--- title: "Little Caesars® Customers Donate Over 125,000 Pizzas - And Counting - As Part Of Brand's" url: https://burnaze.com/article/056f1de7-2339-4efb-84d9-cd233796240a source: "Franchising.com" original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20200430_little_caesarsreg_customers_donate_over_125000_piz.html category: "Pizza" industry: "Restaurants" segment: "Pizza" published: 2020-04-30T12:00:00.000Z modified: 2026-11-01T04:08:30.562Z image: https://imgs.franchising.com/brands/social/littlecaesarspizza.jpg --- # Little Caesars® Customers Donate Over 125,000 Pizzas - And Counting - As Part Of Brand's **TL;DR:** Little Caesars customers have donated over 125,000 pizzas to healthcare workers and first responders as part of the brand's #PieItForward campaign. The chain has also announced a 1 million pizza donation to healthcare workers and first responders. *originally published in Franchising.com on 2020-04-30. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20200430_little_caesarsreg_customers_donate_over_125000_piz.html).* ## Story - Little Caesars recently announced a 1 million pizza donation to healthcare workers and first responders made possible by the brand, its thousands of independent franchisees, and Ilitch Charities - The chain now lets customers donate a pizza to local healthcare workers and first responders on their app or when ordering at Little Caesars website - Today marks the 125,000th customer donated pizza as part of the #PieItForward campaign - Delivery of customer-donated pizzas will be coordinated by Little Caesars Customer contributions will go toward pizza servings at hospitals, police departments, and fire departments around the nation over the coming weeks. Delivery of the customer-donated pizzas will be coordinated by Little Caesars and its thousands of independent franchisees. "As a family company, we wanted to thank our healthcare heroes in the best way we know how - by delivering millions of wholesome meals to them around the country," says President and CEO of Little Caesars, Dave Scrivano. "The fact that so many of our customers have jumped on board to contribute even more shows that the spirit of kindness and generosity is alive and well, even during times of crisis." Little Caesars recently announced contactless options for both delivery and carry-out through the Little Caesars app. Pizzas are baked in 475-degree ovens to ensure food safety and never touched after baking. Little Caesars is home of Pizza Portal, an order pickup method where customers can scan their phones and retrieve their orders from heated compartments, making the brand the only chain to feature truly contactless pickup nationwide. The chain has also reinforced cleanliness and sanitization procedures, increasing the frequency of cleaning commonly touched surfaces including door handles, glass, countertops, Pizza Portal surfaces, phones, and cash registers. Known for its HOT-N-READY® pizza and famed Crazy Bread®, Little Caesars has been named "Best Value in America" for the past twelve years (based on nationwide survey of national quick service restaurant customers conducted by Sandelman & Associates - 2007-2019 entitled "Highest Rated Chain – Value for the Money"). Little Caesars products are made with quality ingredients, like fresh, never frozen, mozzarella and Muenster cheese and sauce made from fresh-packed, vine-ripened California crushed tomatoes. An exceptionally high growth company with 60 years of experience in the $145 billion worldwide pizza industry, Little Caesars is continually looking for franchisee candidates to join our team in markets around the world. In addition to providing the opportunity for entrepreneurial independence in a franchise system, Little Caesars offers strong brand awareness with one of the most recognized and appealing characters in the country, Little Caesar. The Ilitch companies represent leading brands in the food, sports and entertainment industries, including Little Caesars, Little Caesars Fundraising Program, the Detroit Tigers, the Detroit Red Wings, Blue Line Foodservice Distribution, Champion Foods, Olympia Development and MotorCity Casino Hotel. The organization also has a joint venture interest in 313 Presents. Ilitch Charities, a non-profit organization, was created by the founder's family to positively impact lives and empower communities. ## Entities - Franchising.com (publication) - Restaurants (sector) - franchise expansion (topic) - Little Caesar's (company) - corporate social responsibility (topic) - contactless delivery (topic) - Champion (company) - pizza donation (topic) - customer donation (topic) --- Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20200430_little_caesarsreg_customers_donate_over_125000_piz.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/056f1de7-2339-4efb-84d9-cd233796240a).