4The Daily Tar Heel Wednesday, November 19, 1986 Pizza delivery chains cater to consumers to get a piece of the business pie By FELISA NEURINGER Staff Writer ' America is in love with pizza," said Ed Rogosich, manager of Pizza Transit Authority (PTA) in Chapel Hill. And the students at UNC are no exception because the pizza delivery business in Chapel Hill is quite profitable. "Business is great and we are having no big problems," said Trent Turner, manager of Domino's Pizza on East Main Street, Carrboro. "Sales are about the same as they were last year. . . . We are seeing more competition this year, but it hasn't hurt us." Domino's is the original and largest pizza delivery chain in the country, according to Turner. The Chapel Hill store, which opened around 1979, was once the number one pizza delivery place in the nation. Since then. Domino's has opened another store on U.S. 15-501 bypass. "Beyond a doubt, we are still the itop delivery place in town," Turner ;;said. Turner attributed the success :;of Domino's Pizza to its famous guarantee if they don't deliver your pizza in 30 minutes or less, you get the pizza free. ; "Everyone is opening up stores ;now trying to get into the business, ;but by no means is that hurting us ;New, high "By KELLY CLARK ; 'Staff Writer Businesses entering the Chapel H ill and Carrboro area should be ;-'the primary activity of economic development for the next decade, a -spokesman for the Chapel Hill--Carrboro Chamber of Commerce said Monday. - According to a recent survey by -the Chamber of Commerce, 36 of the 50 largest employers in Orange County have less than 100 full-time employees an indication that many of the employers may be new "to the area. FIND OUT ABOUT A MANAGEMENT CAREE WITH PROCTER & GAMBLE PRESENTATION BY: W.W. WIDE RANGE OF CAREER C DATE: TIME: PLACE: SPONSORED because you can't beat our guaran tee," Turner said. In August, sales for PTA were up about 8 to 9 percent from last year, Rogosich said. "There is more consumer cash available on the student level due to the change in drinking age," he said. "Therefore, my guess is that the funds have been redirected to other things like pizza." PTA started delivering pizzas about 13 years ago. The original store is the Chapel Hill location on Rosemary Street. Now there are about 32 franchise stores across the country. PTA says it has its own unique deal. "Our budget is smaller so it's harder for us to advertise," Rogosich said. "So we need something different." That "something different" is the two-for-one offer. If you order any large two-item pizza, you get a second one free. This is good if a large group of students want to get together to have pizza, Rogosich said. For Pizza Hut, who started deliv ering pizzas around five years ago, business is excellent and up substan tially, said David Duckett, manager of the Pizza Hut Delivery Service on Franklin Street. A combination of factors has helped business, Duckett said. "A lot of people weren't aware that Pizza growth ventuures boost "There are several new entrepre neurial operations on the list and I anticipate that over the next five to 10 years, we will see a lot more new ventures becoming major employ ers," said Len Van Ness, executive vice president for the Chapel Hill Carrboro Chamber of Commerce. Included on the list of companies surveyed were eight manufacturers, six restaurants, two banks and two insurance companies. Six of the top 15 employers are governmental operations, including UNC and N.C Memorial Hospital. But according to Van Ness, the o)fo) "THE BY c WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 19, 1986 3:30-5:00 CARROLL HALL AUDITORIUM UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CAREER PLANNING AND PLACEMENT SERVICES Hut is available for home delivery, but by advertising and word of mouth . . . people now know." Duckett said pizza delivery is becoming an even more successful business because people in the United States are living in a society that is less willing to spend $50 on a night out. "Now people can pick up a video cassette and order pizza to their house," he said. "You can have the same evening of dinner and a movie for a third of the price." Junior Bill Moore said he ordered more pizzas from Pizza Hut than from any other pizza chain. "1 think (Pizza Hut) pizzas are bigger than others the crust is a lot thicker," Moore said. "Plus, Pizza Hut puts out more coupons, so they're always a little cheaper. To me. Pizza Hut is the best." Pizza Delight is one of the more recent pizza delivery businesses in Chapel Hill. It just opened last winter. "Business is good, but it is typ ically better during basketball sea son," said chain owner Steve Turner. "Pizza delivery is very sports oriented anyway." "Because UNC is 68 percent girls, it has had an effect on our deliveries," Turner said. "We do a lot better at State where over 70 percent of the businesses to watch are those that have the potential to become large employers. These are businesses called "high growth enterprises" by the Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) in Research Triangle Park. CED. is a private, non-profit organization that promotes the development of high-growth busi nesses in the Triangle. "We mostly concentrate on growth-type companies," Monica Doss, administrative director for CED, said. "The Chapel Hill Carrboro area has a climate for high- fo) ABBOTT - SENIOR GREAT DIAPER V-a U LSI OPPORTUNITIES: SALES ADVERTISINGBRAND MANAGEMENT CUSTOMER SERVICES FINANCEACCOUNTING ALL MAJORS WELCOMED students are guys. . . . They eat a lot of pizza." Pizza Inn, formally Peppi's restau rant, has not started delivering pizzas yet. But manager Clifton McFadden said deliveries should be in full operation right after Thanksgiving. All of the store managers agreed that UNC students are their main customers. Generally, half of the deliveries go to residence halls and the other half to residential areas like apartment complexes. "Pizza delivery is a tough busi ness," Rogosich said. "You have to satisfy the customer who wants a quick delivery. In a restaurant you don't mind waiting to eat because you can see what's going on, but people get really impatient when it comes to waiting on their pizza. Little do they know that there may be 10 or 12 orders ahead of theirs," he added. Turner said the trend was for more sit-down pizza restaurants to start making deliveries. "Now kids can't drink beer and eat pizza in the restaurants, but they can order out for pizza and drink the beer at home," he said. "Since the competition is so intensely fierce, the students will dictate who survives," Rogosich said. "Therefore, we and all pizza delivery places must have a high quality product in order to compete." economy growth businesses and most of our members are that kind." Chapel Hill based FGI, Inc., is one such company. Specializing in mar keting research, visual design, direct marketing and advertising, FGI has experienced a yearly growth rate of about 300 percent since it formed in 1982, James A. Protzman, chairman of the firm, said. Van Ness believes the Chapel Hill Carrboro area is definitely ready for entrepreneurial growth. "Everything seems to be coming into place," he said. (o) V.R RACE it jWWv:-;-:-.:.?. in 4 X 4 't 'J- (fpyU ' ; v v A ':. - x j Stuart Oxer (left) and Greg Dixon 3 sTC'''' ? - - restarts. 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