On January 1, 2013, Blackjack Pizza was acquired by Askar Brands. The pizza chain is the largest in Colorado with 800 employees, some of whom work part-time. Blackjack Pizza is a Colorado-based pizza delivery chain founded in 1983 by a former Domino's Pizza employee, Vince Schmuhl, because Domino's Pizza was the only major pizza delivery company in the Rocky Mountain region and he thought customers would appreciate an alternative.
