NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — The “Hot-N-Ready” wasn’t so ready Wednesday in North Platte.
Little Caesars suddenly closed its doors in the afternoon, posting a sign that read “closed until further notice” — and left customers scratching their heads and tummies rumbling. Local news outlets reported two employees were inside making the decision, but no explanation was offered at the time.
Naturally, locals wondered: Was it the ovens? The sauce? A pizza conspiracy?
The answer turned out to be a lot less dramatic. District Manager Kim Nitz swooped in on social media comments to clear things up:
“We’ll be open as soon as we can,” Nitz said. “We just ran out of product.”
In other words, the pizza place simply ran out of pizza.
Nitz explained the hiccup came while training new employees on ordering supplies. “Sometimes you gotta fail before you can succeed,” she said. “We’re human and we make mistakes — it’s how we learn. We cannot wait to be open again and serving all of you.”
So rest easy, North Platte. The Little Caesars isn’t gone for good — it just needs to restock before it can get back to fulfilling those pizza cravings.