Article: Pizza Chain Little Caesar Closes Charlotte, N.C., Outlets.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 22 -- Detroit-based Little Caesar Enterprises Inc. closed corporate-owned restaurants in the Charlotte region Wednesday as part of a nationwide makeover.

Only five company-owned restaurants will remain in North Carolina for the time being, a Charlotte restaurant manager said. Calls to six Charlotte-area Little Caesars Pizza restaurants resulted in no answer or recorded messages that said the phone number had been disconnected. A company spokesperson confirmed the closings but did not say how many stores were affected.

Among the chain's 4,500 restaurants nationwide, one-fourth are company-owned. The rest ...

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