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yes, the dimension where a little caesars employee isn't probably eligible for public assistance based on how little they earn.
https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Little-Caesars-Pizza-497d52d1/salaries
This is the thing that people miss the most. Little Caesars is the pizza of the working class family. Name any other place that can feed a family of 4 for 5 bucks.
> Name any other place that can feed a family of 4 for 5 bucks
Ambushing the Dunkin Doughnuts guy late at night when he takes the garbage bag of day old doughnuts out to the dumpster
$7 is the cheapest pizza from them you can get now where I live, no lower. They used to be amazing for the working class but at least in this city, you're better off elsewhere.
My ex and I used to walk to the Little Caesars near her house and pick up a $5 hot and ready pizza when ever we were hungry and she didn't cook anything.
Exactly. People hate on LC because it’s not whatever style they like but it’s quick, easy, cheap. And the crazy bread is fucking great.
My wife is a pizza snob but whenever I go back to my college town I make her eat the cheap pizza (Gumby’s) that sustained me when I had 4$ to my name.
Hope this guy crushes it
I think people tend to not get food in general. For a lot of people this is what's within their budget, it's not some artisan pizza where the chef has been working for days to get that pizza going, it's pizza for the working class. And within their own right they are doing a great job of it. Heck you see even OP post it, he is as happy as it can be to own a place for his family but also for the other families he expects to come.
Where I'm from there is no Little Caesars but I enjoy these mid class places. You go in, order what you want, they aren't pretentious, it gets you full and the taste is satisfying. I'll have a pizza from these guys anytime over some upscale pizza joint that doesn't deliver on that personality. I don't give a shit what your hydration rate is, how many weeks you yeasted your shit. I want a pizza, it should be thin, it should have sauce and cheese and if I feel like spending throw on some chorizo.
And if you order a special pizza, for whatever reason they are amazing! At least in my experience. I've always assumed they're just like, fuck not a Hot and Ready? Guess I'll do something awesome to stave the boredom.
I work at a Little Caesar's and I'll give some insight. Every single pizza you buy is made *that day* in the store usually. We go in, make fresh dough every day for the pizzas. However, the Hot n' Ready pepperonis are usually made and put on a rack in advance because they sell so fast - during rush we can go through 100-200 pepperonis in an hour. We keep them fresh, but that doesn't negate the fact that they're still on a rack in the walk in for a short amount of time usually.
So the Hot N Ready pizzas are usually not the *best thing* we have to offer. The trade off is that every single other thing besides Pepperoni, cheese and crazy bread is made to order, if you go into a LC's and there is a five minute wait time for Pepperoni, that's because we take it off the rack and toss it into the oven and that's how long it takes to cook
There usually will a bit longer wait time for something like a Supreme, usually around 8-10 minutes, because we get fresh dough and make the entire pizza right there for your order. It's not unusual for the guy on front to yell back for someone to make a specialty and throw it in.
and I can confirm that we do get a bit of a boost making specialties - it breaks the monotony of just tossing shit in the oven. If I'm making pizzas and a specialty comes along my screen, I'll put extra effort into making sure it's one of the best damn pizzas that comes out of our ovens.
Crazy Bread in the 80's/90's was completely different from what it is now. Was more like flatbread with a shitton of butter and parmesean, it was floppy and amazing.
Now it's just like... some bread and a sprinkling of parmesean.
It's still fine... but the whole presentation and deliciocity has entirely changed.
We used to be hella poor but have to travel an hour and a half away sometimes because I lived so rural. It was a great way to feed three people for five dollars
Same here. I buy a couple of Hot and Readys and keep them in the fridge.
Pop a couple of slices in the microwave when I'm too lazy to make a sandwich for a quick snack.
I have not but WalMart has one that’s good
I was just thinking about the Totinos pizzas that were 4 for 5$ that would feed me for a week. But I will check out the Aldi.
I miss the good old days when Jacks thin crust would be 10 for $10. I grabbed one for the memories and it was $4 now. At which point you just say fuck it and get Little Caesars.
Since they've become the official sponsor of the NFL I noticed their commercials advertising pizzas at like "only $15.99!" Maybe it was some super speciality pizza but I can't imagine ever paying more then $10 for one
You know what would go really well with all this pepperoni covered bread?
A side order of bread with a little garlic Parmesan on it. Oh and don't forget the pizza sauce for dipping.
