pizza co. type privately held company industry restaurant founded 1997 founder brian glassel tim nicholson headquarters madison wisconsin usa number of locations 7 restaurants 2009 area served wisconsin products pizza website www.glassnickelpizza.com the glass nickel pizza co. gnpc is a mid sized delivery carry out and dine in italian restaurant based in madison wisconsin . currently the restaurant has seven locations throughout wisconsin . contents 1 history 2 menu 3 environmentalism 4 awards 5 references 6 external links history edit the company was founded by brian glassel and tim nicholson in 1997 on the east side of madison wisconsin . 1 two years later timothy archer and neil spath opened a store on madison s west side . since then two more stores have opened in the madison area fitchburg and sun prairie as well as one in oshkosh wisconsin . gn independents the franchising arm of glass nickel pizza company began franchising with the first franchised store in green bay wisconsin 2 and the second in brookfield wisconsin . 3 menu edit the menu serves pasta pizza calzones salads appetizers sandwiches soups desserts and beverages . pizzas are available in a hand tossed style but may also be ordered thin crust super thin crust or thick crust . pizza sizes range from 10 to 16 . the best selling pizza is the fetalicious a specialty pizza topped with spinach red onions tomatoes mushrooms and feta cheese . other notable pizzas include the ranch a pizza that uses ranch dressing instead of the traditional pizza sauce as a base and the thai pie which uses peanut sauce as a base . pizza toppings include the traditional and non traditional such as salami corn blue cheese and cilantro . deli sandwiches are made with boar s head deli meats a selective east coast deli . environmentalism edit a glass nickel grease truck . honda hybrid behind truck the glass nickel is known around madison for its commitment to environmental sustainability and responsibility . the use of waste vegetable oil wvo and hybrid vehicles is unique to delivery restaurants in madison 4 and to most delivery systems in america . wvo vehicles are diesel vehicles that have been converted to run off used fryer grease or other vegetable based oils . the original glass nickel has a system in place to automatically convert used fryer oil into fuel for vehicles . used oil from deep fryers is transported through the building into a filtration room in the restaurant s basement . there the oil is run through a series of filters and placed in a holding tank until needed for fuel for the delivery fleet . on the outside of the building is a diesel pump that delivery drivers and neighbors use to fill their vehicles . 5 the entire configuration is self contained within the store . the cars average 45 50 mpg on wvo . because the oil is made from living plants any carbon dioxide emissions are a zero addition to the atmosphere as the plants used for oil canola corn soy etc. remove the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere . the glass nickel also owns and operates two hybrid vehicles in their delivery fleet . new franchisees are required to own and operate at least one alternative fuel vehicle in their delivery fleet by their third year of operation be it a wvo vehicle hybrid or electric . citation needed furthermore the store is in the process of converting its interior lighting from fluorescent to l.e.d. light . citation needed a new pizza oven shuts off when pizzas are not baking saving natural gas . only two of the gn stores currently own and operate these ovens fitchburg and the atwood location . citation needed plans are in the works for a solar array to be constructed atop the restaurant as well . citation needed a glass nickel grease car . a vw rabbit awards edit madison s favorite pizza isthmus magazines annual manual 9 years in a row 1999 2007 6 best of madison madison magazine 7 years in a row 2001 2007 7 top 100 independents pizza today magazine 13 currently . 3rd year on the list . references edit about us . retrieved 2009 07 17 . green bay location . retrieved 2009 07 17 . brookfield location . retrieved 2009 07 17 . growing green . retrieved 2009 07 17 . pizza company runs delivery cars on waste vegetable oil . channel 3000 madison . retrieved 2008 02 05 . madison s favorites 2007 . isthmus magazine . retrieved 2008 02 05 . best of 2007 . madison magazine . archived from the original on 2007 11 09 . retrieved 2008 02 05 . external links edit glass nickel pizza co. official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title glass nickel pizza company & oldid 738729340 categories pizzerias in the united statesrestaurants in wisconsinprivately held companies based in wisconsinrestaurants established in 1997american companies established in 1997hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2008wisconsin articles missing geocoordinate 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