How you handle the obstacles has a big impact on how you do. If you give up, then you obviously don't get there, but if you're persistent, and you keep thinking of new ways to approach the business, you're more… — Fred DeLuca Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people at some point in their business careers decide they'll just cash in and do something else, but for… — Fred DeLuca Copy Share
The people who come to work deserve to be paid properly, and there's no excuse. I could understand someone making a small error, but… — Fred DeLuca Copy Share
The franchisees are uniquely in touch at the local level. They see what's going on in their communities in a way we couldn't ever… — Fred DeLuca Copy Share
By and large, we're a bread-eating culture. People like sandwiches. We don't really over-think that one. — Fred DeLuca Copy Share
When we first started the company, I didn't have any thoughts of franchising. We just had company-owned stores. — Fred DeLuca Copy Share
I don't have much of a bucket list. I don't have a lot of needs and desires. — Fred DeLuca Copy Share
I went to school because I was supposed to. I did pre-med because my mum thought it was a good idea. — Fred DeLuca Copy Share
We have always had many more franchisee candidates than available locations. — Fred DeLuca Copy Share
The United States is a huge market, and once you get rolling, you can replicate that model over and over pretty easily. Your supply… — Fred DeLuca Copy Share
I was 17 years old when I built the first store... A very simple, basic store with a basic counter - not very much… — Fred DeLuca Copy Share
From my point of view, my job is just to work hard for our franchisees, so they can maintain the position they're in, and… — Fred DeLuca Copy Share
We give great value for our franchisees: They can build a store for well under $200,000. And we have extremely simple operating systems. The… — Fred DeLuca Copy Share
If I were in charge of the government, I would index the minimum wage to inflation, so that way, everybody knows what they can… — Fred DeLuca Copy Share
Six months after we started, in 1964, there was a day when we sold only seven sandwiches. If we'd taken all the money from… — Fred DeLuca Copy Share
