Gerardo Flores, The Chief Development Officer for Marco's Pizza joins us on the Dirt Dog Pod. Gerardo has worked in multiple national franchise chains throughout his 20-year career including, Quiznos, Jersey Mike's, Tropical Smoothie Cafe, and now Marco's Pizza. Gerardo has been working at Marco's for almost three years and has been a major part of opening over 200 locations in that time. Gerardo has become an expert in all things franchise real estate and has loads of interesting insight to share.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Gerardo's time with Marco's and their goals for growth in the near future.
- The many small operational aspects that go into a franchise-based company like Marco's Pizza.
- Interesting facts about the ways that a pizza company runs differently than other QSRs that Gerardo has been a part of in the past.