small Caesars has been process up two - for - one peck for 10 , and the purveyors of Hot - N - Ready pizza and Crazy Bread have become the No . 1 pack - out pizza pie chain in the res publica . Find out more about the pizza chain with theJulius Caesarlookalike for a mascot .
1. Founder Mike Ilitch used to scout pizza joints.
Back in the ' 50 , pizza pie was considered a novelty collation , not an genuine dinner pick . When Ilitch was traveling to different towns play shortstop with a minor league baseball team , he ’d use his spare metre tocheck out the local pizza pie parlorsand taste - test their recipes .
2. The Ilitches put their life savings into opening their first restaurant.
After four years of marriage , Mike and his wife , Marian , had saved up $ 10,000 . They put all of it into open their first location in Garden City , Michigan , in 1959 , and by 1962 they ’d sell their first franchise .
3. “Little Caesar” was Marian’s pet name for Mike.
Mike had want to name their new clientele Pizza Treat , but Marian think they should call it something more personal . " I considered him my ‘ little ’ Caesar , " she ’s said of her 5’9 ” hubby , who is of Macedonian decent .
4. Once Ilitch was wealthy, he acquired the Detroit Tigers because he had history with the team.
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Before the Ilitches opened their first Little Caesars in a Detroit suburb , Mike was a hometown guy whosebaseball careerwith the Detroit Tigers ’ farm team was cut little by a knee injury . Ilitch has beenaiming to gain a World Seriesever since . He bought the team in 1992 , and the Tigers did bring home the bacon the American League pennant in 2006 and 2012 . He ’s made a pretty funny pledge ( or mayhap a challenge ? ) , though : When asked if he would wear down the sinewy backing ring if his team comes out on top , Ilitch replied , " Right in my nose . "
Ilitch also have Detroit ’s hockey squad , the Red Wings , and the famous Fox Theatre in business district Detroit .
5. Little Caesars' famous “Pizza! Pizza!” tagline isn’t trademarked in Canada.
That ’s because there ’s in reality a pizza Ernst Boris Chain therecalledPizza Pizza . That trade name has been around since the previous ' 60s , and Little Caesars did n’t brand their catchphrase until 1979 .
6. The man behind the “Pizza! Pizza!” voice also created “Where’s the Beef?”
Cliff Freeman , the ad guy behind both of those campaigns , audition 100 of voice actors for thequickie line , butIlitch eventually just asked him to do it himself .
7. Little Caesars has a history of making funny commercials.
In the ' 90s , they had ads touting their new delivery alternative . There was a commercial message in which a honeyed erstwhile military personnel namedNunzio made a horrible dinnerfor his family unit . And this twelvemonth , a unexampled commercial was like " who ask confusing engineering science when you’re able to pick up your own pizza ? "
8. Bill Murray used to gorge on their dough.
Note : Not Bill Murray .
Everyone ’s favorite party - crashertoldJimmy Kimmellast year that when he was a famish artist with a chore at Little Caesars , hewould snack on the dough while rolling pizzas .
