A well-crafted jingle gets in the ears and minds of customers more quickly and permanently than any other form of advertising. Having one tailored for your pizza operation may be more affordable than …

Efficiency is the word to best describe the latest ovens on display at the 2005 National Restaurant Show in Chicago.

Hitting singles and doubles, not home runs, will restore and reinvigorate Pizza Inn, says new CEO Tim Taft.

Despite advances in the quality of fully cooked toppings, some pizza operators still insist on using raw meat toppings.

Credit card fees can take a deep bite out of pizza operators' profits. Having an ATM onsite, however, may encourage customers to take the cash option, starve the card sharks and potentially create a …

After a two-year tussle with CEO Ronald Parker, Pizza Inn not only has fired him, it is suing him for attempting to enrich himself while imperiling the chain.

Artisan bread making and brewing changed the U.S. culinary landscape in the 1980s, and artisan pizza making is preparing to do the same.

After building Donatos Pizzeria and selling it to McDonald's Corp. for a king's ransom, Jim Grote bought it back. He now shares the tough but beneficial lessons he learned working for the world's …

At February's second coming of NAPICS, pizza operators will enjoy unrivaled business-building content and networking.

A combined 7,285 attendees and exhibitors filled the aisles of the Columbus Convention Center for NAPICS, 2004's first pizza show.

In May Little Caesars broke a long truce with its franchisees by suing 40 operators it says are using sub-par pizza ingredients. Franchisees deny the claim and call the suit Little Caesars …

Many potential pizza franchisees roam the aisles at the 85th-annual National Restaurant Association show, but operators say finding the good ones takes skill, patience and practice.

Jacmar Corp., a 19-store Shakey's Pizza franchisee, is negotiating to buy the beleaguered pizza chain.

It's clearly innovative, but is there a need in the pizza industry for the Presseal round pizza box?

It's time for Pizza Inn's shareholders to decide whether they trust its current board of directors, or whether they will vote for a slate of directors nominated by its largest shareholder …

An outdated and incomplete uniform franchise offering circular emerges as the centerpiece of a fraud and misrepresentation lawsuit filed against Shakey's by its franchisees.

Ordering online from a distributor is simple and convenient, but few distributors and pizza operators are using such services.

PizzaMarketplace's editor reviews five significant events that occurred in the pizza industry in 2003, and makes five predictions for 2004.

Marketing experts say direct response ads generate the most sales for pizzerias, not image ads.

A flurry of Securities Exchange Commission filings details a looming showdown between 417-unit Pizza Inn's board of directors and its largest shareholder, Newcastle Partners.