The American’s love their pizza! The American pizza market has an interesting history of seeing players move in and out of the industry. Read the article by Elaine Schwartz on the American Pizza market. Then, review the 2021 Pizza Power report. Calculate the Four-Firm Ratio. When writing the discussion, please be sure to list the data that you used from the article. Provide the four-firm ratio and determine which market structure is best representative of the American pizza market. *Must be 150 words

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