<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> littlecaesars.com/en-us/ </Td> </Tr> <P> Little Caesar Enterprises Inc. (doing business as Little Caesars) is the third - largest pizza chain in the United States, behind Pizza Hut and Domino's Pizza . It operates and franchises pizza restaurants in the United States and internationally in Asia, the Middle East, Australia, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean . The company was founded in 1959 and is based in Detroit, Michigan, headquartered in the Fox Theatre building in Downtown . Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Ilitch Holdings, Inc . </P> <P> Little Caesars Pizza was founded on May 8, 1959, by Detroit Tigers farm team shortstop Mike Ilitch and his wife Marian Ilitch . The first location was in a strip mall in Garden City, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit . Mike wanted to call it simply "Pizza Treat," but Marian didn't like the name . Marian considered Mike her "little Caesar". Mike ultimately relented, and the store opened as "Little Caesar's Pizza Treat ." The original store is still open today . </P> <P> The company is famous for its advertising catchphrase, "Pizza! Pizza!" which was introduced in 1979 . The phrase refers to two pizzas being offered for the comparable price of a single pizza from competitors . Originally, the pizzas were served in a single long package (a piece of corrugated cardboard in 2 - by - 1 proportions, with two square pizzas placed side by side, then slid into a form - fitting paper sleeve that was folded and stapled closed). In addition to pizza, they served hot dogs, chicken, shrimp, and fish . Little Caesars has since discarded the unwieldy packaging in favor of typical pizza boxes . </P>

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