Any tips or secrets on success? I've always LOVED Cici's pizza. For the money, they can't be beat. And the supplies are CHEAP as sit! It's damn near impossible to fail really. I could really use some tips. I hear there's a real good market for cheap and excellent pizza.

4/9/2011 7:00:41 PM

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"CHEAP AS SIT"

4/9/2011 7:01:16 PM

ask geniusboy. he knows how to run a pizza shop

4/9/2011 7:01:50 PM

Cici's may be many things. But I don't think anyone could describe it as 'excellent pizza'

4/9/2011 7:05:22 PM

best thing they have is the cinnamon rolls

4/9/2011 7:05:58 PM

excellent pizza? no. still i don't complain too much when my niece and nephew ask to go. mmmmm alfredo pizza nom nom nom

4/9/2011 7:09:15 PM

Secret to success - have money.

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" How much does it cost to open a CiCi's franchise? For a Buffet franchise, the estimated initial investment ranges from $461,343 to $714,912. Of the total store cost, 30% must be in cash in order to qualify for a loan for the balance"

http://www.cicispizza.com/franchise/faq.php

4/9/2011 7:37:11 PM

that cocksucker told me $715k

im gonna give him a piece of my mind..

4/9/2011 7:40:26 PM

merbig - just a word of advice, profit margins aren't always the best incentive for running a business that you think is impossible to fail. If you don't enjoy sitting in your kitchen making pizza and legitimately enjoy the business, I wouldn't try and run a restaurant, even if it's franchised and supported by corporate. You won't put the food together the right way.

The consumer has adapted to flagging poorly run chain restaurants. Ever heard someone say, "Oh no, not THAT Cici's; let's just go to the one downtown."

4/9/2011 7:42:00 PM

holy shit half mil + to open a pizza store?


i wonder how long it takes to pay that all off? (provided you are actually profiting from this)



then again if i had a half mil laying around, can't say 'open a cici's pizza is first thing on my mind'. Now coke party and a ton of fake tittied strippers, def a great investment. Think of the return!

4/9/2011 7:42:03 PM

Is there not one in Lynnhaven anymore?

4/9/2011 7:42:09 PM

lol people are taking this thread seriously

4/9/2011 7:48:19 PM

^ ^ ^ you think a half mil to get the license to run a franchise is steep? Ever looked at the value of buying your run-of-the-mill commercial property?

i.e. a 7-11 on a busy corner could cost you 5 mil to purchase in NC/VA

4/9/2011 7:50:08 PM

i'm just saying i left my 5M dollars in my other wallet.

4/9/2011 8:00:05 PM

I keep my money in the bank. I've got enough. And I don't necessarily enjoy making pizza, I enjoy eating it. I hire people to make it and dish it out on a buffet table for me.

4/9/2011 8:07:12 PM

^ see then you're back to the usual quandary that a venture capitalist faces when he thinks he can get into the restaurant business without being a professional chef or a culinary background

Your chef will freakin OWN you, and you are at the mercy of the product that is put out by your people

The reason it's 30% cash, high for the loan industry for starting a business, is that restauranteering is full of incredibly common pitfalls as it's an intuitive business that people make the mistake of thinking they know.

"I can pass English class. I speak it!"

"I can run a restaurant. I love to eat!"

4/9/2011 8:15:05 PM

You know what business can't fail? Chick-fil-a man, Chick-fil-a

I've never seen a free standing (i.e. non-mall) chick-fil-a not be busy during meal hours.

4/9/2011 8:19:21 PM

It fails once a week, every week, on Sunday.

Ever notice how KFC is pitching their Sunday specials really hard?

4/9/2011 8:21:16 PM

^^^ Dude, I'm not more at the mercy of a chef owning a Cici's pizza as I would be if I owned a McDonald's. I would hardly call the cook a "chef." But I have a feeling you aren't familiar with Cici's.

It's not like I'm trying to come up with my own recipes, or kill myself over marketing. I don't need a background in culinary. That stuff has already been done for me. Just like I don't need a culinary background to own a Subway.

4/9/2011 8:30:26 PM

^ FUCK YOU

Sandwich Artist '06-'08

4/9/2011 9:26:04 PM

I ADMIRE YOUR ARTISAN CREATIONS!

But really, how much freedom does a subway worker have? How many olives they can put on your sandwich?

