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Joe&nbsp;Chiarello is orignially&nbsp;from the South Hampton, Pennsylvania&nbsp;area where his Philly Pretzel Factory is located. He&nbsp;attended Westchester University with a football scholarship and&nbsp;continued on to play semi-pro football for the Oakland Raiders as a tailback and return specialist. Coupled with being a great athlete, he had a passion for owning his own business. He bought his first franchise,&nbsp;Manhattan Bagel,&nbsp;at the age of 24, and continued to dabble&nbsp;in various ventures. He went on to sell his that franchise but opened up three Rita&rsquo;s Italian Ice locations,&nbsp;which he also&nbsp;went on to sell. In the past 15 years, he has owned a jewelry store, two pizza places and an apparel company, all of which he has since sold. While getting his license to do financial consulting, he met Philly Pretzel Factory co-founder Dan DiZio and jumped back in the business ownership game by purchasing a Philly Pretzel Factory franchise. 

How did you learn about the brand? Why did you choose an opportunity with Philly Pretzel Factory?

I met Dan DiZio while I was coaching his son&rsquo;s soccer team and in the process of getting my financial license. I had real intensions of pursuing my consulting career and getting out of franchising completely, but the pretzel concept pulled me back in. I&rsquo;ve been involved with franchising for many years and I had the instinct that this was a great company. I couldn&rsquo;t pass up the opportunity.

My forte is building&nbsp;businesses so I took over my first Philly Pretzel Factory in Rocky Hill, NJ near Princeton and spent nine months growing it before selling it to another owner. I then went on to buy the Richboro location and after another year, I opened my Southampton location.

In addition to being a franchisee, I act as a broker and assist other Philly Pretzel Factory&nbsp;franchisees sell their locations.

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Franchisee Voices: Joe Chiarello of Philly Pretzel Factory

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