‘Undercover Boss’ Recap: ‘Philly Pretzel Company’

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In this episode of Undercover Boss, the Philly Pretzel Factory and its CEO Dan DiZio are featured. Philly Pretzel Factory is the fastest growing pretzel company in the world. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Dan DiZio founded the company in 1998 with a college friend. In 2004 the company started to franchise and now have over 200 stores on the east coast.

Dan is going undercover as Michael Downs to get an inside look into how franchisees are running their business. His first stop is in Bridgeton, NJ to work with an underperforming franchisee, Bill. The first job is a delivery to a local business that has a pretzel box. He delivers $4.00 worth of pretzels but it costs him $5.00. Bill says he went to the corporate office for help and got in trouble. He also has a product that the corporate office did not approve and Michael is not happy. Bill is struggling to make ends meet so his product makes him money. Continue reading.

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