Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine Issue IV, 2015 | Page 26

D OM I N A T O R S RECONNECT
BY KERRY PIPES

Area Rep Supreme
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Mike Pietrzyk is setting the pace for Firehouse Subs

ike Pietrzyk has always loved
contributing to charitable
causes. So it wasn’t surprising
that a decade ago the Firehouse
Subs area representative came up with
the idea of selling his restaurants’ empty
5-gallon pickle buckets, rather than tossing
them out. He estimates that his idea, at
$2 per bucket, has helped the brand raise
more than $600,000 for the Firehouse

Subs Public Safety Foundation. “Corporate loved the idea, and now Firehouse
franchisees everywhere continue raising
money by selling the buckets,” he says.
The 65-year-old Pietrzyk is a longtime
food business veteran and franchise executive. Starting out as a manager in a Burger
Chef in Michigan, he went on to work
with Pizza Hut, Wendy’s, and eventually
opened his first Little Caesars franchise

NAME: Mike Pietrzyk
TITLE: Area representative
COMPANY: Firehouse Subs
NO. OF UNITS: 45 Firehouse Subs
AGE: 65
FAMILY: Wife Pam, 4 children, 14

grandchildren

YEARS IN FRANCHISING: 10 with

Firehouse Subs, 12 with Little Caesars

YEARS IN CURRENT POSITION: 10

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