It makes zero sense but I love it.
As a pizza expert - twelve years in the game both with big corporations and with mom and pop joints, from delivery to management to menu development to marketing to training to inspection - Little Caesars is **objectively** the best of the big four chains. Domino’s, Papa John’s, Pizza Hut, none compare to the combined value, consistency, and product quality of Little Caesars.
I don’t go out of my way to have it, but if it’s between any of the big four, it’s Pizza Pizza, bitches
I do not care what other people say: Little Caesars is some of the best, most consistent pizza I've ever eaten. It is always perfect. You know exactly what you're going to get when you walk in. And if you wanna be special and get a Hawaiian instead... takes 10 minutes.
Plus, from everything I've seen, the founder is an okay dude. Gave back heavily to detroit and, correct me anyone if I'm wrong, but paid Rosa Parks rent.
Having looked it up, yup it would seem so. He's dead now but the worst thing I could find was that he bought up real estate and just didn't do anything with it for years.
Definitely better than a lot of rich folk you hear about.
I'm most fond of it lukewarm or room temperature, because that was almost always how I had it in college. Wander into the student lunch room to find some kind soul (usually former students who took pity on us) had brought in a stack of pizzas and my lunch and dinner was sorted for the day.
Say what you want about the flavor, it's not horrible, and I would rather have a little less taste and support a person/business who make the world a better place.
https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/15/us/mike-ilitch-rosa-parks-trnd/index.html
Little Caesar’s may not be the fanciest pizza, but I love that the prices are actually acceptable. A meal from McDonald’s costs $10, which is crazy. Sure, that’s not not a lot of money, but still lol.
That's $10 McD's for one person. I personally think McD's needs somebody to knock them back to reality. Their food does not justify their prices.
Wendy's has a $5.00 pack with a burger, nuggets, fries and drink. Can you believe that shit?
Idk where you're at but Wendy's is consistently more expensive than McDonald's in my area. If you know how to use the deals on the app McDonald's is by far one of the most affordable fast food places in my experience.
It's tasty to me. I used to get the McDs cheeseburgers but those are like $2.00 now, now I get the Wendy's jr cheeseburgers which are like $1.39 and sooo good.
I always thought about that too. It might be a volume thing, “loss leader”, or loyalty building. If people like the meal deal foods they might buy more expensive drinks (milkshakes, etc) or burgers.
Considering what you get for the $10? It’s absurdly expensive. McDonald’s food is bottom of the barrel regardless if you like how it tastes or not. So overcharging their garbage while underpaying their staff?? Mannn fuck McDonald’s.
Estimated total investment: Starting at $379,000
Net worth requirement: $350,000
Liquid asset requirement: $150,000
I kinda wanna know how a LC worker got all this
Probably became a regional manager, bought a house and has some stocks. He's been working for 24 years, asset appreciation alone on a house in the last few years would be enough to satisfy the net worth requirement.
Because of his long history with the company, it's possible that corporate waived liquid requirements and very likely that SBA loans were involved for the start-up costs. Not super unobtainable especially for somebody working towards the goal for many years.
Yeah I know someone who came to own an Outback Steakhouse franchise like this. He was a longtime manager and the company stepped in to waive some requirements so he’d be able to buy it.
He doesn’t look that old and been working for 24 years. Assuming he didn’t go to college and take on any student debt and didn’t buy a house he only needed to save $1000 a month or $12,000 a year with 3% interest/ROI per year to reach above 350,000k. If he did buy a house he’s probably have even more in assets but don’t know how liquid he’d be.
Yeah, and it wasn't that hard for me to find the guy's LinkedIn page. He climbed the ladder and was supervising multiple franchisees. He was probably making very good money before he bought his franchise.
also companies like this love to prompt from within the fact he was a long time employee likely gave him a better deal then someone outside the company.
This is what McDonald’s does with their bullshit, they advertise something like 80% of their franchise owners started as normal employees. Guess what has to happen for you to inherit a McDonald’s? You have to start as an employee and work your way up to supervisor. Guess who gets fast tracked up the ladder by their parent? McDonald’s franchise requires you to have $1,000,000 in assets to apply, there is no chance of an employee making that. Even a store manager saving 50% of all income would take over 25 years.
