
On June 17, 2008, Jason Keller, the driver of the Incredible Pizza-sponsored car, attended the opening of the 15th Incredible Pizza restaurant in Mesquite, Texas. NASCAR sponsorship Īmerica's Incredible Pizza Company was the primary sponsor of number 11 CJM Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 20. In September 2008, the IPCF donated $6,500 to Care to Learn, a fund managed by the Foundation for Springfield Public Schools. On February 20, 2008, the IPC Foundation gave $24,000 to the Convoy of Hope, a non-profit organization. In fall 2007, the Incredible Pizza Company founders, Rick and Cheryl Barsness, founded the Incredible Pizza Company Foundation (IPC Foundation) for the goal of donating to missionaries and orphanages. It has an arcade, go-karts, billiards, bowling, and miniature golf, among other activities. The restaurant is smoke-free and alcohol-free. An AIPC restaurant has an average area of 65,000 to 70,000 square feet (6,000 to 6,500 m 2). The restaurant has 30 types of pizza and an 80-item salad bar. These include the Starlite Drive In, Family Room, Diner, and Gym. AIPC has a buffet style pizza, pasta, salad, and dessert bar, with several seating areas for customers to eat. At the AIPC, the music and decorations have a 1950s theme. Locations and format Įxterior a defunct AIPC at Lafayette Square Mall in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2018.Īs of May 2021, 9 out of the 25+ total locations remain in operation in the United States, and 3 in Mexico. Īmerica's Incredible Pizza announced that its location at Lafayette Square Mall in Indianapolis would close March 19, 2012.

ĪIPC restaurants have an average of 250 employees and it costs $5–9 million to start a restaurant. It moved the headquarters to Springfield, Missouri in 2009. ĪIPC started franchising and established its corporate headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2003. 1% of IPC's net sales for the next 10 years. In addition to the $1 million payout, Barsness also agreed to pay Mr. Gatti's had charged that Barsness had violated his franchise contract with them, and had taken trade secrets. In 2003, years of legal battles came to an end when Rick Barsness agreed to pay Gatti's a $1 million settlement. This was the type of place Barsness wished he could have spent time with his father. His father's absence nurtured a boyhood dream of a place where families could eat and have fun together. When Barsness was a hockey player in high school, his team reached the state championships, but his father never attended a game.

The couple entered the pizza business with a single restaurant in Victoria, Texas and by 1975, owned 11 franchises of Gatti's Pizza.ĪIPC grew out of an idea from its founder, Rick Barsness. America's Incredible Pizza Company, headquartered in Springfield, Missouri, is owned by Rick and Cheryl Barsness.
