As a lifelong pizza-lover, this list of pizza facts and stats was a pleasure to work on. Here are 10 things I didn't know about pizza until now. Hopefully there are a few pizza facts in here that are new to you as well.
Enjoy everyone!
Pizza Facts and Stats
First documentation of the word "pizza":
The top pizza sale day in the US:
Percentage of Americans that have eaten pizza in the past month:
Amount of pizza Americans eat per second:
Amount of pizza Americans eat per person, per year:
Number of pizzas sold globally each year:
Largest pizza ever made:
Made at Norwood Hypermarket, Norwood, South Africa in 1990 (122ft, 8in diameter, 26.8lbs)
Biggest Pizza distributor in the US:
Pizza Hut w/ 14.68% of all US pizza sales
Record for the most pizzas eaten in 10 minutes:
Restaurant with the most expensive pizza currently available:
Steveson Pizza, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada ($450 each)