Marcos Pizza to gain Las Vegas presence

8/5/2004

Marco's Pizza, a Toledo-born pizza chain, expects to have a presence in Las Vegas soon, as two brothers have signed a franchise agreement to open the chain's first outlet west of the Mississippi River, the chain's franchising executive said yesterday.

Jim and Jerry Tippin plan to open the first Marco's in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson in September, according to Marco's Franchising LLC. Their business, JBGB Enterprises LLC plans to open 10 stores in and near the gambling town.

Marcos has about 125 outlets in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana.