Third world country college student here. Having a meal for 2 people (if both are big dudes) for $5 (my country uses USD) is a life saver when you have less than 20 minutes to eat before getting into class again. It's not just the convenience but it's actually good, even if it isn't the best.
As someone who grew up in a struggling household in flint Michigan, I personally will be a lifelong customer. Little Caesar’s used to donate to our local schools and give us free tickets for red wings and tigers games, They’ve made an effort to support my community for years so that alone is commendable
The fact that Mike Ilitch supported Rosa Parks at the end of her life without once making a big deal out of it, brought affordable, safe, edible food and jobs to the hood, and used pizza as a vehicle to make the world a better place says that while they're #3 in sales, Little Caesar's will always be #1 in my book. You ask me what pizza I want, it'll always be them, because I believe that their money supports an overall good business practice and a positive community impact.
Endy Mallorn and their pizzas are actually good, definitely not as good as say a mom and pop legit New York style pizza but much better than Pizza Hut imo
Little Caesar's has always been one of my favorite pizza places. I grew up with it and out of the three pizza places I'd eat from in my childhood LC stuck. I don't ever remember having Papa John's (when apparently i did) and another that i barely remember (i think it was called Mugs). I have so many memories of me and my father getting Little Caesar's all the time. It was THE summer pizza , if that makes sense. It holds a special place in my heart and now hearing this , something i didn't know before , makes me feel even better saying it's my number 1 favorite pizza place!
$10 at any other pizza chain: a small cheese pizza $10 at Little Caesars: 2 large extra pepperoni pizzas with crazy bread, sauce, an order of wings, 2 large drinks, and the store itself
It's a great help for poorer folks who don't have access to a variety of options. Kept us fed when times were tough. Nowadays I eat much differently, but I'll always remember Little Caesar's fondly.
@@SniperJade71 Hear hear. People never appreciate that in most Countries at least half the households income goes towards food alone. We are blessed to live in a Country where peasants like us can have a full stomach for an extremely low price. Wether through the grocery store or resturants.
Little Caesars in my area is basically known as the place to go for something to fill you up if you're next to broke, needing to feed a ton of mouths on the cheap, or you just want to pinch some pennies. And, none of that is meant to demean LC's in the slightest. Quite honestly it's a genius business model. LC's thrives in low-income areas. They are the Dollar General of fast food.
Bob Bop Perano for real. I mean if you have a couple kids and your in a hurry. Where else can you go and feed them for 5$. McDonald’s is gonna be a cool 20$ if you have three kids.
When I was a poor college student I lived off LC $5 pizza and Costco's rotisserie chicken. Sometimes I'd get Costco's cheap hot dog but would skip on when money really was tight, $1.50 for one meal? Get out of here with that. To this day I'll still eat LC and it brings back fond memories. Maybe the cheapness of the quality can be offset by nostalgia?
I'm in Metro Detroit and I feel like a significant percentage of those 5,000 stores are just here. There's like four within easy driving distance of my job if we want to buy several pizzas for the office.
Little Caesars fed so many college students. That builds brand loyalty. To this day, I still buy crazy bread and crazy sauce along with pizza. The pizza is OK, but the bread and sauce....that's next level
I used to work there..and I ALWAYS .. put a little bit of my .. ahem.. "special" ingredient in the sauce. It was a common theme at many locations Sleep well.
I think little Caesar’s pizza went down in quality in 2010-11 time frame. I wouldn’t even buy a 5 dollar hot-n-ready. Although I haven’t given them a shot since 2015
Did y’all know that the CEO of little Caesar’s used to pay off Rosa Park’s rent when she was in Jail? That is why I support Caesars more than many other pizza chains
@@treemoderator7312 I'm in Canada, and I love my local Little Caesars. My cat was very sick for awhile, and the vet was right next to the little ceasers. While my cat was having tests done, twice a week, I would walk over to ceasers, while being very depressed. The guy who was always working there was always loudly singing and dancing in the back. Never failed to put a smile on my face during sad times.
So glad someone already shared this. I remember reading that article when Mike Ilitch died in 2017. I like spending my money with them because of this. The fact their pizzas are super cheap is a huge draw too, obviously. 🙂
That was true when Mike Illitch paid Rosa Parks' rent. However, it was during her last years when she lived in a high-rise riverfront apartment building in downtown Detroit.
Lucky you. I have one near me and they make meh pizza, used to be some of the best pizza for a franchise restaurant, but employees turned over so now they're meh, but their breadsticks have always been pure ass. Like misshapened blobs of dough that was flattened and baked until they're cooked but still white then cut. You ripped a piece off and that shit looked like a dumb bell or Quasimodo stretched out.
Pizza Pizaa has felt like the "no name" brand of pizza. Whenever you see consession stands it's safe to assume there'll be a Pizza Pizza there, whenever you go to a big movie theater, you can bet there'll be a Pizza Pizza set up, if you're in the mall, you don't have to go to far without seeing a Pizza Pizza. Pizza Pizza is all seeing and still doesn't taste that good
Little Caesars is the story of a legitimately good, non-super villain guy starting a large corporation and never changing who he was. He did so much good in his life. He paid Rosa Parks rent and never told anybody, he did it just to do good.
in my home town Little Ceasers tanked and had to close its shop in our towns most popular plaza. maybe a full decade later, they took that spot back and still have a restaurant there today. This video almost perfectly examples that journey
They tore down the building where my hometown's old Little Caesar's was. However, they brought back Little Caesar's in a different location. It's still going strong today.
One of the reasons for the "rise again" was the recession in the mid to late 2000's...the idea of feeding whole family with 2 pizzas for $10 was very appealing $2.50 for a family of four.
Nope. The reason for the rise again is me. I jus know it. They were like dead for a while, and I sent them a very special email, and right after that the rose again. I know it was me. Ur welcome.
@@spongebobsquarepants2175??? 2 pizzas * 8 slices per = 16 slices 16 slices / 4 people = 4 slices per $10/4 people = $2.50 per person No part of his math is implying someone only eats one slice.
I lived near Detroit in the 80s - early 90s, I still remember the excitement I would feel when dad or mom came home with that big ass two pizza package and a bag of crazy bread. It was gonna be a good night! I loved ripping that paper apart to reveal two pizzas, they were sitting there, looking at me, just asking for it. Now I'm in Texas and have watched LC pop up all over the place over the last 10-15 years. Not, gonna lie, I pop in and get a hot n ready every now and then...it brings back all the good feels from when I was a kid.
I remember those pizzas, I wish they still had them, and the pizza was delicious, it just tasteless and it's not the same anymore, they were better than domino's and pizza hut back then .
Circa 1990 I worked as a pest control guy. I went into a LOT of restaurant kitchens as part of my job. The local Little Ceasars had the cleanest kitchen by far. They even cleaned and *shined* the drain pipes under the sinks! I was amazed and absolutely shocked at how clean the LC kitchen was as compared to all other restaurants. I still occationally go to the same place to pick up a pie today. 🤩
I use to work at Little Caesars from 2011-2015 I remember twice a year( once every 6 months) we had this checklist of things to detail clean. We called it our SHINE ON CAESARS event. We had to clean the ovens, sinks, bathrooms, clean the walls, pressure wash floors, etc. Our area supervisiors would come and check every thing. We competed for prizes against other Little Caesars locations to see which location was the 'cleanest'
You see pizza dough is flat. However, when baked it rises. However, once removed from the oven it falls down a bit again. That is the rise and fall of Little Cesar's Pizza.
Yeah there was one down the street from my buddy's place back in the day. In the afternoons, we'd work on our cars, he'd usually get a joint, and then we'd go to Little Caesars and get a $5 pie. It was there for us many, many a munchie session.
Ironically as much as people want to talk shit, Dominoes before their reboot, aka "Our pizza is now edible!" was worse than little ceasar's now., and current pizza hut is a grease pool who lost that flavor. Might as well get what you're expecting for the price.
It is good & has improves even when the stuff crust promotion is around that is good pizza, cheaper than Pizza Hut stuffed crust. I want to try & will.try the $9.00 5 mest pizza.
I do feel something you left out in the “fall” part was how having so many locations linked to the dying K-Mart turned a strategic benefit to detriment.
Agreed. I only really remember them at Kmarts when I was growing up (maybe they had some that were not in Kmarts in my area but I honestly don't remember). And TBH, I actually like their pizza now. It's not fancy nor healthy but if I just want a cheap pizza I go them and I find them tasty!
@@daveheel guess all the little caesers in my home town(s) were a shit ton more popular than I thought, ive only ever had one experience where they should us a stale pizza and that was back when I was like 11, I'm 20 now
Yes because it's essentially fast food, or even faster than going through a drive thru. Fast food costs around 10$ now if you don't order from the value menu. You can get an entire pizza from LC for 6$ that feeds two people.
It may not be gourmet, but there is just something about their pizza that is kind of addictive. It just has a unique flavor that I can enjoy just about anytime. Kind of like the Big Mac, you know it isn't top tier, but it still grabs you and there isn't really a substitute.
That flavor is sodium. Nothing wrong with it just understand how your body reacts to it. If I eat too much LC pizza I get blisters on my ankles from the sodium. It’s great in a pinch but save the money you’d spend on soda for a gallon of water
I worked there for a little over a year. Wether you like their pizza or not, the ingredients arent bad. The dough is mixed in an old school mixer from flour, salt, yeast, sugar and water every night and morning (small batch at night to have dough for morning pizzas) it is never frozen. The sauce is also mixed every morning. The toppings are usually quality and fresh. It may not be the best tasting, but it definitely isnt low quality
I think alot of people come to assumptions based on the price and that it's a pizza chain, but they really do put in the work to make it fresh. The new Little Caesars in my town is great and they have the back opened up enough where you can see the mixer and a wall of bagged flour beside it, which is great. Shows the customers that they don't use frozen already made dough.
I've been working at Little Caesars for the past 2 and a half years and honestly I would say the quality of the pizza comes down to the care whoever makes it, gives it. Knowing this, it makes sense that the quality of the food is affected by the high expectations towards the company for delivering the service as quickly as possible, and having pizzas hot n' ready. If you expect good quality pizza that is hot and ready, don't. What you will likely get is hot n' sweaty. Try to get a fresh pizza and it will make a difference. If you want it to be fresh, fast, and don't want to feel like you are bothering people by asking for fresh food, you should try ordering something like a half pepperoni and half cheese because we don't have those ready, but they are really easy and fast to make. It should only take about 5 minutes for a great improvement in quality.
WolframWolf They definitely have improved with the taste and the crust!! I’m picky about my pizzas cause I LOVE PIZZA and idk what they didzzzbut compared to what it was 2 years ago they have increased the price but the quality is much much better 👍🏽I’ve actually started going there instead of Pizza Inn the last few months
There are 2 Little Caesars in my region. One of them basically NEVER has anything ready and just makes the pizzas as the orders come in. I once frustratingly told them that it kind of beats the purpose of "Hot and Ready!" lol
I can’t be the only one that genuinely likes the taste of the pizza more than the other three at the beginning. Then the background of it and price just tops it all off.
I'm with you on that. Granted, I grew up eating Little Caesars and rarely eating the others, so that might be part of the reason why, but they got damn good pizza and the price just makes it so much better.
I've had all when growing up. The thing is the the illusion of the more expensive pizza being better, as the case with Papa Johns, stays until you disregard the price and realize the quality of the pizza. And that's where Little Caesars comes in.
It was good drunk food when we were young and didn't have a lot of money. Rest of the money went towards booze and cigarettes and we only needed 5 dollars for a pizza.
