BizBeat: Little Caesar's doubling Jefferson City effort

Little Caesar's plans to open a second Jefferson City restaurant next year.

The new pizza restaurant will be in the plaza at 821 Eastland Drive and operate similar to the existing location at 2407 Missouri Blvd., said Bret Gerard, who with his wife, Renee, owns the local franchise, which opened in 1991, and one in Rolla.

Gerard hopes to open the new Little Caesar's in March or April. People in the area have been asking him for years when he would open a restaurant on Jefferson City's east side, he added: "So we decided to go for it."

"We think there's great potential for a lot of lunch business over there," Gerard said. "It's the perfect place to put one in."

He estimated the new restaurant will add about 15-20 jobs.

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