[1] The restaurant chain was founded in 1970 by the American Louis Jordan and his Norwegian wife Anne, from Hartford, Connecticut.

[2] The restaurant chain is currently owned by Dely AS, who also holds the rights in Norway to other cafe/restaurants such as TGI Fridays, Starbucks, La Baguette and Cafe Opus.

[6] The bestselling fiction book The Seducer by Norwegian author Jan Kjærstad documents an actual history of the pizza chain.

Anne Jordan suggested pizza because she thought the ingredients would suit the Norwegian taste.

In recent years, Peppes Pizza has expanded beyond Norway and established a presence in other countries, including Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland.

There was also a restaurant in Leytonstone High Road, London E11 during the 1980s and perhaps the 1990s, owned and run by a brother and sister[citation needed].