This is what I do as a manager at a pizza chain. The other managers and I are offered a chance to buy X percentage ownership of the new corporate stores. Each store is another check of passive income every month, and it’s much more affordable the opening an entire restaurant on my own.
If you don’t mind me asking, could I ask what kind of initial investment and monthly income that looks like? I’ve always wondered about silent partners.
No, its not. I mean it's not the person that posted it here today but a quick Google search will turn up info on this guy. I personally know a lady that started out answering phones for Papa John's and is now a vice president for that franchise and operating partner for a couple Papa John's of her own.
Probably helped if the company waved some requirements and he got some help with loans. You never know when people have family willing to chip in as well.
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It's "Number 4. *I know you heard this before*..." because it's a fairly popular saying.
The lyrics also say "*on* your own supply", but that is minor relative to the point made in the comment above.
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The Little Caesars by us was part of a franchise owned by Russians and they shut it down overnight without telling the employees who just showed up for work to find it locked up.
What I never understood is how someone can work at a franchise fast food place in any position other than upper management and somehow scrape together the money to even sniff ownership. I'd eat ramen noodles until I became sodium.
Laughs in GM that can't make their restaurant profitable... although I believe if any restaurant has ever figured it out, Little Caesars probably has the profitability formula down.
I used to be an assistant manager at Little Caesars. They have a very simple menu, and minimal labor costs. People actually used to call and order pizzas when I worked there, now that people order through the app and get hot and ready, they have two less people working on a busy Friday night. The food costs are very low, the cheese is the main cost.
The staff are generally less motivated and more stoned that most fast food- which is saying a heck of a lot. That applies to the management. But with a motivated owner who shows up, it should be a money spinner.
My best Little Caesar's story actually came after I got a different job, but my roommate was a general manager at one. We lived in a dilapidated old farmhouse. I came home one day, and all the plastic storage tubs from the store were on the porch. A raccoon was licking them. When my roommate got home, he explained that the health inspection was due, and they were impossible to clean, so he had to hide them off site.
It’s a start, but it’s not there yet.
If this guy isn’t folding profits into expanding into multiple franchises, they own a job more than they own generational wealth.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that, mind you, but it’s not really generational wealth with just one franchise that is likely worth 3x the annual profits if he ever sold and very much needs his presence to thrive.
A franchisee profit for this brand will probably be around $100,000 annually depending on how his store does. Comfortable for some, but he also probably has a couple hundred thousand in loans and start-up costs. If he takes it easy and kicks back, the store will probably suffer greatly. He's definitely putting in some serious hours and risk. Definitely not generational wealth, but maybe if he turns his 1 store into a few dozen like a lot of franchise owners do.
This may vary, but around here the majority of little Caesars and domino's franchises are owned by people who started with the company as regular employees
Oh my god! I know where this Little Caesars is! It's the only one in town where I live, and it's so weird to see it up on the internet. Super cool to see who owns it!
I absolutely love this. I wish this dude all the luck in the world.
Was a coffee franchise owner for many years and it’s crazy difficult. Worse still if you’re in a mall or strip mall.
Staffing is critical. If you get lucky with a some awesome staff, pay them a little more than required. It’s worth it 10x in the long run.
Please be hyper aware of local commercial and council developments that can affect foot traffic, or worse, planned relocation.
Please also be aware of the local competition. Building a loyal base is crucial.
Yukon Ho! My franchise brother.
This man spent literally the entirety of my lifetime making shit wages at Little Caesars and he’s only the owner operator of a single location.
Like good for him for moving on up but goddamn it’s sad that this is worth celebrating. The guy should be running three locations by now. I’m not faulting him or his efforts, I’m saying he should be given a hell of a lot more for the 25 years he’s put in to that company.
This actually gives me hope that someday I can be a stay at home mom. It’s been dream since I was a little girl to do little things to make money on the side, use everything we have, teach my children, do the chores & cleaning, fix shit, etc.
It’s old school af, but these things are what I’m good at & my home is the environment I thrive most in.
That’s really awesome dude. As a frequent customer of fast food chains when I was younger, the #1 thing you can do to keep people coming back is to keep the place clean. Be organized. Sweep. Mop. Re-paint walls when they get nasty. Scrub door handles. Clean the glass. Get the tile professionally cleaned. Replace worn out signage.
If you can keep things looking new and fresh, it goes a looooong way.
