Kids Day!

Brad Niemeier July 26, 2018
July 9th had been circled on our calendar for over 2 months. We knew the day was coming. July 9th was the day we had planned to do “Kids Make Their Own Pizza Day” in Evansville and Newburgh. 3 stores, all during one 3 hour lunch rush. It feels like I have been preparing my… View Article

What It Takes To Open A New Store

Brad Niemeier May 17, 2018
New Store, New Fun Azzip Lafayette is officially open! I want to thank everyone who made this possible. It was a ton of work and a heck of a lot of fun. Opening a new store seems like it starts as a marathon, but it absolutely finishes in a sprint. If you all would have… View Article

Dough Science

Andy Niemeier April 10, 2018
Crafting the perfect pizza crust is actually more science than art.  Cooking really is extremely science based (for some awesome science-based food insights, check out Kenji Lopez-Alt’s Serious Eats Food Lab — you’ll thank us later).  Some of the most interesting science goes on in the process used to create our dough.   I remember prior to Azzip first opening (like maybe a… View Article

All You’d Need is a Pizza Oven

March 21, 2018
Azzip Pizza’s 7th location will be opening in Lafayette on the corner of Farabee and South St. (26) on April 8th.  Brad Niemeier, founder, is a 2012 graduate of Purdue University’s Hospitality and Tourism Management program and a former walk-on on the Purdue football team.  Azzip Pizza is a multiple-year Gold winner of Best Place… View Article

Shelter Blog

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

What’s Your Sauce, Boss?

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

A Day In The Life

January 3, 2018
This is a day in the life from the perspective of our West Side General Manager, Allan. He has been with us since our Bowling Green location opened and has learned what it takes to set the store up for success each day. 8:00 am: It’s a chilly start to the morning. It’s time to get started on the… View Article

Our Team: Mark

December 13, 2017
INTRO We are extremely fortunate to have Mark Feldkamp as the leader of our Terre Haute team.  Mark was our first employee hired in Terre Haute, and he has been a huge driver of the store’s success.  He truly cares about his team and customers, and he has taught us a lot of things over… View Article

Not Just Any Pepperoni

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

Our Culture

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