I am thinking about a new type of restaurants: eating-spots in eating-spots, food keeps changing, chefs also rotate this is opposed to current restaurants, thanks to this rotation of food and chefs, eating-spots are more powerful than restaurants, along with that, there is an app, people vote for the food that will be cooked in the next days menu is influenced by the live input of the people via an app.
From 1978-1980, I attended a hoity toity private school with Mike Ilitch's kids. At that time, the Little Caesar's-sponsored hockey team had won some sort of championship, and Mike Ilitch offered to pay for the entire team to attend the same school as his own kids. These were mostly inner-city kids would could never pay the $8,000 for tuition and boarding. Overnight, the school's hockey team was greatly improved!
I've heard this joke before. It's good, because even though it's riffing on Little Caesars, it highlights what makes them successful. They just focus on what they're good at, and what other companies don't focus as much on, and they found a nice little niche for themselves. It doesn't need to be the best pizza because its the quickest and the cheapest, and surprisingly not many other pizza places focus on just those two things.
Hot n ready was the ABSOLUTE main reason why I went to little Caesar’s. My family never planned pizza. It was always on a whim. We would be driving and see little Caesar’s and knowing the pizza was ready to go we would just get one. If we would have had to wait maybe half the time we would have just gone to Burger King
This is the part of the video where I think he glossed over and I agree was part of the turn around. When I was craving pizza, and didn't care if it was frozen or otherwise, you could walk into a location and walk out with it. I think this is really what put them back on the map. And you're spot on, when a large and in charge mom had a family to feed and didn't feel like cooking and didn't want to hear her kids and husband complain, pizza is the one thing virtually everyone can live with.
"Pizza Pizza" was catchy and quite effective. Every time I would see one of their stores that phrase would automatically come to mind, even during the years when they discontinued using it.
The $5 hot and ready is a game changer when you have 2 dozen kids to feed at some activity. It saves a lot of money and makes it a go-to spot when on a budget... and the kids are oblivious to price point and quality level.
It's good when you just want something to grab on the way home for dinner. Kids are thrilled it's pizza, parents are thrilled you can get two larges for $10 plus tax, everyone's happy.
I feel so sorry for the employees of my local Little Caesar's. They do FAR more business than the on-duty staff of 3-4 people should EVER be expected to handle. Every time I've gone there on a weekend evening to grab a couple pizzas, it has been complete chaos. 45+ minute waits just to get 2 regular pepperoni pizzas. 15+ angry, impatient customers crammed into the tiny lobby, all waiting for their pizzas at the same time. The phone just ringing and ringing off the hook. And the poor staff absolutely working their butts off, trying their best to keep up, but still just falling farther behind by the minute as more and more people jam into the lobby to place orders. Because of this chaos, my pizzas are almost always undercooked as they're rushed out of the oven and into boxes as fast as possible to try and keep up. It looks like complete hell for the few staff members, and I'm genuinely pissed off at LC's ownership/management for allowing this to happen on a weekly basis. I can imagine that their employee retention is probably pretty low, when THAT is the work environment that employees are subjected to once they start work at that store. GET THEM SOME HELP ALREADY!
I can tell you the exact reason for that, at least for the store I work at. Regional managers are constantly harping on store managers to cut hours so they can keep labor percentages low, meaning that on a Friday night (the busiest night of the week), there are usually only 4 people working at one time. Fridays usually net around $2,500. On New Years Eve we made almost $3,000 with 5 people working. Some nights it gets so bad that we have to take the phone off the hook and turn off Doordash orders just to be able to keep up. It's absolutely ridiculous.
@@anitabonghit7606 haha, maybe so! Props to you for putting up with that, your effort may not be appreciated by many, but it is by me! I like your name, I bet it's quite the fitting name for when you get off work each night lol 😂
@@SnarlyCharly hell yeah dude shit is lowkey really stressful but I try my hardest not to undercook or burn nothing im the one pulling the pizzas out the oven
I love how nobody really has a problem with Little Caesar’s. At most, people will just say they don’t really prefer it, but on the other hand people have no problem absolutely tearing into Dominoes and Pizza Hut for mediocre pizza. People’s reaction to Little Caesar’s is almost always either “I love it!” or “meh.” Which says a lot about how appealing the brand is
Seriously, when you’re charging $5-$10 more for a marginal increase in quality, people are definitely going to feel like they’re being duped! Little Caesar’s is good in my opinion and definitely great for the money!
Clinton Leonard Depends on your area, really. Some Franchisees don’t care about the quality and I’ll say if you do get a bad item from Little Caesar’s it is really bad.
Little Caesars was a major part of my childhood. Growing up in the Great Recession and only having one parent meant that money was obviously very tight, and little caesars was the best way for my dad to feed his two boys for cheap.
you too huh? as you can imagine the great recession was not a good time economically for parents to divorce so im glad us three siblings still got to enjoy family pizza movie night, we dont really do it anymore because everyone always argues with each other but it's good memories
I really think Hot n Ready was a huge game changer for Little Caesars, no other pizza chain offers that option and sometimes it's just nice to stop by, grab an already made pizza and be on your way. Little Caesars signing up for some of the delivery services is also huge for them now, once in a while I'll drive for Door Dash and in one of the communities I go to Little Caesars is the restaurant I get most of my orders from.
Your analysis is spot on with my experience. I worked at Little Caesars from 2000 to 2006. In the early days of my employment there, sales were lackluster and customers were confused about the current advertising, about “pizza pizza” no longer being a thing. Then once Hot N Ready started, everything changed. Sales went through the roof and everyday felt like a busy Friday night.
Smart move that saved the company. They can still sell slices for $1 in NY (I think just recently went to $1.50) and pay NY rents, competition pushes prices so low. So NY dollar pizzerias just move slice after slice after slice. And other places can't really claim to be MUCH better in quality (plus they made the pizza at noon and it's been sitting there for hours, vs. dollar pizza being hot and ready!) Not sure if MBAs were looking at the NY pizza market, but it's kinda fascinating (NY is expensive but dollar pizza lunch is $2, maybe $1, and the dollar pizzeria is thriving--none have gone out of business.)
Little Caesar’s is the McDonalds of pizza. They embrace their simplicity and use it to their advantage by making their food delicious in a cheap way and being honest about it instead of pretending to be something they’re not. And you know what? I’m ok with that.
NO NO NO, THOSE ARE 2 DIFFERENT ANIMALS & LITTLE CAESAR'S CANNOT BE COMPARED TO A RESTAURANT AS CRAPPY MC DONALD'S! LITTLE CAESAR'S HAS GREAT PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA!
It's actually a health code violation to allow customers to eat inside the lobby without being a permitted dining establishment. So, you can try, but you can rightfully be asked to leave if you do.
The little Caesars inside Kmart were the best, they were not rushed to feed a drive thru line and took their time making the pizzas and they always looked liked the commercial ones. And the taste was so good
As a Michigan native, I can tell you something that a lot of people don't know about Mike and Marian Ilitch: their family is still involved with Little Caesars and have given back a lot to Metro Detroit. They helped pay Rosa Parks' rent for many years, and LCs offers "Little Caesars Pizza Kits" to sell at fundraisers. Mike and Marian's daughter Denise is even a regent for the University of Michigan. So regardless of how you feel about the Red Wings, the Tigers, or Little Caesars, you can't help but appreciate the Ilitches' philanthropy and community service over the years.
The Ilitch family is a class act, that's for sure. Mike also started the movement to save historic buildings in the D with the Fox theater back in the 80s. I have massive respect for the family, and anytime I'm looking for a cheap, decent pizza, Little Caesar's is my only choice!
Northern Michigan native who moved to Buffalo NY for the milder winters. (- People laugh at that until I start showing them pictures of snow drifts so big that wild turkeys are eating from the six foot tall bird feeder outside my folks front window. -) Buffalo has amazing local pizza. But I still give LC my money every once in awhile knowing the company history. And DAMN that pretzel crust pizza from a few years back ...
I hope whoever came up with the "Pizza! Pizza!" phrase got a bonus cuz it is catchy as hell. I almost never eat Little Caesars, but that phrase pops into my head all the time. Even better for them, unlike a lot of other ads, I've never found it irritating.
In the 80’s, my mom and I would clean the house on Thursdays, Order Little Caesar’s, and watch the NBC Thursday night line up. I LOVED Thursday nights!
man we all have those happy memories my mom worked friday night so we would go out to eat chinesse or that pizza all you can eat then go to the dollar store and stuff got shopping then drop me off at my grandmaws and she would pick me up taco bell i really remmber getting taco bell at watching that star wars animated thing on cartoon network about 2002 i think maybe later
Michael Johnson Friday was us hiding knowing our dad would come home drunk and beat our mom and one of us. We never had a VCR because he always broke them. Life never got better until my mom killed him.
I worked at one in a college town in the 90s. We were one of the few locations that delivered. We delivered pizza with no cell phones and no GPS, just a huge map on the wall lol. You got two pizzas but it was virtually by taking the ingredients for one pizza and dividing it between two pies. I miss the cream cheese spread that came with the crazy bread back then. After I left, I found out that one day the employees showed up for work and there was a padlock on the door. They could see inside that the ovens were gone. They never got their paychecks. I eventually went to work delivering for Papa John's. They paid minimum wage plus tips. I made a killing as a college student. I always had cash. I think it's outsourced today.
Can't speak for all locations, but delivery at my local PJs isn't entirely outsourced. They have drivers, but not as many as they need, so they use Doordash to fill the gaps. We all prefer a driver take it, but that doesn't always work out anymore.
@@sadiqsb5054 When I read this comment I thought of Pizza Pizza in Canada (thought it existed in America). Maybe he the OP confused the two resteraunts?
They were really hard core Christians, I recall them showing up at our college for recruiting and the first thing out of the reps mouth when your interview started was, a firm and handshake and the rep saying, "I'm a god fearing Christian, how are you?" I only remember that because it just struck me as the strangest thing ever.
I never act like I'm too good for Little C's. They were there when Pizza Hut didn't even look at my broke ass. Whenever I feel like grabbing a quick pizza, they're my number one choice. Good for their price? More like damn good for their price.
@@tofuyuhiko5632 Ohhh that reminds me! Their "Cheezy Jalapeño" dip is incredible! I will sometimes go by just to buy 4 of those dips and then use them on other restaurant's pizza. It reminds me of skating rink nacho cheese (you know what I am talking about!) but with more cheddar flavor. If you haven't tried it, pick one up and give it a shot.
I was like, yeah that is cool. I remember the story went that she couldn't afford to stay there anymore and he found out and told her she never had to worry about affording to stay there ever again. He didn't want it let out. Somehow the story got out after Rosa Parks passed.
While slightly off topic, one of the more awesome things the owner of Little Caesers did was pay Rosa Park's rent for life without drawing any attention to the fact he was doing it. Rosa Parks, for those weak on their history, was the lady who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger and touched off the Birmingham Bus Boycott, a seminal moment of the Civil Rights movement of the late 50's and 60's.
This is known but really "NOT" well know because the democrat owned news media did not want anyone to know a White business owner could be a "GOOD GUY"
@@donkeykong4983 it's awful. It's a mixture of the lowest quality ingredients available. If they could, they'd get all their stuff from china. It should be declared unfit for human consumption.😄
Marcus Sabom Little Caesar's: the bad news is that our pizza has a shelf life of a couple of hours and doesn't reheat worth a damn. It's not even that good hot and fresh. The good news is it's cheap and quick. We win!