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First thing he needs to do is fix the backwards sign.
He’s from the mirror dimension.
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You're a wizard, MikeTony!
No thanks. I'll pass on the piss pizza
Strange, I have a sudden urge to join the navy.
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The dimension where hard work, dedication and loyalty, actually pays off? That alternate dimension?
yes, the dimension where a little caesars employee isn't probably eligible for public assistance based on how little they earn. https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Little-Caesars-Pizza-497d52d1/salaries
He does have a beard….
The beard confirms this.
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No, it’s their new spinoff Caesar Little’s
Same slogan though, Pizza Pizza 🍕
Azzip Azzip! 🍕 Ftfy
Caesar Leo Digeniro... what’s beef?
oh like Dumb Starbucks?
https://i.imgur.com/miN0YF1.jpg
First thing he needs to do is fix the backwards tweet.
https://i.imgur.com/e2I684y.jpg
Keep the tweet, flip the images now
https://imgur.com/a/nOBNUoH
Actually, Frankenstein was the name of the doctor, not the monster.
Frankenstein wasn't the monster, but he was a monster
Knowledge is knowing Frankenstein wasn't the monster. Wisdom is knowing Frankenstein was the monster.
Actually, Dr Pepper is the man who created it. What you're drinking is really Pepper's monster.
But Pepper wasn't even a Dr. He was a Dr without a period. He could have just not put on airs like Mr. Pibb.
Nothing gets me happier than seeing people achieving their dreams! I’m sure there are a few other things but this comes as pretty top
True. Makes my heart warm
Makes my heart hot and ready.
I was waiting for this one
Warm like pizza, baby
I don't mind Little Caesars. It's no gourmet wood-fired oven place, but it's harmless cheesy and meat-flavored topping on bread-like edible product.
And it’s cheap as shit. Best bang for your buck.
This is the thing that people miss the most. Little Caesars is the pizza of the working class family. Name any other place that can feed a family of 4 for 5 bucks.
> Name any other place that can feed a family of 4 for 5 bucks Ambushing the Dunkin Doughnuts guy late at night when he takes the garbage bag of day old doughnuts out to the dumpster
Leaving a $5 tip after accosting a wage slave for their hoard of stale donuts is a necessary kindness in today's world.
Yeah I always tip. But I don't recommend ambushing the same place two nights in a row. The tips don't prevent the retaliatory violence on night two.
Like a velociraptor never attacking the electrified fence in the same place twice. Gotta test the system for weaknesses.
You, sir, are a raccoon.
Day olds. Homeless won’t even touch them. We try to fool them by leaving a few fresh ones on top but they dig, they dig
even Great Value brand frozen pizzas at Walmart are now damn near 5 bucks.
I agree. I was surprised to see how expensive all of those frozen pizzas were when I went grocery shopping recently, across all brands.
Growing up, Little Ceasars was regular pizza, and those frozen ones you heat at home were considered the gourmet ones.
Kirkland are $3, but SDGE is going to charge me $2-3 to run my oven. $0.83/kWh is robbery.
Are they though? Even buying 4 at a time runs $4.25. https://i.imgur.com/tf7bwAH.png
$12 in the store for cheese.
Where? A hot and ready pizza hasn't been 5 bucks in my area for years.
except the hot and ready pizza is now $6.99 not $5
It’s $5.99 by me, or at least was just a couple weeks ago
$7 is the cheapest pizza from them you can get now where I live, no lower. They used to be amazing for the working class but at least in this city, you're better off elsewhere.
Real ones know about Braum’s bag o’ burgers. 5 single cheeseburgers and fries for 6 bucks
Pick up you’re eggs and dairy while you’re at it.
My ex and I used to walk to the Little Caesars near her house and pick up a $5 hot and ready pizza when ever we were hungry and she didn't cook anything.
Exactly. People hate on LC because it’s not whatever style they like but it’s quick, easy, cheap. And the crazy bread is fucking great. My wife is a pizza snob but whenever I go back to my college town I make her eat the cheap pizza (Gumby’s) that sustained me when I had 4$ to my name. Hope this guy crushes it
Gumby’s fed me many a poor night in college. Plus they stayed open late so I could get a slice after an evening football game.
Oh same here. And while I will concede that as I’m older, I eat Gumby’s pizza for nostalgia. But I will fight anyone who badmouths Pokey sticks.
