Press Release from the VA:

VA Honors Little Caesars Founder for Supporting Veterans in
Business
WASHINGTON (Sept. 17, 2007) - Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim
Nicholson today presented a Secretary's Award to Little Caesars founder
Michael Ilitch in recognition of his advancement of veterans in business
through pizza franchise discounts.

Ilitch's restaurant franchise has a program to aid any veteran
interested in starting a Little Caesars restaurant and also offers
special opportunities with additional deep discounts, credit, training,
and marketing support for those veterans who are service-disabled.

"Michael Ilitch recognizes the value of veterans in business,"
said Nicholson. "VA's Center for Veterans Enterprise will assist
veterans seeking to become Little Caesars franchise owners and looks
forward to helping veterans translate the leadership skills they learned
while in uniform to business ownership and expansion."

In conjunction with the award ceremony, Ilitch, who is a former
Marine, served pizza to homeless veterans at the VA headquarters in
Washington from Little Caesars' "Love Kitchen," a pizza kitchen on
wheels that travels across the U.S. and Canada to feed the homeless and
disaster survivors.

To assist service-disabled veterans who want to open a Little
Caesars restaurant, the program waives a $20,000 franchise fee on the
first store, provides $10,000 credit on the initial equipment order, and
provides a variety of marketing support and financing options and other
benefits, which can total $68,000. For other veterans, the fee is
reduced by $5,000 and the credit extended for equipment is $5,000.

Veterans are offered business opportunities by a variety of
franchisers through the International Franchise Association's VetFran
program. More information about the companies' special benefits for
veterans is available at www.franchise.org and the VA Center for
Veterans Enterprise's resource site to assist veteran entrepreneurs at
www.vetbiz.gov.

outstanding!

Yup.

Nice to see someone who has put something extra out there for vets get recognition.

Now others can follow?

Now, THAT, is giving back!~!