Pizza originated much before when it was popular in Italy. The pizza was traced in the ancient Egyptian civilization, among the Greeks and in the remnants of Pompei in Italy. The Pizza was known as “poor man’s food” in Italy until the Italian queen Margherita discovered it among the peasants while travelling the countryside in 1889. As per her orders, famous chef, Raffaele Esposito prepared pizzas for the queen including the famous pizza named as pizza Margherita which is still available in every corner of the world under the same name. Since then pizza has been one of the most favourite recipes in the world, particularly in Europe and America especially in the US. Get the most delicious pizza from Double Pizza Montréal.

• The month of October has been officially designated as the National pizza month in the United State since 1987.
• In average, 3 billion pizzas are sold every year in the US. Besides this, an additional 1 billion frozen pizzas are sold annually in the United States. The pizza industry in the US has an approximate annual turnover of 30 billion USD in the US.
• In all the restaurants across the US, the pizzerias represent 17% and almost 93% of Americans eat pizza at least once in a month. systematic research and study claim that women are twice more than the men to order pizza particularly the vegetarian toppings as their favourite.
• Out of the total types of pizzas in the market, 36% of pizzas are pepperoni which is one of the most popular varieties in the world. Antica Pizzeria was the first pizzeria opened in Naples in 1738.
• The “Super Bowl” season is the year when maximum people consume pizza. As per a study, each person in the US consumes 23 pounds of pizza every year on an average.
• Gennaro Lombardi opened the first pizzeria in New York in the US in 1895. Celentano Brothers first invented the Frozen pizza in 1957. However, frozen pizza was available in the 1950s only in the grocery shops. Today, the frozen pizza is available in every nook and corner including convenience stores, gas stations, bars, grocery stores etc.
• The most popular pizza in the contemporary world is thin curst pizza. Despite the introduction of the deep-dish pizza introduced in Chicago in the US, the crust pizza is 61% in demand in the US.