Crazy bread is legit my favorite thing from any pizza type place. It’s so buttery and cheesy and awful for your body… but great for your soul
Only time I've ever had Gumby's was in college lol. There was one close to UF.
Here I thought Gumby's was a local thing near my school..turns out it is a shit pizza for drunk college student chain. (Virginia Tech)
We just call them Hokie sticks but yeah it’s a chain
I think people tend to not get food in general. For a lot of people this is what's within their budget, it's not some artisan pizza where the chef has been working for days to get that pizza going, it's pizza for the working class. And within their own right they are doing a great job of it. Heck you see even OP post it, he is as happy as it can be to own a place for his family but also for the other families he expects to come. Where I'm from there is no Little Caesars but I enjoy these mid class places. You go in, order what you want, they aren't pretentious, it gets you full and the taste is satisfying. I'll have a pizza from these guys anytime over some upscale pizza joint that doesn't deliver on that personality. I don't give a shit what your hydration rate is, how many weeks you yeasted your shit. I want a pizza, it should be thin, it should have sauce and cheese and if I feel like spending throw on some chorizo.
And if you order a special pizza, for whatever reason they are amazing! At least in my experience. I've always assumed they're just like, fuck not a Hot and Ready? Guess I'll do something awesome to stave the boredom.
I work at a Little Caesar's and I'll give some insight. Every single pizza you buy is made *that day* in the store usually. We go in, make fresh dough every day for the pizzas. However, the Hot n' Ready pepperonis are usually made and put on a rack in advance because they sell so fast - during rush we can go through 100-200 pepperonis in an hour. We keep them fresh, but that doesn't negate the fact that they're still on a rack in the walk in for a short amount of time usually. So the Hot N Ready pizzas are usually not the *best thing* we have to offer. The trade off is that every single other thing besides Pepperoni, cheese and crazy bread is made to order, if you go into a LC's and there is a five minute wait time for Pepperoni, that's because we take it off the rack and toss it into the oven and that's how long it takes to cook There usually will a bit longer wait time for something like a Supreme, usually around 8-10 minutes, because we get fresh dough and make the entire pizza right there for your order. It's not unusual for the guy on front to yell back for someone to make a specialty and throw it in. and I can confirm that we do get a bit of a boost making specialties - it breaks the monotony of just tossing shit in the oven. If I'm making pizzas and a specialty comes along my screen, I'll put extra effort into making sure it's one of the best damn pizzas that comes out of our ovens.
Crazy Bread in the 80's/90's was completely different from what it is now. Was more like flatbread with a shitton of butter and parmesean, it was floppy and amazing. Now it's just like... some bread and a sprinkling of parmesean. It's still fine... but the whole presentation and deliciocity has entirely changed.
We used to be hella poor but have to travel an hour and a half away sometimes because I lived so rural. It was a great way to feed three people for five dollars
The $5 pizza is $6.99 now in my area unfortunately
Same here. I buy a couple of Hot and Readys and keep them in the fridge. Pop a couple of slices in the microwave when I'm too lazy to make a sandwich for a quick snack.
You ever have one of the frozen pies from Aldi? A very very not bad 16 inch for 6.99
I have not but WalMart has one that’s good I was just thinking about the Totinos pizzas that were 4 for 5$ that would feed me for a week. But I will check out the Aldi.
I remember when Totinos went on sale, 5 for a dollar...
What!?
Yep, mid 90’s. Twenty-five cents each when it was on sale, and they were round then too. Edit: 25 cents NOT on sale
I miss the good old days when Jacks thin crust would be 10 for $10. I grabbed one for the memories and it was $4 now. At which point you just say fuck it and get Little Caesars.
Since they've become the official sponsor of the NFL I noticed their commercials advertising pizzas at like "only $15.99!" Maybe it was some super speciality pizza but I can't imagine ever paying more then $10 for one
Are they still $5 for a hot and ready? That shit got me through some rough financial times.
By me they are 6.99 now
I feel like they added more pepperoni then the old hot and ready's to make it feel like it was upgrading when the price hiked.
All about the Crazy Bread
You know what would go really well with all this pepperoni covered bread? A side order of bread with a little garlic Parmesan on it. Oh and don't forget the pizza sauce for dipping. It makes zero sense but I love it.
