History of Papas Pizza Mamas Chicken

At Papas Pizza, we take every element of every recipe seriously.  That’s why we consistently win prestigious awards, such readers choice for both our pizza and chicken as well as many other awards that fuel our passion to make better pizzas.  For 15 years we’ve been passionate about making our great tasting pizza UNIQUELY “Papa’s”, and we’re unwavering about our commitment to using high quality ingredients in all of our products.   It’s what we thrive on.  It’s our focus.

Here is additional information about the quality ingredients that make our pizza UNIQUELY “Papa’s.”

Our Dough …

At the foundation of our original pizza is our fresh, never frozen dough.  Our original proprietary dough comes to our stores fresh from our dedicated quality control centers where it’s made.  We store it in coolers in the stores for just the right amount of time to let it proof and rise.  When the dough is ready to use, we hand-toss it to order.  We don’t add “dough-conditioners” like sodium stearoyl lactylate or mono and diglycerides.   What we use is our own proprietary flour.  Its high-protein, unbleached wheat flour made with purified water gives Papas pizza original pizza dough its unique balance of flavor and its chewy, crisp crust.  

Our Sauce …

Papas pizza’s UNIQUE sauce is freshly made in our stores.  The tomato products are packed from fresh tomatoes — about six hours from the time they are picked.  Our fresh sauce is not re-manufactured from tomato paste.  Further, our sauce is minimally heated to retain maximum flavor, as opposed to re-manufactured sauces that are subjected to more flavor-damaging heat.  To further protect the quality of Papas pizza’s sauce, we do not use high fructose corn syrup, artificial colors, or artificial flavors in our sauce—we do use fresh-packed tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, some sunflower oil, spices, and a little salt and sugar.  I really believe it’s the best thing to actually make the sauce in our stores!

Our Meats …

We spend a lot of time and money ensuring that the meats that go on our pizzas truly are “better.”  Our sausage and beef contain no artificial flavors, colors, preservatives or bulking agents like TVPs or cornstarch, which is why we can say “real sausage” and “real beef,” not sausage “topping” or beef “topping,” which indicate the use of fillers.  Our 100% all-white chicken breast is free of artificial flavors, colors and preservatives, made with our proprietary marinade of spices and some soy protein, like that found in many high-protein health bars.

Our Cheese …

The primary cheese on Papas Pizza’s Pizzas is crafted from 100% Mozzarella and made with high-quality skim milk.  Our six-blend cheese combination is made with five additional 100% aged Wisconsin cheeses, including Parmesan, Romano, Asiago, Provolone and Fontina.   Our cheeses have a minimal amount of preservatives to maintain freshness and to ensure consistency and quality across our many restaurants.

Our Vegetables…

Our green peppers, onions and Roma tomatoes are shipped multiple times per week from our distribution centers.  We take the time to ship frequently every week to ensure our vegetables arrive at our stores as fresh as is possible.  All of our vegetables are hand-sliced daily in each of our restaurants, with the exception of our Portabello mushrooms that arrive at our stores pre-sliced.  All of our vegetables arrive fresh; they are never frozen or vacuum packed.

Special to Papas pizza’s, too, is our olives.   Ninety percent of our olives are grown in Spain’s famous Herrera-area groves that consistently produce superior-quality, Fancy-grade olives.  Our supplier in Spain is the first producer of both ripe and green olives in the world to be awarded the ISO 9002 Quality Certification.

Our Box …

At Papas pizza we invest thousands of dollars annually to provide our unique white-on-white box that helps to protect our pizza from the taste of brown cardboard packaging.  Our boxes are more expensive to make because we believe it’s critical to have this important guard between our great-tasting pizza and the box that surrounds it.  Papas pizza’s unique box is just another way to ensure our pizza tastes great.

In summary, I am proud of our pizza and our people who make it.  I am prouder, still, of our country, and the opportunity it has afforded me, my family, Papas pizza’s team members, and countless others to start and grow a business from little more than a dream.  Whether you start from a broom closet, like I did, or have found opportunity in your own way, we are indeed fortunate to have the ability to explore, pursue and succeed through our country’s free market and voluntary exchange of goods.

That’s the Foundation of the Papas Pizza story.

To all of our Papas Pizza customers and to our potential future customers, I thank you for your business.  If you’re new to our brand and you’ve not experienced what makes our pizza UNIQUELY “Papa,” don’t simply take my word for it — I encourage you to try one for yourself.  You be the judge—I really believe you will taste what makes Papas pizza’s UNIQUELY “Papas.”

 

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