CHICAGO -- Multiple media outlets are reporting that 29-year-old delivery driver Eduardo Flores was murdered while delivering pizza on the night of Dec. 10. Flores, who worked for Guy's Pizza, was …

Editor Steve Coomes casts a jaundiced eye on recent news affecting the pizza industry.

BUENOS AIRES -- Since the owners of Empire Pizzeria abandoned ship last October, its employees have kept the 32-year-old institution afloat amid a heavy debt load. According to the Associated Press …

GLEN BURNIE, Md. -- The owner of a Glen Burnie pizza store remained hospitalized in serious condition after he and one employee were shot during a Dec. 4 robbery. According to the Baltimore Sun …

OXFORD, Ohio -- Sales of slices by a LaRosa's Pizza franchisee to students at two popular nightspots in Oxford has the owner of Bruno's accusing the competitor of breaking the law. According to the …

PAISLEY, Scotland -- The Pizza Shop, a pizza and fish delivery outlet, is being criticized by a Paisley alcohol-awareness group for delivering beer and wine to homes. According to the Paisley Daily …

Nationwide, Domino's Pizza is doubling staff in expectation of selling 50 percent more pies on Thanksgiving eve than sold on a typical Wednesday. According to a company release, that's one million …

HOMESTEAD, Pa. -- Local police arrested one person and are seeking a second on charges that they held up and kidnapped a pizza delivery driver at gunpoint and stole his car. According to the …

LAFAYETTE, La. -- A Nov. 9 after-hours hold-up at BJ's Pizza has convinced the owner to lock his restaurant's back door after dark. According to the Daily Advertiser, employee Kyle Richard said a …

LONDON -- GoodFella's and British tabloid The Sun are celebrating National Pizza Week (Nov. 11-17) in the UK by holding a trivia contest that will reward winners with free pizza for a year. According …

CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. -- Someone with deep pockets and a very tender heart must have a deep affection for table servers who are single mothers. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, in early November …

Real-life experience and valuable advice has made "Big Dave" Ostrander the independent operators' go-to guy.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Pa. -- Two teens hoping to rob a pizza delivery driver got a big surprise when they discovered the driver was an undercover police detective. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bertucci's Brick Oven Pizzeria will in January open the first of what could become six restaurants in Charlotte. According to the Charlotte Business Journal, the Northborough, Mass …

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Salvatore Stellino, the 54-year-old owner of a once popular chain of South Florida pizza restaurants, Sal's Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria Inc., pleaded guilty on Oct. 8 to …

LAFAYETTE, La. -- When Hurricane Lili robbed more than 100,000 residents of Lafayette of their electrical power on Oct.3, pizza became a hot commodity in the area. According to The Advertiser, the …

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A pizzeria co-owner is disputing whether a salmonella outbreak that affected at least 25 people originated in a sink in her restaurant. According to the Buffalo News, Blasdell Pizza …

AMHERST, N.Y. -- The manager of a Domino's Pizza store in Amherst was robbed at gunpoint as he left the store at 2 a.m. on Sept. 25. According to the Buffalo News, as the manager walked to his car he …

SAN FRANCISCO -- California Pizza Kitchen Inc. (Nasdaq:CPKI) chief executive officer Fred Hipp said the casual-serve chain will raise its prices 1.1 percent when its November menu comes out …

REGINA, Saskatchewan -- A local pizza parlor owner says he's out more than CAN $300,000 (U.S. $190,000) after the restaurant's former manager allegedly stole from him. According to the Leader-Post …