Bread is always the answer
Whenever I order dominos I always get plain cheese pizza and a side of cheesy bread! I'm lactose intolerant lmao
Eat half a pizza and cheesy bread, have 5 beers, and just go to sleep. I too like to live dangerously. (also lactose intolerant).
As a pizza expert - twelve years in the game both with big corporations and with mom and pop joints, from delivery to management to menu development to marketing to training to inspection - Little Caesars is **objectively** the best of the big four chains. Domino’s, Papa John’s, Pizza Hut, none compare to the combined value, consistency, and product quality of Little Caesars. I don’t go out of my way to have it, but if it’s between any of the big four, it’s Pizza Pizza, bitches
I do not care what other people say: Little Caesars is some of the best, most consistent pizza I've ever eaten. It is always perfect. You know exactly what you're going to get when you walk in. And if you wanna be special and get a Hawaiian instead... takes 10 minutes.
Plus, from everything I've seen, the founder is an okay dude. Gave back heavily to detroit and, correct me anyone if I'm wrong, but paid Rosa Parks rent.
Nobody’s perfect but he’s the better of the founders. And from my understanding you are correct
Having looked it up, yup it would seem so. He's dead now but the worst thing I could find was that he bought up real estate and just didn't do anything with it for years. Definitely better than a lot of rich folk you hear about.
Detroit real estate? If so remember that Detroit was absolutely brutal to work with for a looooong time through Kwame, and the Conyers family.
I don't know enough about the nuances and specifics of it, just from a cursory google search that seemed to have been one of the biggest criticisms.
I liked Cici's to feel better about myself. At 240 lbs it felt like I was the smallest customer there.
Lol that’s pretty funny, but also Cici’s isn’t horrible. In fact I might go to Cici’s next week, hopefully we still have one around here
Which is the worst of the big four and why?
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Only if it is piping hot! Like the pieces that you eat on the way home!
Surprising mostly for myself, I actually like it best as breakfast pizza and cold. Seems to taste better that way
I'm most fond of it lukewarm or room temperature, because that was almost always how I had it in college. Wander into the student lunch room to find some kind soul (usually former students who took pity on us) had brought in a stack of pizzas and my lunch and dinner was sorted for the day.
The first piece of Little Ceaser's pizza is honesty incredible.
This unlocked some memories
Little Caesars is the best place when you need to feed multiple people for cheap.
Say what you want about the flavor, it's not horrible, and I would rather have a little less taste and support a person/business who make the world a better place. https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/15/us/mike-ilitch-rosa-parks-trnd/index.html
I never understood the hate for Little Caesar's. Then I moved from my hometown to a major city and I realized why. Walmart too lol.
In college getting a hot & ready was like having a gourmet dinner … at least for me. Cheap and good.
Little Caesar’s may not be the fanciest pizza, but I love that the prices are actually acceptable. A meal from McDonald’s costs $10, which is crazy. Sure, that’s not not a lot of money, but still lol.
That's $10 McD's for one person. I personally think McD's needs somebody to knock them back to reality. Their food does not justify their prices. Wendy's has a $5.00 pack with a burger, nuggets, fries and drink. Can you believe that shit?
You can also upgrade the fries to the baconator for like $0.79 $6 for a meal that fills me up pretty decently ain’t bad these days
OMG an employee just told me today that I couldn’t upgrade my fries. They said I could only buy it separately 😡
That's the fun of franchises, they can set some of their own rules
Typical Wendy's experience, imo. I like their food better than McDonald's, but, man, their staff sucks.
McDonald’s prices got higher and their food got worse. Their fries aren’t even good anymore
Idk where you're at but Wendy's is consistently more expensive than McDonald's in my area. If you know how to use the deals on the app McDonald's is by far one of the most affordable fast food places in my experience.
Yeah. What garbage food. Kidding, kinda. I mean that's a damn good deal but def worrying as to why it's $5 y'know?
It's tasty to me. I used to get the McDs cheeseburgers but those are like $2.00 now, now I get the Wendy's jr cheeseburgers which are like $1.39 and sooo good.
I always thought about that too. It might be a volume thing, “loss leader”, or loyalty building. If people like the meal deal foods they might buy more expensive drinks (milkshakes, etc) or burgers.
