CiCi's Pizza is an American buffet restaurant chain based in Coppell, Texas, specializing in pizza. There are approximately 600 franchised and corporately owned restaurants in 35 states. A family-oriented concept, CiCi’s is known for its pizza, pasta, salad and dessert buffet featuring up to 20 varieties of pizza, all offered for about $5 per adult.

History
Joe Croce and Mike Cole founded CiCi's in 1985 in Plano, Texas.

In 2001, with 380 restaurants at the time, the chain expanded its buffet offerings and began remodeling restaurants.Four years later, CiCi's had more than 500 locations, and was the fastest-growing pizzeria in the United States.In 2003 Croce retired from the business, and passed ownership of the company to Craig Moore, a general manager in Dallas. Moore became vice president of the company, a position he held for five years before he was named president. As president of the chain, Moore oversaw the company's operations and franchise growth, eventually announcing his retirement in 2009, after 17 years with the company.

Michael Shumsky took over after Moore retired in late 2009. (He had previously served as CEO of La Madeleine Restaurant, Inc.)

Cici’s opened its first location in the New York City area on July 16, 2012 in the Bronx.

In addition to its current 600 restaurants, in 2010 CiCi's announced plans to add another 500 restaurants in the next 10 years. CiCi's has won numerous awards and has also been named one of the top 25 performing brands by The Wall Street Journal and a top 200 franchise concept by Franchise Today.
 
CiCi's macaroni and cheese pizza
Since 2004 CiCi's Pizza has held third place in the pizza category for Restaurants & Institutions "Consumers' Choice in Chains" contest, which is judged based on consumer reviews of the competing restaurant chains. In March 2009 Men's Health included CiCi's Pizza in its list of America's Healthiest and best Restaurants.