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<blockquote data-quote="Rack" data-source="post: 77701" data-attributes="member: 4">I saw this today and thought it must be a joke.``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````<a href="http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/nonprofits/12278-latino-themed-pizza-parlors-coming-to-fresno" target="_blank">Latino-themed pizza parlors coming to Fresno</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/nonprofits/12278-latino-themed-pizza-parlors-coming-to-fresno?format=pdf" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/templates/rt_terrantribune_j15/images/pdf_button.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/nonprofits/12278-latino-themed-pizza-parlors-coming-to-fresno?tmpl=component&amp;print=1&amp;layout=default&amp;page=" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/templates/rt_terrantribune_j15/images/printButton.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/component/mailto/?tmpl=component&amp;link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy50aGVidXNpbmVzc2pvdXJuYWwuY29tL25vbnByb2ZpdHMvMTIyNzgtbGF0aW5vLXRoZW1lZC1waXp6YS1wYXJsb3JzLWNvbWluZy10by1mcmVzbm8%3D" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/templates/rt_terrantribune_j15/images/emailButton.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Written by Gabriel Dillard&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Monday, 28 November 2011 12:19&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<img src="http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/images/stories/local/pizza-patron.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />A&nbsp; Hispanic-themed pizza restaurant that accepts Mexican Pesos in payment&nbsp; will open its first Fresno store in a few weeks as part of a 20-store&nbsp; expansion along the Valley's Highway 99 corridor.&nbsp; Dallas-based Pizza Patron has signed a development agreement with&nbsp; California Brand Development I-99, LLC, to open 20 stores from&nbsp; Bakersfield to Sacramento within 48 months. The first location in Fresno&nbsp; will open by the end of the year at 3235 N. First St., at the northwest&nbsp; corner of Shields Avenue and First Street, said Andrew Gamm, brand&nbsp; director for Pizza Patron.The stores are primarily take-out only, and employ up to 15 people at each location, Gamm added.Fresno&nbsp; will be the site of a second free-standing location that will feature a&nbsp; drive-thru window expected to open in mid-January, Gamm said. Another&nbsp; restaurant is currently being built in Atwater. The development group —&nbsp; which includes as a partner Atlanta-based Dave Early, a 20-plus-year&nbsp; veteran of the restaurant franchise industry — is currently in the&nbsp; site-selection process for the other locations, Gamm said.&quot;This group is well-capitalized,&quot; Gamm said. &quot;They have the aptitude to make this happen.&quot; Pizza&nbsp; Patron, founded in 1986, celebrated its 100th restaurant opening this&nbsp; year, with locations in seven states and another 85 in development. The&nbsp; company seeks franchise operators in &quot;prime&quot; Hispanic markets throughout&nbsp; the country. It asks franchise operators to hire locally based&nbsp; managers, and employ point-of-sale team members who are bilingual, Gamm&nbsp; said.From the colorful decor to some of the pizza ingredients,&nbsp; which include Mexican-style chorizo sausage, Pizza Patron is committed&nbsp; to serving the Hispanic market. In 2007, the company announced all of&nbsp; its restaurants would accept Mexican Pesos (bills only) as payment.Gamm&nbsp; said that while Pizza Patron currently only has five restaurants in&nbsp; California, it views the state as a prime market for future growth.&quot;Our plan is to be everywhere where there is a significant Hispanic community,&quot; Gamm said.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rack, post: 77701, member: 4"] I saw this today and thought it must be a joke. `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` [URL="http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/nonprofits/12278-latino-themed-pizza-parlors-coming-to-fresno"]Latino-themed pizza parlors coming to Fresno[/URL] [URL="http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/nonprofits/12278-latino-themed-pizza-parlors-coming-to-fresno?format=pdf"][IMG]http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/templates/rt_terrantribune_j15/images/pdf_button.png[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/nonprofits/12278-latino-themed-pizza-parlors-coming-to-fresno?tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page="][IMG]http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/templates/rt_terrantribune_j15/images/printButton.png[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/component/mailto/?tmpl=component&link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy50aGVidXNpbmVzc2pvdXJuYWwuY29tL25vbnByb2ZpdHMvMTIyNzgtbGF0aW5vLXRoZW1lZC1waXp6YS1wYXJsb3JzLWNvbWluZy10by1mcmVzbm8%3D"][IMG]http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/templates/rt_terrantribune_j15/images/emailButton.png[/IMG][/URL] Written by Gabriel Dillard Monday, 28 November 2011 12:19 [IMG]http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/images/stories/local/pizza-patron.jpg[/IMG][B]A Hispanic-themed pizza restaurant that accepts Mexican Pesos in payment[/B] will open its first Fresno store in a few weeks as part of a 20-store expansion along the Valley's Highway 99 corridor. Dallas-based Pizza Patron has signed a development agreement with California Brand Development I-99, LLC, to open 20 stores from Bakersfield to Sacramento within 48 months. The first location in Fresno will open by the end of the year at 3235 N. First St., at the northwest corner of Shields Avenue and First Street, said Andrew Gamm, brand director for Pizza Patron. The stores are primarily take-out only, and employ up to 15 people at each location, Gamm added. Fresno will be the site of a second free-standing location that will feature a drive-thru window expected to open in mid-January, Gamm said. Another restaurant is currently being built in Atwater. The development group — which includes as a partner Atlanta-based Dave Early, a 20-plus-year veteran of the restaurant franchise industry — is currently in the site-selection process for the other locations, Gamm said. "This group is well-capitalized," Gamm said. "They have the aptitude to make this happen." Pizza Patron, founded in 1986, celebrated its 100th restaurant opening this year, with locations in seven states and another 85 in development. The company seeks franchise operators in "prime" Hispanic markets throughout the country. It asks franchise operators to hire locally based managers, and employ point-of-sale team members who are bilingual, Gamm said. From the colorful decor to some of the pizza ingredients, which include Mexican-style chorizo sausage, Pizza Patron is committed to serving the Hispanic market. In 2007, the company announced all of its restaurants would accept Mexican Pesos (bills only) as payment. Gamm said that while Pizza Patron currently only has five restaurants in California, it views the state as a prime market for future growth. "Our plan is to be everywhere where there is a significant Hispanic community," Gamm said. [/QUOTE]

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