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at the Sanford Pizza Company Tuesday Starter with a request from a stranger. I'm out of food and I'm hungry, like just give me a couple of minutes. I give you the slices. No problem. Minutes after the gesture of some free pizza, a longtime customer walked in and asked, How you guys doing? I'm well, you know, the sacristan says. I mean, we're doing the best we can. Then that same longtime patron surprised the shop owner. I just want to give you $1000. So of course I'm like, What do you mean, a house in dollars? Like, you know, it didn't dawn on me. So you know what? You're for real. Every $100 because I don't want you to pay for the fees that credit card companies charge is relying on takeout only creates a huge challenge for area restaurants. They scratch and claw to survive. Keep the doors open so a little over $1000 could mean a lot. I was crying. It's like, Look, I got Goose for me. It's like we're still a look. A lot of good people out there what means the most to him. I'm gonna be able to pay my employees. A longtime customer asked his name not be used, telling Colin Rodeo he didn't do it for attention in Sanford, Seminole County. Dave McDaniel, Western News

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Tuesday started with a request from a stranger at the Sanford Pizza Company. Alfredo Colimodio said the stranger told him he was out of food and hungry. Colimodio told the man to give him a couple of minutes and he would grab him some slices of pizza.Minutes after the gesture of some free pizza, a long time customer walked in and asked how they were doing in the shop.“I say ‘Well you know, due to circumstances, we're doing the best we can,’" Colimodio told WESH 2 News.Colimodio said that was when the long-time patron surprised him. The patron gave him $1,000. “So, of course I'm like, ‘What do you mean a thousand dollars?’ It didn't dawn on me." Colimodio said. “He says ‘You know what? Make it $1,100 because I don't want you to pay for the fees that the credit card is going to charge you.’"Relying on takeout only has created a huge challenge for area restaurants. “I was crying, look I have goose bumps, there are still a lot of good people out there man,” Colimodio said. “I'm going to be able to pay my employees.” The long-time customer asked that his name not be used, telling Colomodio he didn't do it for attention.