Little Caesars was founded in Garden City, MI in 1959. The company began franchising in the 1960s and there are now about 5,000 locations worldwide. The revolving sign with the pizza-eating character was introduced in 1962 at their third location in Westland, MI. This location is still operating today and the statue is still there (see below). These Little Caesars statues are still relatively plentiful in Michigan. The fiberglass statue is about 12 feet tall and weighs about 800 pounds. The original statues wore white togas. The toga color was later changed to orange. Up until the early 1980s, the statues were used in other states, especially in college towns. Production of the statues was discontinued due to increasing sign regulations. For more, see this website.

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Flint has three statues at different locations. Detroit has at least three. Nearby Burton also has a white-toga statue that's in great shape. [third Detroit photo thanks Mark Comstock] The Westland statue was originally installed on a column. By the late 1960s, it was moved to the top of the restaurant. The Ann Arbor location apparently had a pole sign that got moved to the roof. [Ann Arbor & Westland photos thanks Mark Comstock] The Highland Park statue is still displayed on a pole. The Williamsburg and Clanton locations have the only Little Caesars statues that I have seen outside of Michigan. There may be more of these statues hiding in the South. Let me know if you find any. There are two Little Caesars locations with statues in Toledo. One is on a pole sign while the other is on the roof. The North Little Rock statue is located in front of Little Caesars' general offices.

Little Caesars Davenport Ave. Saginaw, MI

Little Caesars Dixie Highway Saginaw, MI

Little Caesars Bay City, MI

In addition to the Little Caesars pole signs, there are some early locations with the statues in relief on the exteriors of the buildings. I believe these buildings were built in the late 1960s. If you know of any others not shown here, I'd love to hear about them. There are two Saginaw locations with this style building. This Bay City location might have been built later or it might be from the 1960s and remodeled later. The "Pizza! Pizza!" advertising campaign began in 1971. These statues on the building are larger than those on the Saginaw buildings and do not stand on columns. They also wear the earlier white togas.

More Little Caesars statues: Arvin, CA Grand Rapids, MI

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