Unless otherwise noted, all facts were supplied by Pizza Today Magazine and the National Association of Pizza Operators (NAPO), which are also displayed on their web site at http://www.pizzatoday.com.

October is National Pizza Month. It was first so designated in 1987
Americans eat approximately 100 acres of pizza each day, or 350 slices per second. Pizza is a £30 billion per year industry

There are approximately 10,000 pizzerias in the UK and 61,269 in the United States. (Source: American Business Lists) Each man, woman and child in America eats an average of 46 slices of pizza a year.

Over 5 billion pizzas are sold worldwide each year. According to a recent Gallup Poll, kids between the ages of 3 to 11 prefer pizza over all other food groups for lunch and dinner