Blackjack Pizza
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| Industry | Restaurants |
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| Founded | June 29, 1983 |
| Headquarters | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, U.S. |
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Key people
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Vince Schmuhl, Founder & President |
| Products | Pizza |
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Number of employees
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800 (estimated) |
| Website | www |
Blackjack Pizza is a Colorado-based pizza delivery chain founded in 1983 by a former Domino's Pizza employee, Vince Schmuhl, because Domino's Pizza was the only major pizza delivery company in the Rocky Mountain region and he thought customers would appreciate an alternative. The pizza chain is the largest in Colorado with 800 employees, some of whom work part-time. On January 1, 2013, Blackjack Pizza was acquired by Askar Brands.
The first Blackjack Pizza store opened June 29, 1983 in Federal Heights with a second store opening in Greeley by February 1984. By 1986, Blackjack grew to six corporate stores and one franchisee.
In 1988, Blackjack became a franchisor with the sale of several corporate stores to franchisees. Today, Blackjack Pizza operates 45 stores in five states. Blackjack's tagline is "Better Pizza, Better Price."
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the high school seniors who committed the 1999 Columbine High School massacre worked part-time for $5.15 an hour at the Blackjack Pizza store in Littleton, Colorado, and Harris eventually became shift manager. At this pizza parlor, the two teens made important acquaintances who were inadvertently connected to the attack at Columbine High School. The two teens were able to meet Mark Manes, the man who sold them the TEC-9 that they used in the attack, through the connection of Philip Duran, a fellow employee at the Blackjack Pizza store where they worked.
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