Despite the many challenges of running restaurants in California these days, Reza Medali remains optimistic about his southern California Blaze Pizza business.
So much so that the longtime restaurant franchisee is eager to more than double his count of Blazes in Southern California with a 25-unit development agreement he recently signed with the 13-year-old Atlanta-based pizza chain.
“California is not a very business-friendly state now and because of that we’re seeing a lot of restaurants, a lot of our competitors closing or even leaving California,” said Medali, the president of SoCal Blazers, already the largest Blaze Pizza franchisee in California with 21 locations. “It’s given us more space to grow our business with less competition out there and we’re hoping to be one of the few major players left in California.”…