Little Caesars® Pizza Extends Soft Pretzel Crust Pepperoni Pizza Offer

DETROIT, Oct. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- In light of positive customer demand, Little Caesars^® Pizza, the largest carryout pizza chain in America and home of the $5 HOT-N-READY^® pizza, is extending its Soft Pretzel Crust Pepperoni Pizza limited time offer through November 23, 2014.

"We're thrilled with the way this pizza has been embraced by our customers, and it's the perfect way to celebrate October as both National Pizza and National Pretzel month," said Edward Gleich, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing. "The HOT-N-READY Soft Pretzel Crust Pepperoni Pizza brings together two classic flavors, soft pretzel and pizza and  is a great tasting example of everything we're about; offering our customers a totally unique pizza experience with quality ingredients at a great value—all without the hassle of calling or dealing with online ordering." 

The Little Caesars Soft Pretzel Crust Pizza is available at participating U.S. and Canada Little Caesars restaurants. It will be HOT-N-READY from 4-8 p.m. for $6.

Little Caesars new Soft Pretzel Crust Pepperoni Pizza is a large specialty pizza that starts with a flavorful soft pretzel crust made fresh daily in store. It is topped with creamy cheddar cheese sauce, a blend of mozzarella & Muenster cheese, and pepperoni, and then finished with an irresistible four-cheese gourmet blend of Asiago, Fontina, Parmesan, and White Cheddar cheeses. Only Little Caesars offers a mouthwatering, premium pretzel crust pizza at a tremendous value, with no calling, waiting or online ordering hassle required.

Little Caesars has a long history of innovation including pioneering a two-for-one pizza deal later known as Pizza!Pizza!^®, introducing the revolutionary $5 HOT-N-READY concept, inventing a conveyor oven specially designed to bake pizza, and creating unique products such as Crazy Bread^®,and the Detroit-style DEEP!DEEP! Dish pizza. Little Caesars is innovating again as the first national pizza chain to offer a soft pretzel crust pizza.

About Little Caesars Pizza
Little Caesars Pizza, known for its HOT-N-READY® pizza and famed Crazy Bread®, is the largest carryout-only pizza chain in the world with locations in all 50 states and 17 international markets.  Named "Best Value in America"* for the seventh year in a row, Little Caesars products are made with quality ingredients, such as fresh mozzarella and Muenster cheese, dough made fresh daily in every store and sauce made from California crushed tomatoes.

For franchisee candidates, Little Caesars is rapidly expanding in markets throughout the world, providing an opportunity for independence in a franchise system. In addition, Little Caesars offers strong brand awareness with one of the most recognized and appealing characters in the country, Little Caesar.

Little Caesars Pizza founders Michael and Marian Ilitch opened their first restaurant in Garden City, Michigan in 1959. In addition to Little Caesars Pizza, Michael and Marian Ilitch's companies in the food, sports and entertainment industries include: the Detroit Red Wings, Olympia Entertainment, Olympia Development, Blue Line Foodservice Distribution, Champion Foods, Ilitch Holdings, Inc., Uptown Entertainment, Little Caesars Pizza Kit Fundraising Program, and a variety of venues within these entities. Michael Ilitch owns the Detroit Tigers. Marian Ilitch owns MotorCity Casino Hotel. For more information about Little Caesars, visit www.LittleCaesars.com or call 1-800-553-5776.

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* "Highest-Rated Chain – Value for the Money" based on a nationwide survey of quick-service restaurant consumers conducted by Sandelman & Associates, 2007- 2013.

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