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Pizza Inn selects DiamondTouch POS system
THE COLONY, Texas — Pizza Inn has made DiamondTouch the exclusive POS system for all its new corporate restaurants. In addition, DiamondTouch was reconfirmed as the system of choice for all its … -
Pizza sales could rise with softening economy
Restaurant researcher Dennis Lombardi predicts high energy costs and discretionary spending cutbacks could play favorably into the hands of pizza operators this winter and beyond. Keeping that … -
Pizzeria lets Vietnamese customers make their own pies
The Saigon Times: Since pizza is a relative newcomer to the culinary scene in Vietnam, owners of California Pizza Works are giving citizens of Ho Chi Minh City a hands-on lesson on how to make it … -
Family fun: Pizza Hut tries games at 3,250 parlors
DALLAS — Hoping to enhance the family dining experience, Pizza Hut has rolled out table-top versions of Patch Products' Buzzword and Such & Such games at some 3,250 U.S dine-in units … -
Jacent broadens phone-order lineup with Voice Center
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jacent Technologies, a supplier of voice-ordering platforms for automating inbound telephone calls, announced the release of its new Jacent Voice Center. According to a … -
An energy crisis in the making
In 2004, pizza operators had cheese prices to blame for lost profits. In 2005 and possibly 2006, soaring energy prices may do more serious damage. -
Pizza delivery charges creep into Canada
Victoria News: Record high gas prices in Canada — about U.S. $3.70 per gallon — are leading some pizza operators to charge for delivery. After offering free delivery for almost 20 years … -
Pizza driver murdered in set-up
NBC5.com: One day after a pizza delivery driver was murdered on the job in Markham, Ill., a fellow driver from the same company was robbed. Police said Frank Sedevic, 60, was beaten to death on the … -
Road speed a growing hazard in India pizza delivery
The Times of India: Pizza drivers in India claim "30 minutes or free" promises for delivery are pressuring them to drive dangerously en route to customers. Drivers say the money is enticing enough to … -
HURRICANE KATRINA: Regrouping, rebuilding and reopening
Pizza operators are known for helping the needy when disaster strikes, but now they're helping each other recover in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. -
Time saver or work maker?
Though they're technologically marvelous, automated ordering software in POS systems sometimes generate more work than they save. Their time will come, experts say, but until then operators may want … -
EEOC lawsuit against pizzeria alleges ADA violations
The Burlington Free Press: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued a Pizza Hut franchisee over allegations that a 13-year employee with Down syndrome was fired in September 2004 by … -
Drive thru: where pizza needs speed
Like most quick-service concepts, pizza operations know how to compete on price and value. Only one pizza company, however, has truly mastered rapid-service drive-thru, an area in which other QSR … -
OPERATIONS: Panned performance
Speeding up pizza throughput isn't always a matter of oven selection. Sometimes it comes down to choosing the right baking pans. -
Eagle Boys Pizza expands drive-thru growth, plans public listing
The Australian: Keeping the status-quo has never worked for Eagle Boys Pizza in Brisbane, Australia. As the firm continues expanding its revolutionary drive-thru system, it's also focusing on … -
Block cheese prices on seasonal climb
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Block prices are on the rise again. Since Aug. 12, when the price of 40-pound cheddar blocks was $1.36 per pound, costs have moved up nearly 24 cents to close at more than $1 …- Jennifer Litz -
Hcareers provides free job search service to Katrina's victims
VANCOUVER, B.C. — Hcareers, a Web-based job board for the restaurant, hospitality and retail industries, launched an initiative to help workers who are unemployed as a result of Hurricane … -
Pizza: It's what's for breakfast
Joe Whitty began experimenting with breakfast pizzas a few years ago. When friends and family sampled the fruits of his labor, they told the founder of 65-unit Happy Joe's Pizza & Ice Cream that … -
CORRECTION: Rising fuel costs won't increase Domino's Pizza's prices
* On Sept. 14, PizzaMarketplace was made aware by a spokesman from Domino's Pizza that the following story, originally written by Reuters, misrepresented comments made by chief executive David … -
A dynamic distribution duo
Were there ever a notable growth story, it's Roma Foods'. Louis G. Piancone founded the distributorship out of a simple New Jersey delicatessen in 1955. Over the next five decades, the Italian …
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