu price!
At Pizza Hut, you can get a medium three-topping pizza for $6,
and at Papa John’s you can save 25 percent off your regular menu price order.
Hungry Howie’s, is offering a medium one-topping pizza for $3.14 with any purchase of its Howie pie, via online order using the promo code 314DAY.
Stevi B’s Pizza Buffet is offering its unlimited pizza buffet for $3.14, down from its usual buffet prices that range from $5.29 to $7.99 for adults and $4.49 for kids.
Pieology Pizza is offering unlimited toppings for $3.14 as well.
*Available National Pizza Day Deals will be updated every year with all new deals from the nations top pizza chains, (February 2018 is next). These deals are not only limited to popular American fast food pizza chains but can also be made available at your local pizza place with different deals and coupons.
Pizza Facts
The average pizzeria uses roughly 55 pizza boxes per day.
We consume around 251,770,000 pounds of pepperonis every year
36 percent of all pizza orders want their pizza topping pepperoni
94 percent of Americans eat pizza regularly
93 percent of Americans have eaten pizza in the last month
Americans eat approximately 100 acres of pizza a day or about 350 slices per second.
There are approximately 61,269 pizzerias in the United States.
Each person in America eats about 46 pizza slices a year.
Over 5 billion pizzas are sold worldwide each year.
The largest pizza ever made was 122 ft. 8 in. in diameter. The pizza needed 9,920 lb of flour, 198 lb of salt, 3968 lb of cheese, and 1,984 lb of tomato puree
Domino’s Pizza is the world leader in delivery
Pizza Hut has 12,583 stores in over 90 countries
Pizzerias represent 17% of all restaurants
The world’s fastest pizza maker can make 14 pizza in 2 minutes and 35 seconds
36% of people consider pizza the perfect breakfast
The Pizza Challenge!
Here is a interesting pizza challenge done by famous youtuber Rosanna Pansino and her sister!
