Fred DeLuca

I know a lot of people at some point in their business careers decide they'll just cash in and do something else,…

— Fred DeLuca

The people who come to work deserve to be paid properly, and there's no excuse. I could understand someone making a small…

— Fred DeLuca

The franchisees are uniquely in touch at the local level. They see what's going on in their communities in a way we…

— Fred DeLuca

By and large, we're a bread-eating culture. People like sandwiches. We don't really over-think that one.

— Fred DeLuca

When we first started the company, I didn't have any thoughts of franchising. We just had company-owned stores.

— Fred DeLuca

You start a business, and you really don't have much of a budget.

— Fred DeLuca

I don't have much of a bucket list. I don't have a lot of needs and desires.

— Fred DeLuca

I went to school because I was supposed to. I did pre-med because my mum thought it was a good idea.

— Fred DeLuca

We have always had many more franchisee candidates than available locations.

— Fred DeLuca

The United States is a huge market, and once you get rolling, you can replicate that model over and over pretty easily.…

— Fred DeLuca

I was 17 years old when I built the first store... A very simple, basic store with a basic counter - not…

— Fred DeLuca

From my point of view, my job is just to work hard for our franchisees, so they can maintain the position they're…

— Fred DeLuca

We give great value for our franchisees: They can build a store for well under $200,000. And we have extremely simple operating…

— Fred DeLuca

If I were in charge of the government, I would index the minimum wage to inflation, so that way, everybody knows what…

— Fred DeLuca

Six months after we started, in 1964, there was a day when we sold only seven sandwiches. If we'd taken all the…

— Fred DeLuca

When I started in the business, the minimum wage was $1.25. I've seen an enormous number of wage increases. Basically, it applies…

— Fred DeLuca

Everybody eats three times a day; it's only a question of where they choose to eat. The longer-term trends are people eat…

— Fred DeLuca

If I'm spending time on something, I may as well do good as opposed to average.

— Fred DeLuca

There's huge access to information. If you need to learn something, you can go on the Internet and learn very quickly. You…

— Fred DeLuca

I tell everybody there are only three things that we do. We build sales at the store level, we build profits at…

— Fred DeLuca

I watch 'Shark Tank,' of course. It's very entertaining. I think it's actually good to help people think about the business they…

— Fred DeLuca

There are so many ingredients that are approved for use. You can't be an expert on all of them.

— Fred DeLuca

We have salads, some other beverages. But in reality, it's still fundamentally the same business. The most likely thing the next person…

— Fred DeLuca

You have to realize that the customer really is king. People who go into more established businesses probably have to be careful…

— Fred DeLuca

You really have to understand this isn't a business where you sit in the back room and do calculations - you have…

— Fred DeLuca