Black people need to start learning how to make and sell Pizza.

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:dwillhuh: thats bread . Why not just start a new name/brand?

They do that too, we have all kinds of small pizza shops. But with a franchise you get better marketing and serve a larger base. All you have to do is use the equity in your house and you can secure a loan. Jump on the next wave before it blows and $$$$.

Black people are just to defeated to see this. It's very frustrating.
 

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It's less about knowing how to make a pizza and more about knowing how to start a business.

I could easily learn how to make a good pizza from a 15-minute Youtube video, but I wouldn't even know where to start when it comes to opening up a business and probably wouldn't be able to get a loan anyway.

So how bout you find a group of partners to invest together. Or start s kickstarter?
 

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Lebron James is invested in a Chipotle style Pizza Chain called Blaze Pizza. I think he owns a bunch of 'em too. This would be a good choice of a franchise if any of you brehs are interested.

www.businessinsider.co.id/blaze-pizza-photos-and-review-2015-6


A Chipotle-style pizza chain endorsed by LeBron James is becoming a huge threat to Papa John’s, Domino’s, and Pizza Hut
Melia Robinson Retail Jun. 24, 2015, 10:19 PM



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Melia Robinson/Business Insider


We tried Blaze Pizza, the fast-casual pizza chain endorsed by LeBron James.


Blaze Pizza is on fire.


The Chipotle-style pizza chain,
backed by celebrities including LeBron James and Maria Shriver, hopes to be as big as Starbucks one day, and it’s well on its way there.


Blaze Pizza launched 50 restaurants across the US in 2014, and opens a new location every five days.


Cofounder Rick Wetzel
told QSR Magazine he expects the Southern California-based chain to deliver a “big blow” to major delivery chains like Domino’s, Papa John’s, and Pizza Hut, in the same way Netflix killed Blockbuster.


We recently visited Blaze Pizza’s Fremont, California, restaurant to see if the pizza really is fit for a king. King James, that is.




During a recent weekday dinner hour, I stopped by Blaze Pizza’s sunny Fremont, California, location.
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The chain’s modern architecture was influenced by fast-casual competitor Chipotle, Blaze Pizza’s president and COO Jim Mizes told Business Insider. The restaurants have a sleek, urban feel with lots of stainless steel and reclaimed wood.
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Executive chef and cofounder Bradford Kent greeted us at the door. Blaze Pizza’s founders enlisted the help of the so-called “Pizza Whisperer” at the start.
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A student of the food sciences, Chef Brad spent seven years perfecting his pizza dough before launching the Zagat-rated Olio Pizzeria in Santa Barbara, California. He joined the Blaze Pizza team because he believe artisanal pizza should be accessible to more than the privileged few.
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And oh, what a dough! Kent’s recipe combines three styles of dough, fermented over 24 hours, that are made continuously throughout the day at each restaurant.
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Like Chipotle, Blaze Pizza uses an assembly-style format that lets guests customize a “signature pizza” from the menu board or create their own.
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There are as many as seven cheeses, eight proteins, 20 vegetables, and four sauces to choose from. No matter how many toppings you add, the pizza costs just $7.95.*
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*Prices vary by location.
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For my first pizza, I opted to build my own. Chef Brad took a slab of dough and placed it on this machine, which flattens and shapes its crust in the metal plate’s rim.
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Seconds later, he lifted the dough off the plate and placed it on a wood peel for transportation down the assembly line.
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I chose the spicy red sauce, infused with fresh tomatoes, olive oil, cayenne, jalapeño, and California-grown heirloom garlic.
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Chef Brad said he tried 80 different mozzarellas before selecting this prized, tender shred for the restaurant.
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To top it off, I added Italian sausage, chunks of zucchini, red onions, black olives, and a sprinkling of cilantro.
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Blaze Pizza’s thin-crust pies cook in just 180 seconds in this three-ton oven, outfitted with a stone hearth and open flames on three sides.
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With a BTU range 15 times that of a home oven, “we’re talking about a lot of firepower,” Chef Brad says. He twirled the pizza several times so it didn’t burn too much on one side.
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Voilà! Three minutes later, my individual pizza emerged hot and crispy on the edges. The chef cut it into six slices and boxed it up.
My eyes rolled back at first bite, it was that good. I couldn’t believe I was eating a fast-casual pizza. Thin, light on the sauce, pliable enough to be folded in half, and wood-fired, it reminded me of pies at my favorite Brooklyn pizzeria, Roberta’s.

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That’s no coincidence, according to Chef Brad. “New Yorkers make food with grit,” he said. “It’s not because they have the best water. It’s because someone back there [in the kitchen] gives a care.”
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I liked it so much, that I ordered a second pie to bring home. The Green Stripe, a pesto-sauced pizza topped with grilled chicken, arugula, roasted red peppers, chopped garlic, and mozzarella, was delicious even reheated in my oven.
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I expect we’ll be hearing lots more from King James’ pizza chain.
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We own a west Indian restaurant barely making a profit




They get their money together, buy a franchise, employee their own people, then ball out. This is how it's done. Black people been coming here since the 70's and we don't own shyt.
 
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I work in Brampton and brown people own it. Can only speak Punjabi and still eat, any store you go to its sandip and ravinder behind the counter.

These people pool their money together, put up their houses to secure a loan. Plus they usually have a relative or friend on the inside that will get the loan approved for them. They jump on the franchise wave before the chain gets popular and boom, balling.

I've literally seen them buyout the city of Brampton in 10 years.
 

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I work in Brampton and brown people own it. Can only speak Punjabi and still eat, any store you go to its sandip and ravinder behind the counter.

These people pool their money together, put up their houses to secure a loan. Plus they usually have a relative or friend on the inside that will get the loan approved for them. They jump on the franchise wave before the chain gets popular and boom, balling.

I've literally seen them buyout the city of Brampton in 10 years.
 

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You have no clue what you're saying but I'mma let you keep acting like you know.

Exactly. And OP has a valid point too.

But nikkas are quick to say, "it ain't that eeeeasy!!!!" Even though nobody said it was easy. Anyway, since "it's not that easy", just say fukk it then? Don't even try to do shyt? The fukk kinda logic is that? :dahell:

and i think black men are more than capable. almost every other race of men is over here doing the shyt. i know we have it rough but something more CAN be done than what we are doing now. it will take time but to just say "it's not that easy" or "they aren't going to let me" is bullshyt.
 

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This is the shyt nikkas ALWAYS ignore
People act like it's just so easy :rudy:


Seriously breh, what type of bullshyt excuse is this? Blacks have no problem starting other businesses and restaurants

I don't even know how to argue against that. But get your daps



Honestly luken, I bet that pizza would be good as hell. Having herbs and spices in the dough, great ass toppings. I like this idea

But you know how people, not just blacks, feel about patronizing black businesses. Might have to have a white person working the counter or something

shyt, I still don't know if the creator of sweet baby rays is white or black
 
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