@@mattsmith9024 its better than digiorno....that shit cuts my mother fucking mouth up and leaves the roof of my mouth with 3rd degree burns gums hanging off...little caesars is better than any of those throw in the oven frozen pizzas these days...especially when its just about the same price
The Hot 'n' Ready was a stroke of brilliance that really saved them. Having pizza ready-to-go made their low-quality pizzas appealing. Only because you didn't have to wait for it to be made. It was just sitting in a heat rack - ready to be served.
When I was using leftover subsidary loan funds to feed myself, there were 3 things you learned. 1: The hills on the way to campus are steeper on bike. 2: 6 bucks can feed you pizza and breadsticks for 2 nights. 3: Cookout is the true treasure of the South.
I am thinking about a new type of restaurants : eating-spots, in eating-spots, food keeps changing, chefs also rotate, this is opposed to current restaurants, thanks to this rotation of food and chefs, eating-spots are more powerful than restaurants, along with that, there is an app, people vote for the food that will be cooked in the next days, menu is influenced by the live input of the people via an app
A large pizza for $5 dollars? And it's hot and ready?! You simply cannot beat that. All the pizza places in my area are pricey, granted they're local but Little Caesars has always been there. Shoot, I remember going to one not too long ago and getting TWO large pepperonis for not even $10, that's an absolute CRAZY price for the amazing pizza you get.
I prefer some of the mom and pop independently owned pizza places local to me in terms of quality, but in terms of value for the money Little Ceasars can't be beat.
dull icecream right I’ve definitely been like man I want some ceasers idk if it’s nostalgia but it’s not that bad if def eat a dif pizza if it was a daily thing but it’s really good time to time
Facts, I remember going to k mart as a kid and seeing Little Caesar’s pizza station. Good times going there and getting a toy lol also reminded me of McDonald’s inside Walmarts
Buddy of mine in college literally thinks the same thing too! He compares everything to LC pizzas..."Okay, so this pair of jeans costs 4 pizzas..." LMAO!!
it's an effective comparison especially when you're hard on cash, and if you know how long the pizza will last you, essentially putting it in the range of "do i need food more than i need this item" or "these shoes will cost me lunch for a month"
I used to work at little C and all the ingredients and dough where fresh af dough made was used for no more than a few days and if the pizzas weren’t sold after 30-45 min they were thrown out. Nothing but quality in my experience at least at the store I worked
I don't know how long ago that was, but my store is still like that; pizzas don't sit in the box for more than 30 minutes and the dough is made daily, it's one of the ways they save money to make the dough is way cheaper than ordering it. That's why a thin crust is more expensive, they order those premade.
Sounds like you had a pretty good one, the one near me tastes like they don't sell them until they are 30-45min old. I still bought it tho because it was so cheap when it was within walking distance...
To the people who wonder about throwing out good pizza, we take all the standard pepperoni and cheese pizzas and put them in the walk in to donate to a soup kitchen twice a week. All of the other items, employees are allowed to eat once they leave the box. This way, the employees actually take the pizza out instead of letting it go until it sells to avoid more work because anything we take out is ours. Kinda smart imo
My sister needed food for her Halloween party. We walked into a Little Caesars and walked out with 5 pizzas. The only wait was our time in line. Drunk people dressed as pirates aren't picky when it comes to food.
I know the guy who started the “ hot and ready “ phrase and promotion It was a little Ceasar’s in Waukegan IL , managed by a Hispanic man named isai A gonzaga He was given management of that store as a “ run it till it dies “ type of deal and he single handedly drove the sales of that store up so much it was the most profitable little Ceasar’s in the US , later all little Ceasar’s followed in the” $5 hot and ready “ promotion that they’re known for now Just a small fun fact for the man who saved a then dying franchise
As a kid, we often got Little Caesars, and it was always from a K-Mart. When the neighborhood K-Mart shut down, I didn't have LC for years. Now there's one around the corner and we indulge ... often enough.
Our local Kmart just closed down a month ago. It had really shit quality products throughout the store, and they were more of a store you got to go find hobby items
This is very interesting stuff. I grew up eating Little Caesars, it's all my family could afford, besides CiCi's. So I always thought it was good food, in my opinion anyway. I recently started working at a LC joint and they seem to treat their workers extremely well. Just thought I'd share my experience :) To the very few people, if anyone, who read this, thank you, and have a great day!
I went through the same thing growing up, it was always little Caesar’s, also bruh idk what store you’re at but little Caesar’s does not treat their worker’s good💀some owners are cheap and refuse to buy stuff like crushed peppers(that’s why you don’t see them in some stores)which causes arguments between customers and employees and makes it harder for us, we’re not allowed to get free pizza which makes no sense because we work for them and make them money and half the shit that gets thrown in the oven gets dumped in the trash anyways so no one loses but they don’t see it that way ofc, some take forever to fix stuff that really needs to be fixed like the AC or the vent above the oven that allows the hot air to escape, but I’m glad you found a store you like hopefully you’re not still working there and you found a better job or if you enjoyed working there I hope you got promoted or something
@@Azrael69605 oh god i feel that. our store is exactly the same, took them 2 months to fix the AC... during a texas summer... with a 475 degree oven running the whole day. not to mention how often we have to get the ceiling tiles replaced because they don't want to actually fix the roof. or the fact the wage starts out a dollar above minimum, they work you in 6-7 hour shifts so they're not legally obligated to give you breaks and the only ones who get offered benefits are store or co managers... just... the people i work with make it bearable but little ceasars doesn't treat their stores or employees decently at all over here.
@@chronicexistentialcrisis4290 Finally someone who understands, half the people I know that work at a little Caesar’s are people who either don’t care about the job or just don’t work enough to see what goes on so they think the job is awesome. Fr bruh they lag on fixing stuff in the store, I get that it’s a business and there’s other things that the owner has to worry about but it’s their job. They wanted to buy it, they gotta take care of it. That’s like me going clocking into work but not going anything you feel me? I live in Cali, the pays not bad and I usually didn’t mind long shifts but sometimes I’d be tired and wanting to go home and I’d be nice and stay past my scheduled time to help out but if I wanted to leave they’d give me shit about it even tho I’m the only person who volunteered to stay while all the other employees left. The employees at my old store were alright, I only got a long with a few because the store was very toxic and were always trying to start something. I moved recently tho for college so now I’m working at another location but same job at little Caesar’s. It’s only for a bit so I figured why not, I’ve got experience. It’s easier here, not much rushes or anything and everyone’s cool. But yeah little Caesar’s is shit when it comes to their employees, they’re shit when it comes to everything actually💀the pizza is only good cuz it’s cheap. Like when you work there you see everything that goes on and it hits different.
I work as a manager right now at Little Caesars, while in college. I’ll tell you in my personal store the management is a wreck. Specifically the higher management. But man, our place gets slammed every evening. Nothing is stopping business.
Little Caesars actually it's a much higher quality product then people may think. The dough is mixed in the store daily. What you should think instead is that if Little Caesars can sell a pizza for $5 you're being ripped off everywhere else. I ran them for 11 years. I also ran Pizza Hut. Pizza Hut rips you off.
LC is kinda mediocre as-is but when you get it super fresh and for the price it's pretty good. Can't get worse in flavor than Papa John's "pizza" though.
Found your channel a few days ago and now I can't stop watching! A trip down memory lane to say the least. All I remember as 90s kid is that their commercials were catchy. My dad would buy Little Caesars for me if I only wanted a Pepperoni Pizza as it was cheaper there compared to Pizza Hut. And also being able to eat at home was a plus compared to Pizza Hut when I think it was Dine in at the time. Then in my teenage years I just forgot about it. Just like your video said, the advertising just disappeared which was strange to me. Locations started closing and also the rise of Papa Johns definitely played a factor in it. Fast forward to 2022, I will still visit this place once or twice a year if I'm craving Pizza on a Friday/Saturday evening. Their deep deep dish is actually really good for $8. That's all I have to say. :) Thanks for reading!
Their $5 pizza's were the best timing ever, I graduated High School the same year they started it. I ate many-a stoned pizza's my first half of college lol...better than eating Top Ramen every day!
Good idea guys, I start college and that sounds like a great idea. I've been eating nothing but taco bell and bubble tea when I'm doing college work, so little Caesars sounds like a good alternative.
I work at Little Caesars so this is really interesting. One of my favorite things we do is the free Veteran's Day lunch combo for active or retired military. We gave so many combos away that day!
Its my first stop.. Us Vets appreciate how fast you can keep the line moving. We spend the rest of the night in line somewhere else. At least now a lot of places give out tickets/coupons to help the crowds
It's funny that the original Little Caesars restaurant was started by a Minor League Baseball player and it's most recent ad. Actually has Little Caesars running with a Detroit Lions linebacker.
Little Caesars is straight-up TRASH compared to the king of deep dish, Chicago-style pizza. The thick, crispy crust, the melted cheese, and the flavorful toppings - it's no contest. Little Caesars is like a cardboard box compared to the juicy, cheesy masterpiece that is Chicago-style pizza. And don't even get me started on tavern-style - that crispy, thin-crust goodness is in a league of its own. So, forget about Little Caesars and embrace the Chicago deep dish magic.
I started back because my job is still on hiatus and my old LC supervisor said he needed help fixing a store. I'm tired of just sitting around and burning my savings so I came back, and yeah, this whole outbreak is definitely helping business.
I am so glad I'm not working at a pizza place anymore. It's crap money and you know it's been super busy these past months. I legit feel bad for them. Unemployment is like triple what they would be making.
@@limbonlegs1662 The big pizza franchises in general were well positioned for this whole situation since most of them have had their own online ordering systems for years now. They didnt have to suddenly pivot to Doordash/grubhub and jack up prices to make up for the DD/GH take. I think I could get two hot and ready's delivered for like 13-4 bucks with Tip the first few weeks of the quarantine here in MI, but ANY order from DD was like $30 minimum.
Little Ceasers is the GOAT pizza. Cheap pizza is cheap pizza, if you aren't going to a nice restaurant, Little Ceasers is a much better bang for your buck than any competitors.
You can make your own, with the ingredients costing a minimum of 8 bucks. And that's good for two of 'em. Mia pizza crusts (12-inch) are US$3.94 for one pack of two (and it's got two sauce sachets, so you don't need to pick that up). Cheddar and Mozzarella cheese from Kraft is US$4.72 for one pound. The total is US$8.66, which is far cheaper than buying one for 5 bucks. Another thing is you can get cheaper for pizza if you want to make one on bread instead.
While usually "Hot & Ready," they never seem to be FRESH in the off-chance that I decide to pick one up. This is why I always add a topping or make a special request. Still not bad for the price, and their deep dish is easily better than PH's pan.
It’s never fresh because we leave the same pizza in until someone buys it. The pizza sits at 150 degrees until it gets picked up after who knows how long. Basically it just makes the pizza go bad faster. Ur best bet is to get hot n ready on a busy night because everything’s constantly being replaced.
I'm in college. Whenever I am having a DND night or hanging out with friends, I always get pizza from here. Only $5 and a damn good use of $5. Not getting it because it's my favorite, but it tastes good enough (after all, it's pizza) and it's cheap. Perfect for a college student.
