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Capriotti's is a Las Vegas-based fast casual restaurant chain located in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Franchise Chatter Exclusive: Q&A Interview with Ashley Morris, CEO of Capriotti’s )〕 The restaurant chain was founded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1976.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Capriotti's Sandwich Shop Inc. )〕 Capriotti's has 106 company-owned and franchise locations in 16 states, including the District of Columbia.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop Celebrates 100th Restaurant12-23-2013 )〕 ==History== Capriotti's was founded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1976.〔〔 The restaurant is named after the founders' grandfather, Philip Capriotti.〔 In 1988, the second restaurant location opened in New Castle, Delaware. In 1991, Capriotti's began franchising their restaurants. In 1993, the first restaurant location in Las Vegas, Nevada was opened on Sahara Avenue, near Las Vegas Boulevard. In 2004, Ashley Morris and Jason Smylie opened a franchise in Las Vegas. At the time, Morris was the youngest financial adviser at Wells Fargo.〔 Smylie was a software engineer at Bechtel Nevada. Morris and Smylie were also investors in the housing market and made the decision to invest in a franchise after learning that the return on investment was higher than anything they were looking at investing in.〔 In 2007, Morris and Smylie put the company in escrow. In the following year Morris, Smylie and a group of investors consisting of 95% Las Vegans bought Capriotti's. Capriotti's had 44 restaurant locations by the end of 2008.〔 Morris is the CEO of the company.〔〔 In 2008 and 2009 the chain was the official sandwich sponsor of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Popular First State sandwich shop moving into Bethany )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Capriotti's named World Series of Poker sandwich sponsor )〕 Capriotti's was ranked in ''Entrepreneur'' magazine's top 500 franchise list in 2010 and remained ranked through 2014.〔 Capriotti's starred on Food Network's ''Unwrapped'' in December 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Capriotti's Unwrapped on Food Network )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MARKETPLACE: Capriotti's Sandwich Shop )〕 In November 2013, Capriotti's expanded its presence on the East Coast by opening its first location in Washington DC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vice President Joe Biden Visits Capriotti’s )〕 Joe Biden was the first customer served at the store's grand opening.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Capriotti's Opens With Free Sandwiches, A Visit From Joe Biden )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Biden Borrows Money to Pay For Lunch at New D.C. Sandwich Shop )〕 That year, Capriotti's brought in over $58 million in revenue and experienced a 48% growth over the previous three years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=http://www.businessinsider.in/Heres-Why-One-CEO-Always-Wants-To-Be-The-Dumbest-Guy-In-The-Room/articleshow/42740575.cms )〕 In 2014, the company was named one of the "Top 10 Best Food Franchises for Your Buck" and one of "America's Best Franchises" by ''Forbes'' magazine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Best and Worst Franchises In America )〕 The Sandelman & Associates Quick Track Study on the Top 10 Quick Service Restaurant Concepts ranked Capriotti's among the top ten in overall satisfaction and won the award for highest quality and taste in the 2014 study. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Capriotti's」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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