Food & Beverage
Toppers puts vegan twist on 'Stix'
January 27, 2021
Following what Toppers Pizza said was its successful October rollout of its vegan menu, the chain has added a vegan take on another menu favorite, Topperstix. Vegan Topperstix feature the same cheesy, garlicky taste as the original Topperstix but without the dairy, a news release said.
"Too often, vegans have to settle for flimsy imitations of the food they love, so we are adamant about providing vegan options that are every bit as delicious as our traditional offerings," Toppers Pizza founder and President Scott Gittrich said in the release. "When we first started building our vegan creations, we knew we had something special, but we were still blown away by the customer response. It didn't take long for us to decide we needed to build on that success by offering a vegan version of our Topperstix."
Curated by Melanie Manuel, a vegan chef and owner of Milwaukee's all-vegan restaurant, Celesta, Toppers' vegan menu incorporates high-quality vegan ingredients such as dairy-free mozzarella, plant-based crispy chicken and dairy-free ranch and Korean barbecue sauces.
"We're always listening to customer feedback, and in recent years, we heard a growing demand for vegan options," Gittrich said. "A lot of restaurants treat their vegan menu — if they have one — as an afterthought, but we don't add anything to our menu if we aren't totally in love with it. Our fans wanted vegan options, so we set about creating the best vegan menu in the pizza world, and I'm proud to say we succeeded."
Toppers, based in Whitewater, Wisconsin, has about 60 stores across the Midwest U.S.
