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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | Plano, Texas (1985) |
| Headquarters | Coppell, Texas, U.S. |
| Key people | Joe Croce (founder and CEO) |
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Products | Pizza, salad, pasta |
| Website | www.CiCisPizza.com |
CiCi's Pizza is an American buffet restaurant chain based in Coppell, Texas, specializing in American-style pizza. CiCi's Pizza owns approximately 600 restaurants, primarily located in the eastern United States.
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History
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Joe Croce and Mike Cole founded CiCi's in 1985 in Plano, Texas.[1][2]
In 2001, with 363 restaurants at the time, the chain expanded its buffet offerings and began remodeling restaurants.[2] Four years later, CiCi's had more than 500 locations, and was the fastest-growing pizzeria in the United States.[3] In 2003 Croce retired from the business, and passed ownership of the company to Craig Moore, a general manager in Dallas. Moore climbed his way up to the position of vice president of the company, a position he held for five years before he was named president. As president of the chain, Moore oversaw the company's operations and franchise growth, eventually announcing his retirement in 2009, after 17 years with the company. Under his leadership, CiCi's pizza grew from 30 restaurants in one state with 17 franchises to over 650 restaurants in 32 states with 270 franchisees.
Michael Shumsky took over after Moore retired in the fall of 2009. He had previously served as CEO of La Madeleine Restaurant, Inc., and had a lot of expertise in the area of restaurant business.
Recognition and awards
Since 2004 Cici's Pizza has held third place in the pizza category for Restaurants & Institutions "Consumers' Choice in Chains" contest, which is judged based on consumer reviews of the competing restaurant chains.[4] In March 2009 Men's Health included CiCi's Pizza in its list of America's Healthiest Restaurants.[5]
References
- ^ Voorhis, Dan (2002-07-06). "Fast Growing Dallas Pizza Chain to Open Store in Wichita, Kan.". The Wichita Eagle. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-122898028/fast-growing-dallas-pizza.html. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
- ^ a b Quinn, Steve (2001-10-05). "Locally based pizza chain is pursuing growth Cici's launches a new look and expands its trademark buffet". Dallas News. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F0546AFAFA6B6FA&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
- ^ Shlachter, Barry (2005-07-05). "CiCi's budget buffets propel company to fastest-growing pizza chain.". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9430917_ITM. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
- ^ Consumers' Choice in Chains Winners, 2004-2009
- ^ CiCi's Pizza Scores Top Marks on Men's Health 'Eat This, Not That!' Report Card
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