I also really want to emphasize that, during that 2012-2017 BOOM, they were open to changing A LOT which hadn’t been done before. A family friend of mine served as a CFO for Little Caesar’s under CEO David Scrivano (I don’t know if he is still the CEO, and my family friend has since moved positions) but he would tell me that many of those board meetings were WILD. They introduced new/improved menu items - Stuffed cheese bread, stuffed pizza, DEEP DEEP Dish, stuffed DEEP DEEP Dish, more toppings for the pizzas, the EXTRA MOST Bestest (more cheese and pepperoni) pizza, wings, double orders of crazy bread, some dessert pizza items, you name it! They wanted to shake things up, and suddenly a lot of people were thinking, “yeah, I could do $5 for pizza, but what about $8 for BETTER pizza, and breadsticks?” I also think their new system with the no-hassle, automatic oven door “mailboxes” for online orders are just streamlining their processes even more, making better business.
Our local branch had- I believe they were called smokehouse pizzas, or something like that? Barbecue pizzas, with brisket and bacon. Ye gods, those things were addictive. And all too brief.
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as a college student i will admit that the $5 Hot n' Ready pizzas come in clutch plus its pretty decent compared to the competition
My friends and i in high school would walk there after school and share a pizza. Good times
@@10easilyamused Same for me, but it was middle school. Hopefully I will have great times like you did in high school
I’m high school me and my buddy would go get a $5 hot n ready pizza and gram of bud over the weekend. Good times.
I just love their breadsticks and marinara
Third world country college student here. Having a meal for 2 people (if both are big dudes) for $5 (my country uses USD) is a life saver when you have less than 20 minutes to eat before getting into class again. It's not just the convenience but it's actually good, even if it isn't the best.
“Pizza! Pizza!” Has been burned into my brain from when I was young. Stupid brilliant.
Alex Schock So simple but very effective and I’ve never even had a Little Ceaser’s pizza.
likewise. and where i lived they were all rectangular pizzas, for square pieces, which we loved. don’t see it in these commercial clips tho
I thought he said "Piece of Pizza"
That's how I say good morning in the office too, "Good Morning, Good Morning," lol
pizza guys is pretty good...but overpriced
She wanted to call it Little Caesars, he wanted to call it Pizza Treat so they compromised and called it Little Caesars.
😂
😂
she called him lil caesar in bed
I wanted to have Little Caesars, but I compromised, I had grilled cheese off the radiator.
Pretty much a textbook case of compromise in a marriage
As someone who grew up in a struggling household in flint Michigan, I personally will be a lifelong customer. Little Caesar’s used to donate to our local schools and give us free tickets for red wings and tigers games, They’ve made an effort to support my community for years so that alone is commendable
They are based in Detroit, I would certainly expect them to make those commitments.
I'm from Flint too and have to agree!
@@DMallthewayyou seem tough to please lol
@@kian3527 Helping the local community is common sense
@@DMalltheway And yet most businesses don't
The fact that Mike Ilitch supported Rosa Parks at the end of her life without once making a big deal out of it, brought affordable, safe, edible food and jobs to the hood, and used pizza as a vehicle to make the world a better place says that while they're #3 in sales, Little Caesar's will always be #1 in my book. You ask me what pizza I want, it'll always be them, because I believe that their money supports an overall good business practice and a positive community impact.
Endy Mallorn and their pizzas are actually good, definitely not as good as say a mom and pop legit New York style pizza but much better than Pizza Hut imo
@@martinrodriquez3304 I think almost anything is better than Pizza Hut.
@@martinrodriquez3304 Pizza hut was so good in the mid 2000s.
Little Caesar's has always been one of my favorite pizza places. I grew up with it and out of the three pizza places I'd eat from in my childhood LC stuck. I don't ever remember having Papa John's (when apparently i did) and another that i barely remember (i think it was called Mugs). I have so many memories of me and my father getting Little Caesar's all the time. It was THE summer pizza , if that makes sense. It holds a special place in my heart and now hearing this , something i didn't know before , makes me feel even better saying it's my number 1 favorite pizza place!
Vash Crawssover Yea, even like Casey’s pizza is better, then again, Casey’s gas station pizza isn’t bad...
Genius business model. Feeding a family of four for $10 is a HUGE sell for parents trying to treat the kids without breaking their budget
Right? Amazing for my family of 5 thats under the poverty line
My parents get it every other day
I work there and i agree aswell
Me, my two younger siblings, and my mom get full after 1 box.
So we get 2 each.
Little Caesars will always be great.pizza is good enough for me
$10 at any other pizza chain: a small cheese pizza
$10 at Little Caesars: 2 large extra pepperoni pizzas with crazy bread, sauce, an order of wings, 2 large drinks, and the store itself
No wonder america is so fat
True
@@siddharthabiswas2147 and no wonder most other countries are sad
It's a great help for poorer folks who don't have access to a variety of options. Kept us fed when times were tough.
Nowadays I eat much differently, but I'll always remember Little Caesar's fondly.
@@SniperJade71 Hear hear. People never appreciate that in most Countries at least half the households income goes towards food alone. We are blessed to live in a Country where peasants like us can have a full stomach for an extremely low price. Wether through the grocery store or resturants.
Little Caesars is like an old friend. Always there for you, and not for your money
What are you talking about. It’s a business. They solely exist to make money from you
@@matthewkrislow3442 he's referencing their low prices you autist
@@asdfasdf7199 I understand that but I don’t understand who actually eats that garbage
@@matthewkrislow3442 My brother in Christ, i was referring to the price.
It's a lot of friend group's 5th friend. There since elementary or middle school
Little Caesars made it financially possible to eat pizza everyday. God bless em.
Hahahaha that's so true!! And in my opinion their pizza is actually really good!
Exactly it’s cheap
But good
Yea but America doesnt need that
taste like cardboard chucky cheese pizza lol tonys is where its at or small business pizza
Little caesars has one advantage over all the others..... *THE HOOD*
Joshua Daye LMAOOOOOOO YOOO FOR REAL
Yessirrr
Stop cappin
Fernando Andres Soto Coello Yeah that’s true. That’s all we ate anytime we had a school party.
FACTS!
Little Caesars in my area is basically known as the place to go for something to fill you up if you're next to broke, needing to feed a ton of mouths on the cheap, or you just want to pinch some
pennies. And, none of that is meant to demean LC's in the slightest. Quite honestly it's a genius business model. LC's thrives in low-income areas. They are the Dollar General of fast food.
Bob Bop Perano for real. I mean if you have a couple kids and your in a hurry. Where else can you go and feed them for 5$. McDonald’s is gonna be a cool 20$ if you have three kids.
@@davidsandlin9686 yep
Where I’m from, I’ve never even seen a Little Caesar’s
When I was a poor college student I lived off LC $5 pizza and Costco's rotisserie chicken. Sometimes I'd get Costco's cheap hot dog but would skip on when money really was tight, $1.50 for one meal? Get out of here with that. To this day I'll still eat LC and it brings back fond memories. Maybe the cheapness of the quality can be offset by nostalgia?
I'm in Metro Detroit and I feel like a significant percentage of those 5,000 stores are just here. There's like four within easy driving distance of my job if we want to buy several pizzas for the office.
Little Caesars fed so many college students. That builds brand loyalty. To this day, I still buy crazy bread and crazy sauce along with pizza. The pizza is OK, but the bread and sauce....that's next level
❤
I used to work there..and I ALWAYS .. put a little bit of my .. ahem.. "special" ingredient in the sauce. It was a common theme at many locations Sleep well.
@@copaminecombat idgaf I want my crazy bread 😂😂😂
Just to blow your mind remember you can ask for the garlic sauce and parmesan to be on the pizza effectively mixing them both!
I think little Caesar’s pizza went down in quality in 2010-11 time frame. I wouldn’t even buy a 5 dollar hot-n-ready. Although I haven’t given them a shot since 2015
Did y’all know that the CEO of little Caesar’s used to pay off Rosa Park’s rent when she was in Jail? That is why I support Caesars more than many other pizza chains
@@treemoderator7312 I'm in Canada, and I love my local Little Caesars. My cat was very sick for awhile, and the vet was right next to the little ceasers. While my cat was having tests done, twice a week, I would walk over to ceasers, while being very depressed. The guy who was always working there was always loudly singing and dancing in the back. Never failed to put a smile on my face during sad times.
qz.com/912541/mike-ilitch-owner-of-little-caesars-and-the-detroit-tigers-paid-rosa-parks-apartment-rent-for-11-years/
All of these stories are awesome ... thanks y’all
So glad someone already shared this. I remember reading that article when Mike Ilitch died in 2017. I like spending my money with them because of this. The fact their pizzas are super cheap is a huge draw too, obviously. 🙂
That was true when Mike Illitch paid Rosa Parks' rent. However, it was during her last years when she lived in a high-rise riverfront apartment building in downtown Detroit.
Their bread sticks are IMMACULATE, me and my friend would walk to Little Caesar’s after school once a week just to get bread sticks!
I orgasm at the thought of there breadsticks
There's just something about those breadsticks that make me hungry lmao
Lucky you. I have one near me and they make meh pizza, used to be some of the best pizza for a franchise restaurant, but employees turned over so now they're meh, but their breadsticks have always been pure ass. Like misshapened blobs of dough that was flattened and baked until they're cooked but still white then cut. You ripped a piece off and that shit looked like a dumb bell or Quasimodo stretched out.
@@projectblitz7290 are you do have stupid
@@loganbrightwell780 how is that related to the comment? you didn't even get the meme right too.
Fun fact: In Canada, Little Caesar’s’ slogan is “Hot ‘n Ready,” because Pizza Pizza is a popular Canadian pizza chain
They've started saying "pizza pizza" in the ads here now, though. Also, Pizza Pizza is TRULY bad pizza.
@@spazzwazzle agreed, Pizza Pizza tastes like cardboard
All Little Ceasars' slogan is now "Hot & Ready" these days.
I miss pizza pizza i think of LCs as the American version to make myself feel better
Pizza Pizaa has felt like the "no name" brand of pizza. Whenever you see consession stands it's safe to assume there'll be a Pizza Pizza there, whenever you go to a big movie theater, you can bet there'll be a Pizza Pizza set up, if you're in the mall, you don't have to go to far without seeing a Pizza Pizza. Pizza Pizza is all seeing and still doesn't taste that good
Little Caesars is the story of a legitimately good, non-super villain guy starting a large corporation and never changing who he was. He did so much good in his life. He paid Rosa Parks rent and never told anybody, he did it just to do good.
Sounds like the sort of business leader that should be held up as example. Too many nowadays who want to be some sort of cult figure.
he was one of many people that paid into a trust fund for Rosa Parks at someone else's behest. he didn't just decide to do it all on his own.
@@Bloodglas like....did you really just try to frame his charity as a bad thing?
@@sitcomchristian6886 no. I'm just adding context.
"Paid Rosa Parks rent" ? Wtf are u talking about?
in my home town Little Ceasers tanked and had to close its shop in our towns most popular plaza. maybe a full decade later, they took that spot back and still have a restaurant there today.
This video almost perfectly examples that journey
I love boundary break
They tore down the building where my hometown's old Little Caesar's was. However, they brought back Little Caesar's in a different location. It's still going strong today.
Shesez it’s weird seeing you here lol
Shesez didn't expect you here
make a boundary break on Little Caesars
One of the reasons for the "rise again" was the recession in the mid to late 2000's...the idea of feeding whole family with 2 pizzas for $10 was very appealing $2.50 for a family of four.
who just eats 1 slice of pizza
@Real Talk I actually like the food, but I do gravitate towards it more when I'm broke... Lol
Nope. The reason for the rise again is me. I jus know it. They were like dead for a while, and I sent them a very special email, and right after that the rose again. I know it was me. Ur welcome.
