Little Caesars Pizza was founded on May 8, 1959, by Mike Ilitch and his wife Marian Ilitch. The first location was in a strip mall in Garden City, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, and named "Little Caesar's Pizza Treat." The original store is still open today.4] The company is famous for its advertising catchphrase, "Pizza! Pizza!" which was introduced in 1979. The phrase refers to two pizzas being offered for the comparable price of a single pizza from competitors. Originally, the pizzas were served in a single long package (a piece of corrugated cardboard in 2-by-1 proportions, with two square pizzas placed side by side, then slid into a form-fitting paper sleeve that was folded and stapled closed). Little Caesars has since discarded the unwieldy packaging in favor of typical pizza boxes. In addition to pizza, they served hot dogs, chicken, shrimp, and fish. In 1998, Little Caesars filled what was then the largest pizza order, filling an order of 13,386 pizzas from the VF Corporation of Greensboro, North Carolina.[5] Starting in 2004, the chain began offering "Hot-N-Ready", a large pepperoni pizza sold for $5. The concept was successful enough to become a permanent fixture of the chain, and Little Caesars' business model has shifted to focus more on carryout.[6] Little Caesars was among the first to use a new kind of speed-cooking conveyor oven, the "Rotary Air Impingement Oven" as described in U.S. Patent 5676044.[7] On December 10, 2014, Little Caesars announced plans for a new eight-story, 205,000-square-foot Global Resource Center to be built at Woodward Avenue and Columbia Street in downtown Detroit. Intended to double the size of Little Caesars World Headquarters Campus, the new building's location was chosen near the Fox Office Center building, which houses both the Fox Theatre, and 186,000 square feet of office space for Little Caesars, and other Ilitch-affiliated ventures. An overhead pedestrian bridge over Columbia Street was planned to connect the Fox with the new Little Caesars Global Resource Center, and workspace for an additional 600 jobs to be brought to Detroit over time.[8 On January 31, 2016, it was announced that the proposed new Little Caesars Pizza Global Resource Center had grown by one floor to be a nine-story building at Woodward and Columbia Street.[10] In 2017, to coincide with the opening of Little Caesars Arena, the company launched a slightly updated logo, which removed the Caesar's chest hair, updated the wreath, and updated the toga to have hidden lettersspelling "LC" for "Little Caesars". The company also started using the updated Caesar in its advertising, replacing the more cartoonish Caesar that had been used in ads since...
Read moreThis is a location I go to all the time. Each time was a pleasant experience. In and out with my order. On this day, Sunday, August 27, 2017, this location was busy. And, even though the cashier writes down the orders and hands them to the cooks. There must have been three people in front of me. My order was a Bestest, an order of original Chicken Wings and an order of Crazy Bread. People placed their orders after me.
The people before me got their orders. The people after me all got their orders. And, I still stood there. Finally, the young lady asked me what my order was. I told her, a Bestest, Original Chicken Wings and Crazy Bread.
She attempted to give me an original Pepperoni Pizza, BBQ Chicken Wings and Crazy Bread. I told her, this is not what I ordered. She finally gave me the correct pizza. And told me, I had to wait another 15 minutes for my chicken wings. When, I had waited 45 minutes for my order...
No organization with a group of young...
Read moreI ordered using their app to pick up using the portal. The app said my order would be ready 20 minutes after I ordered. I went to the store, sat in my car a few minutes before going in only to be told that it wasn't ready and I would have to wait an additional 10 minutes for crazy bread. I said no, and they offered free wings for the wait. I was going to have to wait for those too. I ended up taking home only 2 of my 4 items and my food was cold when I took it home. One worker did apologize and refunded my money in full. It was superbowl Sunday, and I understand they are busy, but you would think they would make full orders before moving on to something else. Who knows how long we would have waited had I not gone to the restaurant by the time it...
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