Dogtown Pizza - Frozen Pizza

Rick and Meredith Schaper were known in their modest Dogtown neighborhood for their pizza parties. “We always were the ones who brought and baked pizza for block parties and other neighborhood events,” says Rick. In October 2006, the two launched Dogtown Pizza out of their home kitchen…giving some away and selling even more. The business started slowly: a couple of hundred pizzas a week…from there, it’s grown slowly and steadly. Dogtown Pizza turns out nearly 65,000 pizzas monthly. Dogtown Pizza started when some cracks started showing in the economic landscape. Undeterred, the Schaper’s kept at it. Rick knew that there was a very real local movement – people demanding that the products they chose for their families supported their neighbors, their town, their state. Dogtown Pizza still strives to source as much of its raw ingredients from as many local families as possible. Today, the pizzas can be found all over town at grocers large and small – the big-name chains and small specialty stores, as well.