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Marco's Pizza, operated by Marco's Franchising, LLC, is a restaurant chain and interstate franchise based in Toledo, Ohio that specializes in Italian-American cuisine. The first store is in Oregon, Ohio at Starr Avenue and Wheeling Street. It was founded by Italian immigrant Pasquale "Pat" Giammarco in 1978. Today, more than 500 franchised Marco’s Pizza locations are operated in 35 states and the Bahamas with agreements to open stores in Puerto Rico and India in 2015. Most recently, it was announced that Marco’s Pizza had doubled its size and was expected to open its 1,000th store by the end of 2015. Marco’s Pizza credits its fresh dough, three-cheese blend and secret pizza sauce recipe created by founder Pat Giammarco for its continued growth. Marco's Pizza is currently ranked #12, on the Top 100 Pizza Companies in the United States by Pizza Today. Marketing Quarterly's Top 25 Pizza Chains named by Franchising World as number eight on the magazine's list of (Fast and Serious growth franchises ). The business operates locations in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin, as well as the Bahamas. Store locations are available with online ordering and payment. ==History== Born in Sulmona, Italy, Pasquale “Pat,” Giammarco is the founder of Marco’s Pizza.〔 Giammarco moved to the United States from the Abruzzo region of Italy when he was nine years old and grew up in Dearborn, Michigan, where he worked in his family’s pizzeria. He and his father ultimately refined and perfected the secret sauce recipe that is still used today in over 500 Marco’s Pizza locations. In 2002, restaurant industry luminary, Jack Butorac, was asked to analyze three restaurant concepts as potential growth opportunities, including Marco’s Pizza, a 123 unit chain based in Northwest Ohio. Jack took a long drive through Ohio and stopped at five Marco’s Pizza stores in different cities along his route. What he found was a revelation for an expert at packaging concepts - different exteriors and inconsistent branding, but the same great pizza at each location. Butorac began working as a consultant with Giammarco, and soon began negotiations to purchase the franchising rights to Marco’s Pizza. Butorac assumed leadership of the company in January 2004 with a clear vision: Marco’s Pizza would go national.〔 In 2005, with the right people and plan in place, Marco’s expansion began. Marco’s experienced rapid expansion from the very beginning under Butorac’s leadership. Since Butorac has owned the company it, has more than doubled in size and expanded to over 35 states and the Bahamas.〔 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「Marco's Pizza」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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