ourselves on being a very family-oriented
business. Community is also really
important. We do expect our franchisees to
be pretty actively involved in the
community that they serve. Itmatters tous.”
And it’s been that way since the beginning
in1996.
The concept was born when the company’s
founder, Happy Asker, then an 18-year-old
video store clerk inDetroit, leased a pizzeria
operation across the street from where he’d
been working. The east side location was in
close proximity to both a General Motors
and a Chrysler plant, which provided a
blueprint for the blue-collar footprint that
Happy’s has created as it’s evolved.
There are now 12 locations across the city –
along with others throughout southeast
Michigan and into Ohio, Indiana ,
California,Nevada andGeorgia.
The company began franchising locations
in 2007 and 84 locations are now up and
running across the roster, a number that
includes between 20 and 25 corporate
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