San Leandro India West:
Deepak Gupta, a former senior vice president at PeopleSoft, opened the first Marco’s Pizza outlet in California in April.
“We have done extremely well and exceeded my expectations,†he told India-West during a recent visit to the store.
Gupta and his investment group have acquired the area rights to open as many as 36 stores in Alameda, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Yolo, Sutter, and Solano counties. He plans to open his second Marco’s in about five weeks in Modesto. Rights to other areas in California are still available.
Toledo, Ohio-based and privately-held Marco’s Pizza, which has been in business since 1978, now has 190 stores in 17 states. The chain is on track to open more than 40 new stores this year – more than twice as many as in 2008.
More than 880 new Marco’s locations have been signed up, meaning the company could quadruple its store count in the coming years.