TODAY IS: National Pizza Day
Did you know ...
- $38 billion worth of pizzas are sold every year in the U.S.
- 3 billion pizzas are sold in the U.S. each year.
- Americans eat 350 slices of pizza per second.
- 93% of Americans have at least one slice of pizza per month.
- The average American eats more than 23 pounds of pizza a year.
- Roughly 17% of males between the ages of 2 and 39 eat pizza for breakfast, lunch, or dinner on any given day.
- 251.7 million pounds of pepperoni are consumed every year in the U.S. just from pizza.
- 61% of Americans prefer thin crust pizza.
- There's a 35% rise in pizza delivery sales on Super Bowl Sunday.
- There are approximately 70,000 pizzerias across the United States.
- Most people eat pizza on Saturday nights.
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