4/9/2011 9:29:14 PM

^ ask not how many olives they can put on the sandwich
but ask how many olives they cannot


Your workers will fuck you, and if you aren't a savant at putting appetizing creations together, you won't be effective, and the customer will know it.

4/9/2011 9:31:19 PM

I've never seen an owner of a Subway or McDonalds actually show up to the restaurant. They just chill and hire a manager. That will be me.

4/9/2011 10:04:42 PM

I'm waiting for the meme about starting a business to show up...

4/9/2011 10:06:32 PM

^^Actually the owner of the one I worked at was there nearly daily, working right beside of us in busy times.

4/9/2011 11:22:22 PM

^ So? Good for him.

4/9/2011 11:28:15 PM

let's be real it doesn't take much thought to cook a pizza i've done it drunk many times, as it also doesn't take much to taste a piece of pizza that your chef makes and decide whether it's shit or not. if I opened a Cici's you can bet ur ass it would be living up to some high pizza standards

4/10/2011 12:21:11 AM

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"You know what business can't fail? Chick-fil-a man, Chick-fil-a I've never seen a free standing (i.e. non-mall) chick-fil-a not be busy during meal hours."

http://www.sptimes.com/2002/10/23/Business/Chicken_with_a_consci.shtml

Except for a couple hundred licensed stores in airports and on college campuses, Chick-fil-A owns its restaurants. Each one is run by a separate operator who shares the profits, but not the equity, with the chain. Operators like Gus Mir, who runs a store in Lakeland, put up a refundable $5,000 investment and are guaranteed a minimum income of $30,000 per year. The chain takes 15 percent of the gross revenue and half the profit. The average operator of a mall store earns roughly $70,000 a year, Dan Cathy said, while operators of stand-alone restaurants typically earn double that.

4/10/2011 12:58:59 AM

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"http://norfolk.craigslist.org/bfs/2317429837.html"

Pay $0.00 for a fully equipped and fixtured Italian restaurant. No purchase price involved. Just open restaurant and start paying monthly rent. Formerly Roma Cafe. Hood system, pizza oven, fryer, dishwasher, tables, chairs, etc... all in place and in good working order. Rent is $18.00 NNN per square foot. Restaurant is 2,400 sq. ft. corner store at entrance to a Wal-Mart anchored shopping center at the stop light intersection of E. Little Creek Rd. and Meadow Creek Road. Pylon sign street exposure for your restaurant name. Does not have to be operated as an Italian restaurant. Tours available. Ready to open ASAP.

[Edited on April 10, 2011 at 9:18 PM. Reason : .]

4/10/2011 9:18:17 PM

^ I know of that location back from when I lived in Norfolk. I'm pretty sure no less than 5 homocides have happened in that building.

4/10/2011 9:21:00 PM

After you pop 'em you can't tell much from the pepperoni sauce

oooooooohhh

4/10/2011 9:21:57 PM

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"Your chef will freakin OWN you, and you are at the mercy of the product that is put out by your people"

lololol an expendable and easily replaceable individual trying to hold his employer hostage

4/10/2011 9:28:25 PM

bonerjamz 04, how about we go into business together. Shit will be tight and we'll get mad money and bitches.

4/10/2011 9:30:05 PM

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"I could really use some tips. "

you could go fuck yourself

4/10/2011 9:32:10 PM

That's an illogical statement Mr. Vulcan.

[Edited on April 10, 2011 at 9:35 PM. Reason : I am actually fucking myself fyi. So I kind of win at that one.]

4/10/2011 9:34:14 PM

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"Mr. Vulcan"

That's cute. And you're still one of the biggest douches on this site. It's sad really.

4/10/2011 9:35:33 PM

Yes, you are loved Mr. Vulcan.



Do you bleed green?

4/10/2011 9:38:45 PM

wow, I remember her. Sweet girl. Glad you saved these pictures. They can be good for when you fuck yourself.

Dude, you are a fucking sketchball. Saving pictures of me, that's really really sketchy

4/10/2011 9:42:38 PM

Are you sure I saved them?



And she looks like a sweet girl. Shame you roughed her up.

But the better question is, why did those pictures magically disappear from your profile after the thread I linked to was created...

4/10/2011 9:48:05 PM

dude, you are such a douche. Really...a douche.