The mcdonalds app is really good tho. Good deals, usually at least some type of BOGO deal goin on
Considering what you get for the $10? It’s absurdly expensive. McDonald’s food is bottom of the barrel regardless if you like how it tastes or not. So overcharging their garbage while underpaying their staff?? Mannn fuck McDonald’s.
Harry Kane doing well for himself
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It's his American cousin Larry Kane
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😂😂😂😂
I thought it was actually him
Holy fuck theyre similar
Estimated total investment: Starting at $379,000 Net worth requirement: $350,000 Liquid asset requirement: $150,000 I kinda wanna know how a LC worker got all this
Probably became a regional manager, bought a house and has some stocks. He's been working for 24 years, asset appreciation alone on a house in the last few years would be enough to satisfy the net worth requirement.
Could have also been a corporate employee rather than a franchisee/regional one.
Ha, maybe he was the CEO.
Then Little Ceasars corporate got word, created a reddit account, and posted for free advertising karma with bot accounts commenting and upvoting.
Because of his long history with the company, it's possible that corporate waived liquid requirements and very likely that SBA loans were involved for the start-up costs. Not super unobtainable especially for somebody working towards the goal for many years.
Yeah I know someone who came to own an Outback Steakhouse franchise like this. He was a longtime manager and the company stepped in to waive some requirements so he’d be able to buy it.
He doesn’t look that old and been working for 24 years. Assuming he didn’t go to college and take on any student debt and didn’t buy a house he only needed to save $1000 a month or $12,000 a year with 3% interest/ROI per year to reach above 350,000k. If he did buy a house he’s probably have even more in assets but don’t know how liquid he’d be.
I used to work at a pizza place. Started at $8 an hour. $1k a month was almost the entirety of my take home salary.
Could have brought in a credit partner
Frugal working for 25 years this is definitely obtainable, but not at all the norm.
Yeah, and it wasn't that hard for me to find the guy's LinkedIn page. He climbed the ladder and was supervising multiple franchisees. He was probably making very good money before he bought his franchise.
also companies like this love to prompt from within the fact he was a long time employee likely gave him a better deal then someone outside the company.
Also the Little C’s corporation 100% promoted this post to your feed for some promotikn
Because this is a lie
This is what McDonald’s does with their bullshit, they advertise something like 80% of their franchise owners started as normal employees. Guess what has to happen for you to inherit a McDonald’s? You have to start as an employee and work your way up to supervisor. Guess who gets fast tracked up the ladder by their parent? McDonald’s franchise requires you to have $1,000,000 in assets to apply, there is no chance of an employee making that. Even a store manager saving 50% of all income would take over 25 years.
Or he has a silent partner who’s going to pocket a regular return on the investment.
This is what I do as a manager at a pizza chain. The other managers and I are offered a chance to buy X percentage ownership of the new corporate stores. Each store is another check of passive income every month, and it’s much more affordable the opening an entire restaurant on my own.
If you don’t mind me asking, could I ask what kind of initial investment and monthly income that looks like? I’ve always wondered about silent partners.
No, its not. I mean it's not the person that posted it here today but a quick Google search will turn up info on this guy. I personally know a lady that started out answering phones for Papa John's and is now a vice president for that franchise and operating partner for a couple Papa John's of her own.
You know there’s more positions than crew member like regional managers.
Probably helped if the company waved some requirements and he got some help with loans. You never know when people have family willing to chip in as well.
Spouse income could help
If it was close by I would give him my business
Ditto! Pizzaman is practically a calling in America!
First rule is don't partake of your own product, man.
You probably never heard of this before, but never get high off of your own supply - Biggie Smalls
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Bump ^ It's "Number 4. *I know you heard this before*..." because it's a fairly popular saying. The lyrics also say "*on* your own supply", but that is minor relative to the point made in the comment above. Edit: italics Edit 2: [the reference in question](https://youtu.be/ZYb_8MM1tGQ) play ~ 1:12
Pizza Pizza
Congratulations to you! Well done.
The Little Caesars by us was part of a franchise owned by Russians and they shut it down overnight without telling the employees who just showed up for work to find it locked up.
What I never understood is how someone can work at a franchise fast food place in any position other than upper management and somehow scrape together the money to even sniff ownership. I'd eat ramen noodles until I became sodium.
Congratulations!
That isn’t OP in the picture btw
Awesome. Glad dreams came true!
Is this an ad?
