SYDNEY, Australia -- Pizza Hut is fanning the flames in the already heated battle over the $1 billion ($500 million U.S.) Australian pizza market by modernizing its centralized call center. According …

WASHINGTON -- According to the United States government, 61 percent of Americans are fat because of poor diets. That number is up from 55 percent from 1988 to 1994 and from 46 percent from 1976 to …

BANGKOK -- Representatives of Pizza Hut and The Pizza Company say they expect business in Thailand to grow 15 to 20 percent as a result of TV coverage of the 2002 World Cup soccer tournament. The …

A good point-of-sale system will focus and speed up an operator's marketing efforts by handling key details.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- Pizza Haven was forced to drop a TV advertisement in which the chain's mascot runs into a glass door and falls down. According to the New Zealand Herald, the country's …

RICHMOND, British Columbia -- Boston Pizza International Inc. has hired Canadian-born comedian and actor Howie Mandel as its new spokesman. According to a release, the 30-second TV and radio …

There's a pizza battle underway in Thailand between a world leader and a local upstart. According to The Nation, Bill Heinecke, president of the Minor Group, the company that introduced pizza to the …

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Peter Piper Pizza Inc. is sending its senior executives on the road this spring to promote its "Pizza & Play Professionals" marketing program. According to a report in the …

An growing number of U.S. fire departments are pairing up with pizzerias to reward residents whose homes have working smoke detectors.

LONDON -- Pizza Hut UK has partnered with Maporama to add a restaurant locator feature on its Web site. According to Revolution UK Online, customers can can access a street map of their nearest …

Two U.S. sandwich giants are seeking to enhance menus and check averages with pizza.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The Kentucky Lottery Corp. is launching new promotion that will offer discounts at Pizza Hut restaurants to consumers who buy $5 Powerball tickets. The new promotion, run by the …

IRVING, Texas -- CEC Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: CEC) operator of Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Restaurants has announced its agreement to provide underwriting for the PBS KIDS children's program, "Clifford …

 

DALLAS -- Pizza Hut will team up with Internet portal Yahoo! to complement a TV ad campaign marketing its Ultimate line of pizzas. Ads for the pizzas will appear on Yahoo!'s home page and on its …

The corporate crew at Papa Murphy's Take 'N' Bake in Vancouver, Wash., can breathe a sigh of relief this holiday season. Web sales of the company's gift certificates have been outsourced to Salt Lake …

Generating press attention for a pizzeria takes a blend of showmanship, altruism and persistence.

LOS ANGELES -- Enrollment in the 2001-02 Pizza Hut BOOK IT! National Reading Incentive Program has increased 24 percent in Southern California. The number of schools participating in the program has …

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Domino's Pizza has partnered with K-B Toys for a huge Christmastime co-marketing venture. Throughout December, Domino's will direct mail holiday greeting cards to more than 64 …