You need to smell yourself right now. This is the reason you are still single, unmarried, and apparently unhappy. Now, I'm gonna go upstairs to my wife while you continue to troll me on tww.

best of luck in your future, yet unfulfilling endeavors in your tww filled life.

4/10/2011 9:54:36 PM

Whoa, where did this rivalry get started?

4/10/2011 10:00:15 PM

hahahah I remember a thread where everyone was shitting on him for that picture

4/10/2011 10:04:07 PM

You realize you posted a 10,000x10,000 picture in the desktop forum that you resized purposely to cause stretching, yet you're calling me the douche.

You went into a classified section and posted:

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"and people wonder why this site has gone to shit "

For really no fucking reason.

You have anger issues, and I hope you don't go around beating your "wife." If you get this pissed off over someone calling you a fucking Vulcan on a message board, you have issues. I'd hate to see the day your "wife" denies you sex because she's tired and you go ape shit on her because you had a rough day at work.

You went ape shit over m52ncsu calling you a few names. You even threatened to sue him over "slander," which you later corrected to "libel."

It's a shame m52ncsu was suspended over that bullshittery.

All of this because BigHitSunday made an amusing comment in Classifieds and you got butthurt by it. Grow up.

4/10/2011 10:06:39 PM

Do you listen to yourself when you think/type? You're an idiot. No one takes you seriously. You're a bit of waste of life. I guess I had a little too much to drink to let you get to me. Trust me, nothing you say or do on tww bothers me. It's actually amusing you go out of your way to try and insult me.

Seems to me you are the one getting mad about posts on here, as you request an old thread to be revived. 7 months ago, wow, that was a long time ago. Unlike you, guess I've grown up a bit

4/10/2011 10:12:13 PM

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"Trust me, nothing you say or do on tww bothers me"

lol

4/10/2011 10:13:51 PM

I <3 Cici's

4/10/2011 10:15:18 PM

From upstairs to your wife to back to posting on TWW in 18 minutes.

Welp,

4/10/2011 10:21:26 PM

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"Trust me, nothing you say or do on tww bothers me. It's actually amusing you go out of your way to try and insult me."

Then why did you say?

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"... let you get to me. "

So what I said did get to you... And your repeated use of the word "douche" seems to indicate that I did get to you. But I'm glad your vocubulary has evolved past that of a high school drop out.

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"It's actually amusing you go out of your way to try and insult me."

You realize that after I called you a Vulcan, you were the one who said "you could go fuck yourself."

Seems like you're trying to go out of your way to insult me. You could have just "let it go." You could have realized that your little comment in Classifieds was unwarrented. Glad to see you took the high road.

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"Seems to me you are the one getting mad about posts on here, as you request an old thread to be revived."

I only remember that thread because it was fucking hilarious. I literally remember spitting on my screen after seeing the pictures of you and seeing how mad you got. You raged pretty hard, just like you are now.

You never did tell me why you removed the pictures of yourself... If you didn't get mad, then why remove the pictures?

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"Unlike you, guess I've grown up a bit"

You showed that well. Most rageaholics lie to themselves so they can sleep at night. I guess you're no different.

[Edited on April 10, 2011 at 10:22 PM. Reason : .]

4/10/2011 10:21:50 PM

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"I'm pretty sure no less than 5 homocides have happened in that building."

I guess there must be a gay bar nearby and 5 people were killed, thus the new word?!?!?!

4/10/2011 10:29:23 PM

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"Restaurant Quiznos Sandwich Shop FREE (3333 Western Branch Blvd., Chesapeake)"

Pay $0.00 for a fully equipped and fixtured former Quiznos sandwich shop. No purchase price involved. Just open restaurant and start paying monthly rent. Walk-in cooler, cooking, preparation and serving equipment, tables, chairs, etc... all in place and in good working order. Rent is $18.00 NNN per square foot. Restaurant is 1,600 sq. ft. in busy Churchland commercial corridor. Next to Farm Fresh grocery store shopping center at the stop light intersection of Western Branch Blvd. and Forest Haven Lane. Pylon sign street exposure for your restaurant name. Does not have to be operated as a sandwich shop. Tours available. Ready to open ASAP. More pictures available by email.





You have no idea how good of a deal this is. This is unbelievable. Business is SO bad that they can't give businesses away for free without craigslist's help

4/10/2011 11:24:58 PM