Pizza Ranch
Pizza Ranch, Inc., founded in 1981, is a Midwestern fast casual restaurant chain. Pizza Ranch offers pizza, chicken, a salad bar and a pizza and chicken buffet. Pizza Ranch has over 200 locations in Iowa, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Pizza Ranch is the largest regional pizza franchise in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Pizza Ranch was founded by Adrie Groeneweg and Lawrence Vander Esch. The first restaurant opened December 21, 1981, in Hull, Iowa. The second Pizza Ranch opened in Orange City, Iowa in 1983.
Pizza Ranch has grown over the years and now has franchises in thirteen states. Pizza Ranch's specialties are pizza and chicken. Their headquarters, formerly located in Hull, Iowa, have moved to Orange City, Iowa.
Pizza Ranch is a Christian-based company. The Pizza Ranch vision is "To glorify God by positively impacting the world we live in."