@Real Talk he just said that it was a good deal, that's it
@@spongebobsquarepants2175???
2 pizzas * 8 slices per = 16 slices
16 slices / 4 people = 4 slices per
$10/4 people = $2.50 per person
No part of his math is implying someone only eats one slice.
I lived near Detroit in the 80s - early 90s, I still remember the excitement I would feel when dad or mom came home with that big ass two pizza package and a bag of crazy bread. It was gonna be a good night! I loved ripping that paper apart to reveal two pizzas, they were sitting there, looking at me, just asking for it. Now I'm in Texas and have watched LC pop up all over the place over the last 10-15 years. Not, gonna lie, I pop in and get a hot n ready every now and then...it brings back all the good feels from when I was a kid.
TheGuyATX that’s awesome!
That’s wholesome. Appreciate you sharing your story.
Has the taste changed much?
TheGuyATX I agree, it’s amazing how our memories are awakened from foo, smells etc. great way to put it
I remember those pizzas, I wish they still had them, and the pizza was delicious, it just tasteless and it's not the same anymore, they were better than domino's and pizza hut back then .
Circa 1990 I worked as a pest control guy. I went into a LOT of restaurant kitchens as part of my job. The local Little Ceasars had the cleanest kitchen by far. They even cleaned and *shined* the drain pipes under the sinks! I was amazed and absolutely shocked at how clean the LC kitchen was as compared to all other restaurants. I still occationally go to the same place to pick up a pie today. 🤩
I use to work at Little Caesars from 2011-2015
I remember twice a year( once every 6 months) we had this checklist of things to detail clean. We called it our SHINE ON CAESARS event. We had to clean the ovens, sinks, bathrooms, clean the walls, pressure wash floors, etc.
Our area supervisiors would come and check every thing. We competed for prizes against other Little Caesars locations to see which location was the 'cleanest'
@@Trev_SwenThat's freaking awesome! 🔥
You see pizza dough is flat. However, when baked it rises. However, once removed from the oven it falls down a bit again. That is the rise and fall of Little Cesar's Pizza.
I love how you compare their success and failure to pizza dough lol
Wow
This punderful allegory wins the internet.
@@elizabethashley42 The sad this is I got a Domino's ad before the video started.
@@elizabethashley42 The wonderful thing of the internet is how a 14 year old can impress adults.
I don't care what anyone says... Little Caesars has always been there for us.
The real Little Caesars was the friends we made along the way.
Always
Yeah there was one down the street from my buddy's place back in the day. In the afternoons, we'd work on our cars, he'd usually get a joint, and then we'd go to Little Caesars and get a $5 pie. It was there for us many, many a munchie session.
@Zerozerozero same bro.
Ironically as much as people want to talk shit, Dominoes before their reboot, aka "Our pizza is now edible!" was worse than little ceasar's now., and current pizza hut is a grease pool who lost that flavor. Might as well get what you're expecting for the price.
The pizza actually is kinda good for the price.
It IS good! 👍
It is good & has improves even when the stuff crust promotion is around that is good pizza, cheaper than Pizza Hut stuffed crust. I want to try & will.try the $9.00 5 mest pizza.
it's my fave
Ewwww. Worst pizza ever.
CSDigitalDesign why its amazing m8, bad taste in pizza boy
I do feel something you left out in the “fall” part was how having so many locations linked to the dying K-Mart turned a strategic benefit to detriment.
Agreed. I only really remember them at Kmarts when I was growing up (maybe they had some that were not in Kmarts in my area but I honestly don't remember). And TBH, I actually like their pizza now. It's not fancy nor healthy but if I just want a cheap pizza I go them and I find them tasty!
Exactly my thoughts
I was thinking that too. It used to be such a luxury when I was a kid going to LC after grocery shopping in K-MART.
Fr as a kid I used to always get pizza from kmart miss the old days
Hot N Ready is what really saved the company
brilliant imo.
More like stale n ready.
Horrible pizza thats been sitting long time
@@fortunecollector depends on how much traffic the store gets. the pizza here never stays there for long. they make a fresh one when it goes out.
@@daveheel guess all the little caesers in my home town(s) were a shit ton more popular than I thought, ive only ever had one experience where they should us a stale pizza and that was back when I was like 11, I'm 20 now
Yes because it's essentially fast food, or even faster than going through a drive thru. Fast food costs around 10$ now if you don't order from the value menu. You can get an entire pizza from LC for 6$ that feeds two people.
“$5 hot and ready pizza!”
“Is it good?”
“It’s hot. And it’s ready.”
My store at certain times mainly between 4pm and 6pm every pizza is made fresh due to dinner rush
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Zenycho whooo cares
Never forget, the founder of Lil Caesars paid Rosa Parks rent until her death and never once made it public for morality points.
That’s wholesome
As a hockey fan Mr. I was a great owner and was doing a lot of work to help restore Detroit to a nicer city before he passed
@@joegattog6695 Idk I heard he bought like 70 properties in Detroit and have been letting them rot.
Good man
Yeah, the founder is the reason I will never shit on Little Caesars. Legit good company that tries to help out its employees.
It may not be gourmet, but there is just something about their pizza that is kind of addictive. It just has a unique flavor that I can enjoy just about anytime. Kind of like the Big Mac, you know it isn't top tier, but it still grabs you and there isn't really a substitute.
Literally this!!!
I think it's the cheap sauce.
That flavor is sodium. Nothing wrong with it just understand how your body reacts to it. If I eat too much LC pizza I get blisters on my ankles from the sodium. It’s great in a pinch but save the money you’d spend on soda for a gallon of water
@@ltchugacast131 the fuck?
@@ltchugacast131 see a doctor
“You can’t dine in a Little ceaser’s.” Nope, you have to eat it on the curb straight out of the box.
saves lettuce that way.😂😂😂
Wait…you got yours in a box?
You gotta eat it standing up in the lobby
Not on the curb you eat on one of the parking blocks
@@You2be-Sucks y'all eating out here?
I worked there for a little over a year. Wether you like their pizza or not, the ingredients arent bad. The dough is mixed in an old school mixer from flour, salt, yeast, sugar and water every night and morning (small batch at night to have dough for morning pizzas) it is never frozen. The sauce is also mixed every morning. The toppings are usually quality and fresh.
It may not be the best tasting, but it definitely isnt low quality
I think alot of people come to assumptions based on the price and that it's a pizza chain, but they really do put in the work to make it fresh. The new Little Caesars in my town is great and they have the back opened up enough where you can see the mixer and a wall of bagged flour beside it, which is great. Shows the customers that they don't use frozen already made dough.
I've been working at Little Caesars for the past 2 and a half years and honestly I would say the quality of the pizza comes down to the care whoever makes it, gives it. Knowing this, it makes sense that the quality of the food is affected by the high expectations towards the company for delivering the service as quickly as possible, and having pizzas hot n' ready. If you expect good quality pizza that is hot and ready, don't. What you will likely get is hot n' sweaty. Try to get a fresh pizza and it will make a difference. If you want it to be fresh, fast, and don't want to feel like you are bothering people by asking for fresh food, you should try ordering something like a half pepperoni and half cheese because we don't have those ready, but they are really easy and fast to make. It should only take about 5 minutes for a great improvement in quality.
It's better quality then all the frozen crap at pizza hit or dominoes
WolframWolf They definitely have improved with the taste and the crust!! I’m picky about my pizzas cause I LOVE PIZZA and idk what they didzzzbut compared to what it was 2 years ago they have increased the price but the quality is much much better 👍🏽I’ve actually started going there instead of Pizza Inn the last few months
That's great to know!! I actually LOVE their pizza. Especially the 6 dollar extra most cheese an pepperoni pizza!!
How are you not going to spend atleast 20 seconds explaining how Hot-N-Ready literally resurrected the company?
Zabs McGee seriously that part was completely insane at the time and he just mentioned it as an afterthought
Yup, that's exactly why I went back and go to little cesars
And the pizza portal is brilliant in and out in 30 seconds!
There are 2 Little Caesars in my region. One of them basically NEVER has anything ready and just makes the pizzas as the orders come in. I once frustratingly told them that it kind of beats the purpose of "Hot and Ready!" lol
@@toptenguy1 hmmm... wait ten minutes and get a fresh hot pizza or get a "hot and ready" one that was cooked 20 minutes ago that's barely even warm...
The crazy bread and pizza sauce were delicious growing up as a kid. I don't think any other pizza chain had a tastier breadstick combo.
Facts no printer
I can’t be the only one that genuinely likes the taste of the pizza more than the other three at the beginning. Then the background of it and price just tops it all off.
I'm with you on that. Granted, I grew up eating Little Caesars and rarely eating the others, so that might be part of the reason why, but they got damn good pizza and the price just makes it so much better.
i feel like maybe its just the places in my town, but little caesars is the ony one with a good pizza. i cant even eat the dominoes pizza in my town.
I've had all when growing up. The thing is the the illusion of the more expensive pizza being better, as the case with Papa Johns, stays until you disregard the price and realize the quality of the pizza. And that's where Little Caesars comes in.
Yessss! Little Caesars is so much better than the other big chains.
Excluding like dominos, I love little chasers the most
“Wanna get Little Caesers? It’s hot n ready!”
“Is it good?”
“It’s HOT, and it’s READY”
It be like that
It was good drunk food when we were young and didn't have a lot of money. Rest of the money went towards booze and cigarettes and we only needed 5 dollars for a pizza.
@@colinj5291 why you bringing back my repressed memories
Exactly what I came down here to say. Lol
They should use that in the commercials. 😂
Little Caesars: introduces $5 pizza, business skyrockets
Subway: cancels 5 dollar foot long, business plummets
Take notice companies
That's how mafia works
@@RickJames1983 HAHAHA damn this is good comment.
It could be all the child raping that hurt Subway.
Phillip The Thrillip subway is a over priced McDonald’s sandwich
If you call it “5 dollar footlong” paying $12 a damn meal
The only pizza you can still taste when you burp 2 days after eating some
This is the most accurate statement I have ever seen!
Oddly accurate
I am thinking about a new type of restaurants: eating-spots
in eating-spots, food keeps changing, chefs also rotate
this is opposed to current restaurants,
thanks to this rotation of food and chefs, eating-spots are more powerful than restaurants,
along with that, there is an app,
people vote for the food that will be cooked in the next days
menu is influenced by the live input of the people via an app.
It's what they call "a long finish".
@@Zo-hc2fn that’s actually a pretty good idea.
Y’all can admit.. the crazy bread is mad good tho
Crazy bread with the sauce and holy fuck it's a gift from god
crazy bread yum
Serpentine Fire that’s just facts
Nah a few years ago they were really good but now not anymore
Lanky Gangster what happened ? Did quality go down.. I noticed this too they are whack and plain
My dad calls it "Pizza! Pizza!" when the name is Little Caesars... imagine how the advertisement helps the franchisse.
my friends in Canada do too (which I thought was funny), but, later I found out that it's called Pizza! Pizza! up there
I am a 90s kid and thats how
I remember it. That commercial all the time lol
I can't hear the name without hearing that slogan. Whoever came up with that struck gold.
@@kathyhazelnut yea
I can just imagine walking down stairs and hearing this "hey son want some pizza pizza"
From 1978-1980, I attended a hoity toity private school with Mike Ilitch's kids. At that time, the Little Caesar's-sponsored hockey team had won some sort of championship, and Mike Ilitch offered to pay for the entire team to attend the same school as his own kids. These were mostly inner-city kids would could never pay the $8,000 for tuition and boarding. Overnight, the school's hockey team was greatly improved!
