Cici’s pizza to expand their franchise reign

Mary Whitfill Features Editor Coppell-based CiCi’s Pizza, recently announce that it has signed agreements for the addition of 16 units over the next five years and hired Wingstop’s  Bruce Evans to lead franchise sales. CiCi’s new growth initiative is to add 500 restaurants in the next eight to 10 years with 16 the Houston and San Antonio areas. The restaurants will be built by current franchisees Tommy and Tami Marlin and Guillermo Perales who already operate over 50 stores in both Texas and Maryland. Perales also individually manages over 200 stores with companies such as Burger King, Golden Corral, Denny’s and Popeye’s, and will begin opening the Houston based pizza chain this month. CiCi’s pizza,…

CHS debate team hosts fundraiser at Fat Daddy’s and Cici’s

By Henna Khan Staff Writer/ Photographer Fundraising is an essential part of any extra curricular activity. The Coppell High School debate team has initated several attempts to make money for their account. We started selling snow cones at the beginning of the year, but as winter approached, snow cones were not feasible anymore. On April 10, we hosted a garage sale where all of us took shifts selling items donated from community members. Needless to say, the garage sale was a brilliant idea, as we closed off the Saturday afternoon with over $600, enough to pay for nationals. Last night we hosted another fundraiser at Fat Daddy’s. If you placed your receipt in the box…

Relay For Life fundraisers continue this weekend

By Mary Whitfill Staff Writer Relay For Life groups continue their fundraisers this weekend in hopes of meeting their $100,000 goal for the ‘birthday party’ themed event to help celebrate those who have battled cancer: and won. Relay For Life Coppell is an overnight event to begin May 1 at Wagon Wheel Park. The opening ceremonies begin at 5 p.m. and seas of purple will be spotted on the track at 6 p.m. as cancer survivors will wear purple shirts and launch off the event with the first lap. This year’s Relay For Life theme is ‘birthday party’ as the American Cancer Society has become ‘The Official Sponsor of Birthdays’. Each campsite at Wagon Wheel Park…

Cici’s celebration continues with low prices

Ellen Cameron Staff Writer In response to an overwhelming customer response, Cici’s pizza, which proudly boasts headquarters in our own Coppell, is extending its 25th birthday celebration of discounted buffets from March 17 – 28. The pizza buffet restaurant now offers prices of $3.99, and will until the end of the promotional. The closet Cici’s for most Coppell residents is at 120 South Denton Tap Road, Coppell. For more information, click here.

CiCi’s Eaters Enjoy Lower Price

by Ellen Cameron Staff Writer CiCi’s Pizza, a chain based in our own Coppell but that first opened in Plano, is currently celebrating its 25th Anniversary by offering prices of $3.99 per person. This discount began February 17th and will end on the 28th, making this the last week food fanatics can jump on the low prices. On a side note, I encourage all readers to get at least one piece of cheesy-garlic bread when they go. For more information about CiCi’s current deal, click here.

Coppell-based businesses prove their worth

 Ellen Cameron Staff Writer Coppell’s a small place. Depending on traffic and route, you could drive through it in a matter of minutes. And yet, our tiny town houses a suprising number of business headquarters, and not just for mom-and-pop businesses, but large recognized corporations. Most Coppellians could tell you that Cici’s headquarters are in Coppell. However, fewer realize that the Container Store is also centered in our little town. Fewer still know about Chick Companies Inc, a company that creates packaging for high-value items, from panda bears to Julia Child’s kitchen. Shared Technologies, a recipient of Forbes recognition for the 18th best place to work in the United States, is also relatively obscure. All…

Cicis Pizza honors Big Brothers Big Sisters program

Pizza, like all food, is good, but tastes even better free. For the entire month of January, Cicis Pizza, a Coppell-based pizza chain, will be offering free buffets to participants in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program who come to Cicis to spend time with their younger “siblings”. This is in support of National Mentoring Month, and with the recognization that Cicis and the program have very similar core values. This isn’t the first time the chain has opened its doors to the cause, though; in 2009, CiCi’s Pizza donated more than $26,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters. For more information about the wonders of free pizza for these dedicated mentors or about Cici’s history of…