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Detroit_stylin
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Posted on Friday, November 10, 2006 - 12:01 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=/20061109/BUS INESS06/611090347/1002/
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Jasoncw
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Posted on Friday, November 10, 2006 - 12:29 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Mike Illitch was a Marine!?

Anyway, I think this might just be a way of getting more franchises out there while making good PR at the same time.

And then he might personally want to help veterans too, I guess, lol.
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Lowell
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Posted on Friday, November 10, 2006 - 12:35 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I dunno, is this really a good deal? The investor will still have to pony up a lot of money "A typical Little Caesars store costs $175,000 to $300,000 to build and equip, said David Scrivano, Little Caesars president." <-And that's just start up cost.

Pizza is already an over-traded business so there is a lot of risk involved. Little Caesars was not exactly booming last I heard, but as it is privately held it is difficult to know for sure. However it was that long ago that they cut back about 400 stores amid declining sales.

Looking for the franchise authorities to fact check me and this offer...

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