I always thought "pizza pizza" was their slogan, never knew it was a deal.
same lol
Pizza pizza is a pizza chain in Canada
little caesers: Its hot and it’s ready
me: but is it good?
little caesers: its HOT and it’s READY
Its cheap af too
HEY... that's my pick up line
And it's IN YOUR AREA
I've heard this joke before. It's good, because even though it's riffing on Little Caesars, it highlights what makes them successful. They just focus on what they're good at, and what other companies don't focus as much on, and they found a nice little niche for themselves. It doesn't need to be the best pizza because its the quickest and the cheapest, and surprisingly not many other pizza places focus on just those two things.
It IMO is not Pizza, it is Chewy Dough Sticks with Cheese Food and Ketchup
Bruh the little Caesar dude looks like one of those guys in pink panther.
Lmfao
He does tho
artist was same
I am so glad i was not the only one who thought that 😂
Exactly, that is what makes it special and unique.
Hot n ready was the ABSOLUTE main reason why I went to little Caesar’s. My family never planned pizza. It was always on a whim. We would be driving and see little Caesar’s and knowing the pizza was ready to go we would just get one. If we would have had to wait maybe half the time we would have just gone to Burger King
This is the part of the video where I think he glossed over and I agree was part of the turn around. When I was craving pizza, and didn't care if it was frozen or otherwise, you could walk into a location and walk out with it. I think this is really what put them back on the map. And you're spot on, when a large and in charge mom had a family to feed and didn't feel like cooking and didn't want to hear her kids and husband complain, pizza is the one thing virtually everyone can live with.
Imagine after economically suffering for years, 2 words increases your sales by $1,420,000,000
"Pizza Pizza" was catchy and quite effective. Every time I would see one of their stores that phrase would automatically come to mind, even during the years when they discontinued using it.
heheh 420 million nice
Was it corna virus?
@@drunkencowboi7934 No, you like-fishing shitstick.
doubling profit lol
Thanks to Little Caesars all the pizza joints had to lowered their prices....!
True lol
oh my goodness, you're Right!
The $5 hot and ready is a game changer when you have 2 dozen kids to feed at some activity. It saves a lot of money and makes it a go-to spot when on a budget... and the kids are oblivious to price point and quality level.
Todd Young pretty true until they hit their teens but even then most will get that childhood memory when eating and still like it
It's good when you just want something to grab on the way home for dinner. Kids are thrilled it's pizza, parents are thrilled you can get two larges for $10 plus tax, everyone's happy.
And honestly, the quality isn't bad at all as long as you eat it fresh. I like LC's more than Pizza Hut.
I feel so sorry for the employees of my local Little Caesar's. They do FAR more business than the on-duty staff of 3-4 people should EVER be expected to handle. Every time I've gone there on a weekend evening to grab a couple pizzas, it has been complete chaos. 45+ minute waits just to get 2 regular pepperoni pizzas. 15+ angry, impatient customers crammed into the tiny lobby, all waiting for their pizzas at the same time. The phone just ringing and ringing off the hook. And the poor staff absolutely working their butts off, trying their best to keep up, but still just falling farther behind by the minute as more and more people jam into the lobby to place orders. Because of this chaos, my pizzas are almost always undercooked as they're rushed out of the oven and into boxes as fast as possible to try and keep up.
It looks like complete hell for the few staff members, and I'm genuinely pissed off at LC's ownership/management for allowing this to happen on a weekly basis. I can imagine that their employee retention is probably pretty low, when THAT is the work environment that employees are subjected to once they start work at that store. GET THEM SOME HELP ALREADY!
Welcome to the age of nobody wanting to work
I can tell you the exact reason for that, at least for the store I work at. Regional managers are constantly harping on store managers to cut hours so they can keep labor percentages low, meaning that on a Friday night (the busiest night of the week), there are usually only 4 people working at one time. Fridays usually net around $2,500. On New Years Eve we made almost $3,000 with 5 people working. Some nights it gets so bad that we have to take the phone off the hook and turn off Doordash orders just to be able to keep up. It's absolutely ridiculous.
Holy shit you described my job at little ceasers perfectly especially the phone do you come to my store?
@@anitabonghit7606 haha, maybe so! Props to you for putting up with that, your effort may not be appreciated by many, but it is by me! I like your name, I bet it's quite the fitting name for when you get off work each night lol 😂
@@SnarlyCharly hell yeah dude shit is lowkey really stressful but I try my hardest not to undercook or burn nothing im the one pulling the pizzas out the oven
I love how nobody really has a problem with Little Caesar’s. At most, people will just say they don’t really prefer it, but on the other hand people have no problem absolutely tearing into Dominoes and Pizza Hut for mediocre pizza. People’s reaction to Little Caesar’s is almost always either “I love it!” or “meh.” Which says a lot about how appealing the brand is
Seriously, when you’re charging $5-$10 more for a marginal increase in quality, people are definitely going to feel like they’re being duped! Little Caesar’s is good in my opinion and definitely great for the money!
Pizza hut is shit. at least in my town little ceasars is better quality than pizza hut.
Idk, I think Little Caesars is pretty bad. It's almost microwave tier pizza.
Clinton Leonard Depends on your area, really. Some Franchisees don’t care about the quality and I’ll say if you do get a bad item from Little Caesar’s it is really bad.
$5 ain't bad for slightly above microwave quality pizza especially if you don't want to spend the time cooking the pizza yourself.
It’s a good pizza for a good price when I don’t feel like cooking.
I hear that
Jazzy Bella Amen 🙏
Little Caesars was a major part of my childhood. Growing up in the Great Recession and only having one parent meant that money was obviously very tight, and little caesars was the best way for my dad to feed his two boys for cheap.
💪🏻🇺🇸💪🏻🇺🇸💪🏻🇺🇸💪🏻🇺🇸
you too huh? as you can imagine the great recession was not a good time economically for parents to divorce so im glad us three siblings still got to enjoy family pizza movie night, we dont really do it anymore because everyone always argues with each other but it's good memories
Your dad's a f****** Champ
same here brother
The great recession 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I really think Hot n Ready was a huge game changer for Little Caesars, no other pizza chain offers that option and sometimes it's just nice to stop by, grab an already made pizza and be on your way. Little Caesars signing up for some of the delivery services is also huge for them now, once in a while I'll drive for Door Dash and in one of the communities I go to Little Caesars is the restaurant I get most of my orders from.
Your analysis is spot on with my experience. I worked at Little Caesars from 2000 to 2006. In the early days of my employment there, sales were lackluster and customers were confused about the current advertising, about “pizza pizza” no longer being a thing. Then once Hot N Ready started, everything changed. Sales went through the roof and everyday felt like a busy Friday night.
Smart move that saved the company. They can still sell slices for $1 in NY (I think just recently went to $1.50) and pay NY rents, competition pushes prices so low. So NY dollar pizzerias just move slice after slice after slice. And other places can't really claim to be MUCH better in quality (plus they made the pizza at noon and it's been sitting there for hours, vs. dollar pizza being hot and ready!) Not sure if MBAs were looking at the NY pizza market, but it's kinda fascinating (NY is expensive but dollar pizza lunch is $2, maybe $1, and the dollar pizzeria is thriving--none have gone out of business.)
Little Caesar’s is the McDonalds of pizza. They embrace their simplicity and use it to their advantage by making their food delicious in a cheap way and being honest about it instead of pretending to be something they’re not. And you know what? I’m ok with that.
NO NO NO, THOSE ARE 2 DIFFERENT ANIMALS & LITTLE CAESAR'S CANNOT BE COMPARED TO A RESTAURANT AS CRAPPY MC DONALD'S! LITTLE CAESAR'S HAS GREAT PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA!
alan smlth McDonald’s isn’t too bad just depends which one you go to
Pizza pizza 😎
Also little Caesar’s is far better Han anything you can get from McDonalds (in my opinion)
@@philipnedeltchev8679 IT'S NOT THE SAME!
"You can't dine inside of a Little Caesars."
Challenge accepted!
It's actually a health code violation to allow customers to eat inside the lobby without being a permitted dining establishment. So, you can try, but you can rightfully be asked to leave if you do.
@@turntsnaco824 What if you buy a single pizza slice, eat it inside in 30 seconds flat?
WooferJr I worked there and we don’t sell by the slice. We had a bunch of teenagers try to eat in the lobby and we had to ask them to leave
I love how seriously this has been taken. 😅
That said...Pretty sure I could inhale a slice before security arrived.
A couple locations near me allow you to dine there. Hell I had a birthday party there once.
The little Caesars inside Kmart were the best, they were not rushed to feed a drive thru line and took their time making the pizzas and they always looked liked the commercial ones. And the taste was so good
So true
As a Michigan native, I can tell you something that a lot of people don't know about Mike and Marian Ilitch: their family is still involved with Little Caesars and have given back a lot to Metro Detroit. They helped pay Rosa Parks' rent for many years, and LCs offers "Little Caesars Pizza Kits" to sell at fundraisers. Mike and Marian's daughter Denise is even a regent for the University of Michigan. So regardless of how you feel about the Red Wings, the Tigers, or Little Caesars, you can't help but appreciate the Ilitches' philanthropy and community service over the years.
The Ilitch family is a class act, that's for sure. Mike also started the movement to save historic buildings in the D with the Fox theater back in the 80s. I have massive respect for the family, and anytime I'm looking for a cheap, decent pizza, Little Caesar's is my only choice!
@@loaf911 Fellow Michiganders
Right? Just another reason to support them over the other chains imo.
Northern Michigan native who moved to Buffalo NY for the milder winters. (- People laugh at that until I start showing them pictures of snow drifts so big that wild turkeys are eating from the six foot tall bird feeder outside my folks front window. -) Buffalo has amazing local pizza. But I still give LC my money every once in awhile knowing the company history. And DAMN that pretzel crust pizza from a few years back ...
That's absolutely why LC's is my favorite pizza chain - I don't really hear about the amazing ethics of other companies, but I could be wrong.
I hope whoever came up with the "Pizza! Pizza!" phrase got a bonus cuz it is catchy as hell. I almost never eat Little Caesars, but that phrase pops into my head all the time. Even better for them, unlike a lot of other ads, I've never found it irritating.
In the 80’s, my mom and I would clean the house on Thursdays, Order Little Caesar’s, and watch the NBC Thursday night line up. I LOVED Thursday nights!
Yup, Friday nights were always grab a pizza pizza and rent some new vhs movies. Those were the days.
in the 90's as a kid I loved little ceaser and blockbuster fridays! I feel like my childhood was way better than kids nowadays!
man we all have those happy memories my mom worked friday night so we would go out to eat chinesse or that pizza all you can eat then go to the dollar store and stuff got shopping then drop me off at my grandmaws and she would pick me up taco bell i really remmber getting taco bell at watching that star wars animated thing on cartoon network about 2002 i think maybe later
Michael Johnson
Friday was us hiding knowing our dad would come home drunk and beat our mom and one of us. We never had a VCR because he always broke them. Life never got better until my mom killed him.
sounds comfy
I worked at one in a college town in the 90s. We were one of the few locations that delivered. We delivered pizza with no cell phones and no GPS, just a huge map on the wall lol.
You got two pizzas but it was virtually by taking the ingredients for one pizza and dividing it between two pies.
I miss the cream cheese spread that came with the crazy bread back then.
