Peter Cancro
publication date: Saturday, July 10, 2021 (part of Summer 2021)
category: 
Business
clue: He's not the eponymous Mike, but he did take over a struggling sandwich restaurant as a teenager and turn it into a 2000-location franchise.
explanation: Cancro started working for Mike's Sandwiches at 14 and bought the failing business at 17, eventually franchising it around the country as Jersey Mike's. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Denise Sawicki, Erik Bates, and Mike Eberhart
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