Mountain Mike’s franchisee left behind life as a prison guard to open a string of pizza franchises Rene Ziegler has been a franchise owner with Mountain Mike’s Pizza for a long time — 25 years this year, in fact. But not so long that she doesn’t remember what it was like in her old career: she was a prison guard …
In 11 years, this California couple has opened three stores and had three kids. Here’s how they manage it all. With Mountain Mike’s Pizza locations in Brentwood and Discovery Bay, CA, Melissa Seita and her husband, Luis, stay busy. Maybe not as busy as when they opened their first store in 2009, which happened to coincide with the birth of …
Longtime restaurant franchise guy rediscovers his passion thanks to Mountain Mike’s Pizza The restaurant business isn’t new to Jim Smith. He has worked for major restaurant franchises, including Jack In The Box, and is now on the other side of the franchising coin as a franchise owner of one Mountain Mike’s Pizza in Medford, Oregon. He has three more restaurants …
When the economy crashed, Luis Seita wasn’t taking any more chances. He found the right franchise in a recession-resistant industry and dove in. Working for someone else can be… precarious. Luis Seita realized that the hard way when the economy crashed and the dealership he’d worked for closed. “I worked in the car industry for 10 years when the economy …
While one business partner runs operations, Singh and another partner manage their multi-unit franchise investment Yad Singh is in business with two friends to whom he is so close, he refers to them as his brothers. Together, the three of them invested in Mountain Mike’s Pizza in 2017, largely because they saw huge potential under the new ownership. Starting with …
Multi-unit owner feels revitalized under new ownership, ready to expand with more Mountain Mike’s locations Before opening his first Mountain Mike’s Pizza in 2002, Goldie Buttar had never even worked in a pizza place, much less owned one. Today, he owns five Mountain Mike’s franchises — three in Fremont, CA, one in Milpitas and one in Belmont — and …