Laura Niemeier
February 26, 2018
It’s finally Momma Zip’s turn to share on the blog! I typically don’t read the blog until late evening when I’m checking Facebook and it happens to roll up on my feed. By this time, it is already live and has been read by hundreds of people. I have been surprised several times by the… View Article
Brad Niemeier
January 17, 2018
Not long after the first Azzip Pizza opened, we had a customer we coined the “Sauce Boss”. The Sauce Boss had just moved into a new place and didn’t have much cookware so he would come to Azzip several times a week. Every visit, he progressively started mixing more and more sauces until he nearly used every one. … View Article
Blake Kollker
November 27, 2017
Is Pepperoni your favorite pizza topping? Well you are not alone, because pepperoni is Azzip’s most chosen topping. Annually, Azzip customers consume 25,000 pounds of pepperoni per year, as it is found on 45% of all pizzas sold! And if you are like me, I bet you thought it was originally a sausage from Italy… View Article
Andy Niemeier
November 3, 2017
Culture. For us, it has a specific and important meaning. We are thinking and working on our store cultures – or the work environments in our locations – every day. For us, the store culture is THE employee handbook (not that paper copy with all the written policies in it). It’s the unwritten rules and norms that determine… View Article
Andy Niemeier
October 27, 2017
HELLLLLLO BLOOMINGTON! We are thrilled to have opened a new location in Bloomington, IN! What an awesome store, community, and set of newly trained Azzip team this has turned out to be. We want to thank everyone who has helped us get here. From Dan Alcorn and Garmong Construction, C&T Design and Equipment and Weber… View Article
Brad Niemeier
October 4, 2017
Well, crap. A little over 2 years into our time in Champaign, IL, it has come to an end. We will be closing the doors on Azzip Champaign at the end of the day on Saturday, October 7th. It isn’t a good feeling closing a store, but we have learned a ton from this experience… View Article
Brad Niemeier
August 3, 2017
There are five Niemeier’s currently earning a paycheck from Azzip Pizza. Those five would be myself, my mother (Laura), my father (Dan), my older brother (Andy) and my younger brother (Craig). That makes it five for five for our family. Mom was in it from the start. She had been working part time at Habitat… View Article