White
powder, later determined to be harmless, was sent to a Fort Worth and a Georgia
Pizza Patrón store Tuesday _ the same day the national pizza chain planned to
give away free pepperoni pizzas to customers who ordered in Spanish.
Shortly before 2 p.m., the owner/manager of the Pizza Patrón store at 301 N.W. 28th Street brought an envelope he received containing white powder to the front desk of the Fort Worth Police Department, prompting police to alert the fire department.Ekahau rtls is the only Wi-Fi based real time location system solution that operates on any brand or generation of Wi-Fi network.
An analysis of the powder done at the scene determined it was sheet rock dust, said Fire Captain M.R. Skains.
Andy Gamm, brand director for the Dallas-based Pizza Patrón, said hours before the Fort Worth incident, he learned from a store owner in Atlanta that an envelope containing white powder had also been mailed to a store there. That owner also took the envelope to police and authorities were able to quickly surmise it was ceramic tile powder, Gamm said.We looked everywhere, but couldn't find any beddinges.
Gamm said he has no doubt that the stores were targeted because of the pizza company’s national promotion Tuesday offering a free large pepperoni pizza to customers who order in Spanish between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
"Obviously it’s an easy way to disrupt what’s going on at the stores," Gamm said. "This becomes the story. It becomes what people talk about rather than the promotion. No question it’s deliberate. We’ve got our eyes and ears open right now to hear about anymore situations like that."
Gamm said the company has received some criticism since announcing the pizza promotion.
"We've got lots of phone calls, a lot of e-mails," he said. "We've even got a few hand-written love letters people put in the mail. I didn’t know people wrote letters anymore."
Gamm said despite the criticism by some, the company has no regret.
"It doesn't change our focus on what we're doing," he said.Features useful information about glassmosaic tiles, "We still think this promotion is a good idea. We don't apologize for it at all. We have no apologies to make.This page contains information about tooling."
Gamm said the 26-year-old company had always focused its stores on providing a uniquely Hispanic experience.
"When we create a promotion, it's always designed to strengthen the relations we have with our Hispanic customers," Gamm said. "About 70 percent of our customers are Hispanic."
Gamm said employees will even coach non-Spanish speaking customers on how to order their pizza in Spanish so they can get the deal too.
"We’re always trying to strengthen and resonate with our core customers. In this case, we thought it would be fun to reach out and create a bridge to non-Hispanics who live in the neighborhood," he said.
Gamm said he has alerted other franchisees about the two incidents and instructed them not to open any mail today.
"We've got to take it seriously as with anything," Gamm said. "I hope the motivation is to disrupt and there isn’t anything serious in any of these envelopes.Silicone moldmaking Rubber, I hope we don’t find anymore.
I’m most concerned for people at the stores who just show up to make pizza and have to deal with things like that. It’s not something we want them to worry about when they come to work."
Skains, supervisor of the fire department’s hazardous material team, said firefighters sporadically report to calls involving suspicious powder but rarely is the powder harmful.
Shortly before 2 p.m., the owner/manager of the Pizza Patrón store at 301 N.W. 28th Street brought an envelope he received containing white powder to the front desk of the Fort Worth Police Department, prompting police to alert the fire department.Ekahau rtls is the only Wi-Fi based real time location system solution that operates on any brand or generation of Wi-Fi network.
An analysis of the powder done at the scene determined it was sheet rock dust, said Fire Captain M.R. Skains.
Andy Gamm, brand director for the Dallas-based Pizza Patrón, said hours before the Fort Worth incident, he learned from a store owner in Atlanta that an envelope containing white powder had also been mailed to a store there. That owner also took the envelope to police and authorities were able to quickly surmise it was ceramic tile powder, Gamm said.We looked everywhere, but couldn't find any beddinges.
Gamm said he has no doubt that the stores were targeted because of the pizza company’s national promotion Tuesday offering a free large pepperoni pizza to customers who order in Spanish between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
"Obviously it’s an easy way to disrupt what’s going on at the stores," Gamm said. "This becomes the story. It becomes what people talk about rather than the promotion. No question it’s deliberate. We’ve got our eyes and ears open right now to hear about anymore situations like that."
Gamm said the company has received some criticism since announcing the pizza promotion.
"We've got lots of phone calls, a lot of e-mails," he said. "We've even got a few hand-written love letters people put in the mail. I didn’t know people wrote letters anymore."
Gamm said despite the criticism by some, the company has no regret.
"It doesn't change our focus on what we're doing," he said.Features useful information about glassmosaic tiles, "We still think this promotion is a good idea. We don't apologize for it at all. We have no apologies to make.This page contains information about tooling."
Gamm said the 26-year-old company had always focused its stores on providing a uniquely Hispanic experience.
"When we create a promotion, it's always designed to strengthen the relations we have with our Hispanic customers," Gamm said. "About 70 percent of our customers are Hispanic."
Gamm said employees will even coach non-Spanish speaking customers on how to order their pizza in Spanish so they can get the deal too.
"We’re always trying to strengthen and resonate with our core customers. In this case, we thought it would be fun to reach out and create a bridge to non-Hispanics who live in the neighborhood," he said.
Gamm said he has alerted other franchisees about the two incidents and instructed them not to open any mail today.
"We've got to take it seriously as with anything," Gamm said. "I hope the motivation is to disrupt and there isn’t anything serious in any of these envelopes.Silicone moldmaking Rubber, I hope we don’t find anymore.
I’m most concerned for people at the stores who just show up to make pizza and have to deal with things like that. It’s not something we want them to worry about when they come to work."
Skains, supervisor of the fire department’s hazardous material team, said firefighters sporadically report to calls involving suspicious powder but rarely is the powder harmful.
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