Nashville Business Journal: Glen Irven McCarthy, president of Gourmet Pizza Plus Inc. in Hendersonville, Tenn., was arrested on Feb. 15 and charged with sales tax evasion. McCarthy, 47, turned …

Free and nearly automated NSF check recovery services make check acceptance much safer, and even profitable, for pizza operators.

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 …

Newsday: When Norwich, Conn., pizza shop owner Rena Dorr heard that an employee had lost a bank deposit bag full of thousands of dollars, she didn't worry too much. "The first thing I told him was …

Great pizza operators are detail people. But even masters of minutia allow some things to slip through the cracks now and again. Electronic aides are handy helpers when it comes to crossing every "t …

Delivery drivers are supposed to carry as little cash as possible, and operators are supposed to set up policies to ensure drivers drop their cash after each run. Problem is, said J.W. Callahan …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Economic Times' (India) annual survey of the country's "Top 50 Most Trusted Service Brands" rated Pizza Hut as the most trusted quick-service restaurant company in India …

The Jamaica Observer: Restaurants of Jamaica (ROJ) will begin operating some of its Pizza Hut restaurants under its KFC roof, a strategy that the company says could lead to a much faster roll-out of …

TORONTO — Pizza Pizza is partnering with Make-A-Wish Foundation to help make wishes come true for children this Christmas season by donating $1 from every salad sold now until Jan. 16, 2005 …

TULSA, Okla. — NorthStar Technolgies, a premier service provider in the application of electronic collections, will provide verification to the central call center and Southwestern U.S. dine-in …

TULSA, Okla. — NorthStar Technologies, a premier service provider in the application of electronic collections, has signed a contract with Domino's Pizza of Tulsa to provide check verification …

The Pawtucket Times: In the world of the Dore brothers' dreams, the bottle would have broken when Michael Dore got hit on the head and the police, and detectives would have offered sympathy when he …

NZZ Online: Pizza Hut Switzerland is closing its six remaining restaurants, with the loss of around 100 jobs. The company, a franchise of the world's biggest pizza chain and present in the country …

As the owner-operator of Big Dave's Pizza in Oscoda, Mich., Dave Ostrander learned the hard way that there are three kinds of employees: those who will never take a penny, those who will occasionally …

Forbes: Yum Brands Inc. said Thursday that combined same-store sales at U.S. Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC restaurants rose 2 percent in October, despite lower sales at the fried chicken chain. Same …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Papa John's International Inc. reported a 1.2 percent increase in domestic comp-sales in the third quarter 2004 ended Sept. 26 compared to the same period last year. According …

The Courier-Journal: Better ingredients might make better pizza, but Papa John's has come to realize it "don't mean a thing if you ain't got that wing." Using a play on the 1930s Duke Ellington hit …

DALLAS — U.S. Restaurant Properties Inc.'s (NYSE:USV) board of directors approved a December monthly common stock dividend of 11 cents per share (which equates to an annual rate of $1.32 per …

Like cheese and toppings prices, the cost of fresh tomatoes is pinching pizza operators' profits.

Price is only one factor among many to be considered when shopping for the right location for a pizza operation.