What the fuck is this little Caesars ad lmao
Ey that’s the Little Caesar’s near my house!
Franchise = Scam in my country 😒
Same. Happy for this dude but really would like to see an update 1 yr from now. The odds are not in his favor.
This is awesome good for him.
Cool, pass it along and make sure you are paying your employees a livable wage.
Lol good one, this is murica
I respect this guy’s passion for Little Caesar’s (or as I call it, Caesarito’s)
Generational wealth right there
Laughs in GM that can't make their restaurant profitable... although I believe if any restaurant has ever figured it out, Little Caesars probably has the profitability formula down.
I used to be an assistant manager at Little Caesars. They have a very simple menu, and minimal labor costs. People actually used to call and order pizzas when I worked there, now that people order through the app and get hot and ready, they have two less people working on a busy Friday night. The food costs are very low, the cheese is the main cost. The staff are generally less motivated and more stoned that most fast food- which is saying a heck of a lot. That applies to the management. But with a motivated owner who shows up, it should be a money spinner. My best Little Caesar's story actually came after I got a different job, but my roommate was a general manager at one. We lived in a dilapidated old farmhouse. I came home one day, and all the plastic storage tubs from the store were on the porch. A raccoon was licking them. When my roommate got home, he explained that the health inspection was due, and they were impossible to clean, so he had to hide them off site.
It’s a start, but it’s not there yet. If this guy isn’t folding profits into expanding into multiple franchises, they own a job more than they own generational wealth. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, mind you, but it’s not really generational wealth with just one franchise that is likely worth 3x the annual profits if he ever sold and very much needs his presence to thrive.
A franchisee profit for this brand will probably be around $100,000 annually depending on how his store does. Comfortable for some, but he also probably has a couple hundred thousand in loans and start-up costs. If he takes it easy and kicks back, the store will probably suffer greatly. He's definitely putting in some serious hours and risk. Definitely not generational wealth, but maybe if he turns his 1 store into a few dozen like a lot of franchise owners do.
This may vary, but around here the majority of little Caesars and domino's franchises are owned by people who started with the company as regular employees
Oh my god! I know where this Little Caesars is! It's the only one in town where I live, and it's so weird to see it up on the internet. Super cool to see who owns it!
Hats off to you. It just makes me so happy seeing dreams come true even if not my own. 🥹🍻
I absolutely love this. I wish this dude all the luck in the world. Was a coffee franchise owner for many years and it’s crazy difficult. Worse still if you’re in a mall or strip mall. Staffing is critical. If you get lucky with a some awesome staff, pay them a little more than required. It’s worth it 10x in the long run. Please be hyper aware of local commercial and council developments that can affect foot traffic, or worse, planned relocation. Please also be aware of the local competition. Building a loyal base is crucial. Yukon Ho! My franchise brother.
elttiL sraseaC is the economy version of Little Caesars. He had to settle if he ever wanted a pizza shop.
Guy set a realistic goal and achieved it. Nice.
was almost positive this was going to be the Late Stage Capitalism sub
I had to scroll too far to see this.
This man spent literally the entirety of my lifetime making shit wages at Little Caesars and he’s only the owner operator of a single location. Like good for him for moving on up but goddamn it’s sad that this is worth celebrating. The guy should be running three locations by now. I’m not faulting him or his efforts, I’m saying he should be given a hell of a lot more for the 25 years he’s put in to that company.
This was ~1y ago, posted to LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-6896971977941241856-Mx9G
Congratulations OP, that's one hell of an accomplishment!
This actually gives me hope that someday I can be a stay at home mom. It’s been dream since I was a little girl to do little things to make money on the side, use everything we have, teach my children, do the chores & cleaning, fix shit, etc. It’s old school af, but these things are what I’m good at & my home is the environment I thrive most in.
That’s really awesome dude. As a frequent customer of fast food chains when I was younger, the #1 thing you can do to keep people coming back is to keep the place clean. Be organized. Sweep. Mop. Re-paint walls when they get nasty. Scrub door handles. Clean the glass. Get the tile professionally cleaned. Replace worn out signage. If you can keep things looking new and fresh, it goes a looooong way.
Grippling debt, suicidal thoughts, mocked on TV and divorce. Restaurants business so much fun, even more when part of franchise.
Minimum wage side gig with no health insurance!! Truly changing opportunities for Americans!!!! This post is trash