Super Bowl and National Pizza Day, a Perfect Weekend for Pizza Fans and Football Fans

Sometimes the stars align, the clouds part and the pizza heavens shine down upon you. My friends, this weekend is one of those times. Today is National Pizza Day and then, just two days later, comes the Super Bowl. Holy smokes — let those sales pour in!

Friday night is “pizza night” in many American households. You already know what to expect tonight. Some consumers who plan on ordering Sunday for the big game between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs may forgo their usual Friday night dose of pizza. But don’t let that fool you into thinking this will be one of your “slower” Fridays.

A couple of weeks ago, Pizza Today’s very own Denise Greer penned this post detailing 10 ways pizzerias across the country will celebrate National Pizza Day. There are great ideas in the piece, including:

• Blow up your social media channels throughout the day today with challenges and giveaways.
• Let one of your most skilled pizza maker take over your social outlets for a while today and share some how-to tips and tricks.
• Do some door prizes for the first X number of customers who walk through your doors this evening.

Denise’s article had many tips. These are just 3 that you can still implement spur of the moment TODAY in the event you’ve been under a rock and are just now figuring out you should do something today for National Pizza Day.

(HINT: we’ve shared an awesome graphic on our social pages that you can snag and share on your feeds to let your customers know it’s National Pizza Day.)

Feeling Super?

Okay, I’m a Miami Dolphins fan. And as fun as the team was to watch this season, my Fins sputtered when it mattered the most and Kansas City broke my heart. Yes, Patrick Mahomes is that good. And maybe the Taylor Swift magic is helping fuel KC — Travis Kelce has always been a beast, but he seems to have gotten some extra “Gronk” swagger (New England Patriots fans will know what I’m talking about) lately.

Then on the other side you have the 49ers. A storied franchise with an elite running back (Christian McCaffrey), a game-changing wide receiver (Deebo Samuel) and a quarterback who can play (Brock Purdy).

What’s the point? This might be a really good game. And even if it turns out to be a blowout, there is so much hoopla surrounding the halftime show and the commercials that the Super Bowl today is not merely a football game. It’s a national event. And it’s an event in which pizza is often the star of the party.

I don’t know about you, but I’m stoked there are two huge sales days in the same weekend. Plus, this is a leap-year: there’s an extra sales day this month that wasn’t there last year. February is going to be good to you. Enjoy the weekend and get some sleep Monday. You’re going to need it.