After I left, I found out that one day the employees showed up for work and there was a padlock on the door. They could see inside that the ovens were gone. They never got their paychecks. I eventually went to work delivering for Papa John's. They paid minimum wage plus tips. I made a killing as a college student. I always had cash. I think it's outsourced today.
Can't speak for all locations, but delivery at my local PJs isn't entirely outsourced. They have drivers, but not as many as they need, so they use Doordash to fill the gaps. We all prefer a driver take it, but that doesn't always work out anymore.
That's crazy about that Little Cesar's, though. What a scam fr 😬
DoorDash has almost entirely taken over PJ's delivery.
For 5 years of my life, I really thought this place was called “Pizza, Pizza”, really disappointed me when I found out the real name.. lmao
There is a Canadian pizza place called Pizza Pizza, it's pretty popular aswell
@@sadiqsb5054 When I read this comment I thought of Pizza Pizza in Canada (thought it existed in America). Maybe he the OP confused the two resteraunts?
how you still alive homie?
colin3ds fr
same
Everyone hyped about the $5 Hot-N-Ready for good reason, but it’s the $8 Stuffed Crust that gets me!
Serpentine Fire Amen to that
@@christianfortner ye
To me is the thin crust! MMmm..
True!!!!!
@@monicar.l.6309 oomg yessss, I need to get some todayy. 😫
I heard their founder use to pay Rosa Park’s rent for years and didn’t really talk about it.
That’s pretty cool
Jason Pollywog ye, they did, while she was in jail, and a little while after, I believe
@@iamacatperson7226 not true... He took over rent in 94 after she was robbed at home and continued on until her death in the 2000s
Dude was just a good guy
They were really hard core Christians, I recall them showing up at our college for recruiting and the first thing out of the reps mouth when your interview started was, a firm and handshake and the rep saying, "I'm a god fearing Christian, how are you?" I only remember that because it just struck me as the strangest thing ever.
@Sad Cheese lol i doubt that.
I never act like I'm too good for Little C's. They were there when Pizza Hut didn't even look at my broke ass. Whenever I feel like grabbing a quick pizza, they're my number one choice. Good for their price? More like damn good for their price.
It's way better than people say... yeah it's a $5 pizza, but that shit is good
Fern At half the price of other pizza chains, they are much better than half as good. So I would say that is good pizza for the money.
And their garlic dip is like heaven on Earth. Little Ceaser’s is the bomb
@@tofuyuhiko5632 Ohhh that reminds me! Their "Cheezy Jalapeño" dip is incredible! I will sometimes go by just to buy 4 of those dips and then use them on other restaurant's pizza. It reminds me of skating rink nacho cheese (you know what I am talking about!) but with more cheddar flavor. If you haven't tried it, pick one up and give it a shot.
Oh man, I’ve never tried it but now I have to!
I don't care what you say:
Little Caesars has a damn good pepperoni
Period
@@ticcytoccy6961 Glad someone agrees
it does.
I don't get why tf people hate their pizza? I like it, especially their bread sticks and their crust!
Try an Italian Cheese Bread with pepperoni.
You will not be disappointed.
You neglected to mention Mike secretly paying Rosa Parks' rent for life, that story contributed to me going to Little Caesars
Doesnt sound like much of a secret...
@@gabrielmckee1093 It wasn't revealed until after Rosa Parks died, so yeah, it was a secret. Mike was a good dude.
Damn son....going to grab one tomorrow now
Ian V Damn I love little caesars even more now
I was like, yeah that is cool. I remember the story went that she couldn't afford to stay there anymore and he found out and told her she never had to worry about affording to stay there ever again. He didn't want it let out. Somehow the story got out after Rosa Parks passed.
While slightly off topic, one of the more awesome things the owner of Little Caesers did was pay Rosa Park's rent for life without drawing any attention to the fact he was doing it. Rosa Parks, for those weak on their history, was the lady who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger and touched off the Birmingham Bus Boycott, a seminal moment of the Civil Rights movement of the late 50's and 60's.
Michael Morris I like those who use their wealth to help the general public
At the Ford Museum in Dearborn, they have a very good civil rights display that includes the same bus she was on.
Respect to Claudette Colvin, though!
@Coburn Karma Your response to a celebration of a man's good act is to throw shit? You're pathetic.
This is known but really "NOT" well know because the democrat owned news media did not want anyone to know a White business owner could be a "GOOD GUY"
That $5.00 hot and ready is the best deal in fast food, IMO. With PEPPERONI lol
It is a foul-tasting laxative in pizza form.
Dirt Muhgert nope not really it’s pretty good
playboymaxim it’s nasty AF
Tn Girl54 it’s really not
@@donkeykong4983 it's awful. It's a mixture of the lowest quality ingredients available. If they could, they'd get all their stuff from china. It should be declared unfit for human consumption.😄
Me: Y'all's pizza ain't that good.
Little Caesars: Yeah, but we $5
Me: ....point taken
Marcus Sabom
Little Caesar's: the bad news is that our pizza has a shelf life of a couple of hours and doesn't reheat worth a damn. It's not even that good hot and fresh.
The good news is it's cheap and quick.
We win!
@@mattsmith9024 wym reheated little cesears is better than it is fresh
@@mattsmith9024 its better than digiorno....that shit cuts my mother fucking mouth up and leaves the roof of my mouth with 3rd degree burns gums hanging off...little caesars is better than any of those throw in the oven frozen pizzas these days...especially when its just about the same price
@@billzco6137 Do you even let the pizza cool down for a couple mins after taking it out of the oven?
7-eleven pizza is better for the price.
The Hot 'n' Ready was a stroke of brilliance that really saved them. Having pizza ready-to-go made their low-quality pizzas appealing. Only because you didn't have to wait for it to be made. It was just sitting in a heat rack - ready to be served.
When I was using leftover subsidary loan funds to feed myself, there were 3 things you learned. 1: The hills on the way to campus are steeper on bike. 2: 6 bucks can feed you pizza and breadsticks for 2 nights. 3: Cookout is the true treasure of the South.
Cookout tray is where its at. $5 for a double hamburger, two chicken wraps, and a milkshake to wash it down.
Cookout is amazing
facts, people sleep on cookout
cookout is absolutely a godsend
I am thinking about a new type of restaurants : eating-spots,
in eating-spots, food keeps changing, chefs also rotate,
this is opposed to current restaurants,
thanks to this rotation of food and chefs, eating-spots are more powerful than restaurants,
along with that, there is an app,
people vote for the food that will be cooked in the next days,
menu is influenced by the live input of the people via an app
A large pizza for $5 dollars? And it's hot and ready?! You simply cannot beat that.
All the pizza places in my area are pricey, granted they're local but Little Caesars has always been there. Shoot, I remember going to one not too long ago and getting TWO large pepperonis for not even $10, that's an absolute CRAZY price for the amazing pizza you get.
I prefer some of the mom and pop independently owned pizza places local to me in terms of quality, but in terms of value for the money Little Ceasars can't be beat.
I think its quite okay. Sometimes you just feel like having Little Caesars, even though it's definitely not the best.
dull icecream definitely feel that
dull icecream right I’ve definitely been like man I want some ceasers idk if it’s nostalgia but it’s not that bad if def eat a dif pizza if it was a daily thing but it’s really good time to time
Foet Lucky I get mine cold sometimes. When you heat it up it tastes nice
ChaosKirby idk but I want some
Seriously. I crave it sometimes and it's ridiculously cheap.
Little Caesars has a special place in my heart.
Its the only pizza to ever give me heartburn. The sauce is LETHAL.
It's really just depends on who makes the sauce they all don't do it the correct way and can cause that
Will Lewis yeah sometimes if they add too much acidity like salt or too many tomatoes
@@anastasia-x3q yeah it just depends I always try to make it even so that doesn't happen
😂😂
The pun to end all puns, right here.
Bro…the pizza station at K-Mart was just plain nostalgia I miss those days…
Facts, I remember going to k mart as a kid and seeing Little Caesar’s pizza station. Good times going there and getting a toy lol also reminded me of McDonald’s inside Walmarts
Yes! I'd beg my dad for pizza when we'd go to the Kmart and he'd be like, uhhh okay sure, but it's gonna give you gut rot.
Man the little caesar in k-mart used to be so good lol.
I tend to compare any purchase I make the Little Caesars' pizzas.... like if something is $30, I think "I could get 6 pizzas for that!"
😂 😂 😂
Lol
Buddy of mine in college literally thinks the same thing too! He compares everything to LC pizzas..."Okay, so this pair of jeans costs 4 pizzas..." LMAO!!
Porcelain ME TOO LMAO
it's an effective comparison especially when you're hard on cash, and if you know how long the pizza will last you, essentially putting it in the range of "do i need food more than i need this item" or "these shoes will cost me lunch for a month"
Wasn't the founder the dude that paid Rosa Parks rent for the least years of her life?
That's what I heard, a few times!
He was a really nice person. Helped a ton of people.
I didn’t know that.
Awwww that’s so nice
my grandpa knew the owner and was close friends with him and he told me he was a very nice person so i would guess so
I used to work at little C and all the ingredients and dough where fresh af dough made was used for no more than a few days and if the pizzas weren’t sold after 30-45 min they were thrown out. Nothing but quality in my experience at least at the store I worked
I don't know how long ago that was, but my store is still like that; pizzas don't sit in the box for more than 30 minutes and the dough is made daily, it's one of the ways they save money to make the dough is way cheaper than ordering it. That's why a thin crust is more expensive, they order those premade.
Sounds like you had a pretty good one, the one near me tastes like they don't sell them until they are 30-45min old. I still bought it tho because it was so cheap when it was within walking distance...
The workers were allowed to take them too if they weren't all sold.
At least, that's what one of my uncles told me who worked at one
>throwing out perfectly good pizza
What is wrong with you
To the people who wonder about throwing out good pizza, we take all the standard pepperoni and cheese pizzas and put them in the walk in to donate to a soup kitchen twice a week. All of the other items, employees are allowed to eat once they leave the box. This way, the employees actually take the pizza out instead of letting it go until it sells to avoid more work because anything we take out is ours. Kinda smart imo
My sister needed food for her Halloween party. We walked into a Little Caesars and walked out with 5 pizzas. The only wait was our time in line. Drunk people dressed as pirates aren't picky when it comes to food.
I know the guy who started the “ hot and ready “ phrase and promotion
It was a little Ceasar’s in Waukegan IL , managed by a Hispanic man named isai A gonzaga
He was given management of that store as a “ run it till it dies “ type of deal and he single handedly drove the sales of that store up so much it was the most profitable little Ceasar’s in the US , later all little Ceasar’s followed in the” $5 hot and ready “ promotion that they’re known for now
Just a small fun fact for the man who saved a then dying franchise
Shit which one? I live in Waukegan
Is Waukegan pronounced like walk-again? Genuine question, I've never seen that town name before now.
@@v4n1ty92 it sounds like walk neegan without the n
@@v4n1ty92 wal-kee-gen
@@dixienormis9256 I see, that makes a lot more sense lol
As a kid, we often got Little Caesars, and it was always from a K-Mart.
When the neighborhood K-Mart shut down, I didn't have LC for years.
Now there's one around the corner and we indulge ... often enough.
Our local Kmart just closed down a month ago. It had really shit quality products throughout the store, and they were more of a store you got to go find hobby items
Eat vegetables.
@@CarrotConsumer ok
@@CarrotConsumer Fuck No
Who remembers when they had Little Caesars inside Kmart
Still do in Guam and it’s always packed
They are putting a Little Caesars in the newly built super Walmart near me! (California)
That was my first job, yo. L'il Ceezee in Marshalltown, IA.
@J D A Kmart in my town is also closing up too.
I do! And yeah, I think Kmart is folding.
The problem with all these restaurants food chains is they change the ingredients, once u do that the food loses it's identity.
This is very interesting stuff. I grew up eating Little Caesars, it's all my family could afford, besides CiCi's. So I always thought it was good food, in my opinion anyway. I recently started working at a LC joint and they seem to treat their workers extremely well. Just thought I'd share my experience :) To the very few people, if anyone, who read this, thank you, and have a great day!
if u complain about a good lc pizza you are certified spoiled
I went through the same thing growing up, it was always little Caesar’s, also bruh idk what store you’re at but little Caesar’s does not treat their worker’s good💀some owners are cheap and refuse to buy stuff like crushed peppers(that’s why you don’t see them in some stores)which causes arguments between customers and employees and makes it harder for us, we’re not allowed to get free pizza which makes no sense because we work for them and make them money and half the shit that gets thrown in the oven gets dumped in the trash anyways so no one loses but they don’t see it that way ofc, some take forever to fix stuff that really needs to be fixed like the AC or the vent above the oven that allows the hot air to escape, but I’m glad you found a store you like hopefully you’re not still working there and you found a better job or if you enjoyed working there I hope you got promoted or something
I know this is 8 months later but I hope you had a good today too!
@@Azrael69605 oh god i feel that. our store is exactly the same, took them 2 months to fix the AC... during a texas summer... with a 475 degree oven running the whole day. not to mention how often we have to get the ceiling tiles replaced because they don't want to actually fix the roof. or the fact the wage starts out a dollar above minimum, they work you in 6-7 hour shifts so they're not legally obligated to give you breaks and the only ones who get offered benefits are store or co managers... just... the people i work with make it bearable but little ceasars doesn't treat their stores or employees decently at all over here.
@@chronicexistentialcrisis4290 Finally someone who understands, half the people I know that work at a little Caesar’s are people who either don’t care about the job or just don’t work enough to see what goes on so they think the job is awesome. Fr bruh they lag on fixing stuff in the store, I get that it’s a business and there’s other things that the owner has to worry about but it’s their job. They wanted to buy it, they gotta take care of it. That’s like me going clocking into work but not going anything you feel me? I live in Cali, the pays not bad and I usually didn’t mind long shifts but sometimes I’d be tired and wanting to go home and I’d be nice and stay past my scheduled time to help out but if I wanted to leave they’d give me shit about it even tho I’m the only person who volunteered to stay while all the other employees left. The employees at my old store were alright, I only got a long with a few because the store was very toxic and were always trying to start something. I moved recently tho for college so now I’m working at another location but same job at little Caesar’s. It’s only for a bit so I figured why not, I’ve got experience. It’s easier here, not much rushes or anything and everyone’s cool. But yeah little Caesar’s is shit when it comes to their employees, they’re shit when it comes to everything actually💀the pizza is only good cuz it’s cheap. Like when you work there you see everything that goes on and it hits different.
I work as a manager right now at Little Caesars, while in college. I’ll tell you in my personal store the management is a wreck. Specifically the higher management. But man, our place gets slammed every evening. Nothing is stopping business.
I know what you mean man
I used to be a crew member. Almost became an assistant manager but declined because of upper management
What were/are the issues?
I used to work in the busiest store in our area and we would get absolutely raped almost everyday. Although, It was fun while I worked there.
Wow, I want to get raped at work too, where do I sign up?
the white house@@louiepatouie4168
Little Caesars is the absolute standard. If your pizza is worse than theirs, then something has gone horribly wrong.
Little Caesars actually it's a much higher quality product then people may think. The dough is mixed in the store daily. What you should think instead is that if Little Caesars can sell a pizza for $5 you're being ripped off everywhere else. I ran them for 11 years. I also ran Pizza Hut. Pizza Hut rips you off.
Frank Patek plus little Cesar’s is fucking delicious
Pizza Hut taste worst and more expensive
Pizza hut is disgusting as fuck
LC is kinda mediocre as-is but when you get it super fresh and for the price it's pretty good.
Can't get worse in flavor than Papa John's "pizza" though.
Found your channel a few days ago and now I can't stop watching! A trip down memory lane to say the least. All I remember as 90s kid is that their commercials were catchy. My dad would buy Little Caesars for me if I only wanted a Pepperoni Pizza as it was cheaper there compared to Pizza Hut. And also being able to eat at home was a plus compared to Pizza Hut when I think it was Dine in at the time. Then in my teenage years I just forgot about it. Just like your video said, the advertising just disappeared which was strange to me. Locations started closing and also the rise of Papa Johns definitely played a factor in it.
Fast forward to 2022, I will still visit this place once or twice a year if I'm craving Pizza on a Friday/Saturday evening. Their deep deep dish is actually really good for $8. That's all I have to say. :) Thanks for reading!
Their $5 pizza's were the best timing ever, I graduated High School the same year they started it. I ate many-a stoned pizza's my first half of college lol...better than eating Top Ramen every day!
Facts man pizza and crazy bread got me through college. Still love it
Oh my god as someone who works at Little Caesars you have no idea how much of our sales depend on the stoners, bless you
Good idea guys, I start college and that sounds like a great idea. I've been eating nothing but taco bell and bubble tea when I'm doing college work, so little Caesars sounds like a good alternative.
@@P.H691 Good choice Paul👍 Pizza and Ramen lol
Chill ramen goes crazy
I work at Little Caesars so this is really interesting. One of my favorite things we do is the free Veteran's Day lunch combo for active or retired military. We gave so many combos away that day!
Its my first stop.. Us Vets appreciate how fast you can keep the line moving. We spend the rest of the night in line somewhere else. At least now a lot of places give out tickets/coupons to help the crowds
Why does every sentence sound like he's asking a question??
You're British aren't you?
It's the upward inflection at the end of his sentences.
Its called rising intonation. contact a linguist near you to find out more! (Or go to google)
@@VechsDavion Ayy boi, i used to watch ur stuff a long time ago. Did you ever complete your space engineers series?
he needs a little investment in charisma the next time he levels up, the anxiety's getting to him
It's funny that the original Little Caesars restaurant was started by a Minor League Baseball player and it's most recent ad. Actually has Little Caesars running with a Detroit Lions linebacker.
Little Caesars is straight-up TRASH compared to the king of deep dish, Chicago-style pizza. The thick, crispy crust, the melted cheese, and the flavorful toppings - it's no contest. Little Caesars is like a cardboard box compared to the juicy, cheesy masterpiece that is Chicago-style pizza. And don't even get me started on tavern-style - that crispy, thin-crust goodness is in a league of its own. So, forget about Little Caesars and embrace the Chicago deep dish magic.
Watched a 12 minute video about pizza
Got heartburn, fml
Same
Johnny McCollum 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@beatrizhernandez5202 its the damn truth. 😂
Lmao
Given the current COVID-19 outbreak, this take out model is what will ensure their survival.
I started back because my job is still on hiatus and my old LC supervisor said he needed help fixing a store. I'm tired of just sitting around and burning my savings so I came back, and yeah, this whole outbreak is definitely helping business.
@@uPick-iLick all the companies are succumbing to quarantine. But LC is not putting resources into indoor dining, which might help it survive
I am so glad I'm not working at a pizza place anymore. It's crap money and you know it's been super busy these past months. I legit feel bad for them. Unemployment is like triple what they would be making.
@@uPick-iLick
Both of the ones I go to have giant signs that their hiring people.
@@limbonlegs1662 The big pizza franchises in general were well positioned for this whole situation since most of them have had their own online ordering systems for years now. They didnt have to suddenly pivot to Doordash/grubhub and jack up prices to make up for the DD/GH take. I think I could get two hot and ready's delivered for like 13-4 bucks with Tip the first few weeks of the quarantine here in MI, but ANY order from DD was like $30 minimum.
Little Ceasers is the GOAT pizza. Cheap pizza is cheap pizza, if you aren't going to a nice restaurant, Little Ceasers is a much better bang for your buck than any competitors.
Hello! Pizza.... Pizza.😊
And by that, it's the top pizza to feed to goats.
You can make your own, with the ingredients costing a minimum of 8 bucks. And that's good for two of 'em.
Mia pizza crusts (12-inch) are US$3.94 for one pack of two (and it's got two sauce sachets, so you don't need to pick that up).
Cheddar and Mozzarella cheese from Kraft is US$4.72 for one pound.
The total is US$8.66, which is far cheaper than buying one for 5 bucks.
Another thing is you can get cheaper for pizza if you want to make one on bread instead.
Pizza hut pick up for a large is only 7 bucks and its way better than Little Caesar's.
@@Code7Unltd I rather spend 5 than 9 kid.
While usually "Hot & Ready," they never seem to be FRESH in the off-chance that I decide to pick one up. This is why I always add a topping or make a special request. Still not bad for the price, and their deep dish is easily better than PH's pan.
I mean that’s kinda the point. It’s hot and ready for the low price. So obviously you’re gonna eat an hour old pizza.
"is it fresh?-"
"doesn't matter. It's hot and ready."
It’s never fresh because we leave the same pizza in until someone buys it. The pizza sits at 150 degrees until it gets picked up after who knows how long. Basically it just makes the pizza go bad faster. Ur best bet is to get hot n ready on a busy night because everything’s constantly being replaced.
I'm in college. Whenever I am having a DND night or hanging out with friends, I always get pizza from here. Only $5 and a damn good use of $5. Not getting it because it's my favorite, but it tastes good enough (after all, it's pizza) and it's cheap. Perfect for a college student.
Agreed.
Little Caesars-The only pizza place that helps college students eat things other than ramen
@@iamacatperson7226 College students using student debt and not working part times, thats for sure. 😂😂
RayMinishi fair lol
Hell yeah
LC: "we got Hot n Ready pizzas"
Me: is it Good?
LC: "it's HOT and it's READY"
Lol😂
Lol
It’s good.
So is horse shit!
David Ricci stolen
How about a dark side of .... series? Talking about companies that have a dark past (or present)
Yeah like Siemens
Or a vid about why Huawei are banned in the US Government when they are larger than Apple!
Yeah or nestle
Bnp parabas. I think thats the sketchy foreign bank with american branches.
Yes, that would be amazing
I'd pick Little Caesars over Pizza Hut, and Papa Johns any day.
I also really want to emphasize that, during that 2012-2017 BOOM, they were open to changing A LOT which hadn’t been done before. A family friend of mine served as a CFO for Little Caesar’s under CEO David Scrivano (I don’t know if he is still the CEO, and my family friend has since moved positions) but he would tell me that many of those board meetings were WILD. They introduced new/improved menu items - Stuffed cheese bread, stuffed pizza, DEEP DEEP Dish, stuffed DEEP DEEP Dish, more toppings for the pizzas, the EXTRA MOST Bestest (more cheese and pepperoni) pizza, wings, double orders of crazy bread, some dessert pizza items, you name it! They wanted to shake things up, and suddenly a lot of people were thinking, “yeah, I could do $5 for pizza, but what about $8 for BETTER pizza, and breadsticks?”
I also think their new system with the no-hassle, automatic oven door “mailboxes” for online orders are just streamlining their processes even more, making better business.
Our local branch had- I believe they were called smokehouse pizzas, or something like that? Barbecue pizzas, with brisket and bacon. Ye gods, those things were addictive. And all too brief.
those automatic “mailboxes” are sometimes why i order from there
Cheap pizza's got me through my 20's without starving to death.