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Coppell, Texas — CiCi's Pizza launched its "Pizza, Pasta, Salad, Dessert and a College Education" sweepstakes with a $25,000 college savings account grand prize, according to a news release …

COPPELL, Texas — In celebration of its 20th anniversary, CiCi's Pizza is offering customers the chance to win an all-expenses-paid family vacation to Naples, Italy. According to a news release …

COPPELL, Texas — On a late January Caribbean cruise for more than 600 of its franchisees, managers and their families, CiCi's Pizza honored its top performers for 2004. Company President Craig …

Senior Editor Steve Coomes takes a look at who won and who lost in the pizza business in 2004. He also analyzes his predictions made at the end of last year, and takes a shot at prophesying what will …

Your growing pizza operation needs a point-of-sale system to grow with it. You've auditioned lots of them, but none matches your operations exactly. You track sales and payroll one way, but they run …

Coppell, Texas — Just in time for the holidays, CiCi's Pizza announced it will launch its first gift certificate program system-wide. Company president Craig Moore said he is hoping the new …

Senior editor Steve Coomes discusses five pizza franchise opportunities for 2005.

NEW YORK—Coppell, Texas-based CiCi's Pizza wants pizza lovers to know its service is as good as its food, and it's spending $14 million on the effort. According to a report in AdWeek, CiCi's …

Eatza Pizza signs a 25-store Ohio development deal and rolls out new buffet prototype.

COPPELL, Texas--The new owners of CiCi's Pizza believe they can grow the 470 restaurant buffet chain to more than 2,000 units. According to the Dallas Morning News, Craig Moore is the company's …

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—CiCi's Pizza, a 450-unit all-you-can-eat pizza buffet concept based in Coppell, Texas, wants to open 10 stores in and around Louisville, Ky., over the next four to five years …

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

COPPELL, Texas—CiCi's Pizza has appointed Tom Koenigsberg its new chief marketing officer. According to a news release, Koenigsberg comes from Carlson Restaurants Worldwide, where he served as …

CINCINNATI—Cici's Pizza, a 456-store Coppell, Texas-based all-you-can-eat buffet chain, plans to build 13 stores in the local area over the next four years. According to the Cincinnati Business …

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles private investment firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has completed a management-led buyout of Coppell, Texas-based Cici's Pizza, a 450-unit buffet chain …

COPPELL, Texas -- Cici's Pizza have announced that a management-led buyout of the company was completed on Sept. 22. According to a news release, the all-you-eat, value-priced pizza buffet chain was …

Courted by investors and chain operators, Joe Croce, founder of CiCi's Pizza's wouldn't sell to outsiders unfamiliar with his company.

Sluggish sales amid a sputtering economy didn't stop the pizza industry from delivering a year full of highs and lows in 2002

DENVER -- Pizza PALS of Denver, a CiCi's Pizza franchisee group, has announced the appointment of Mike Speck as its chief people officer. According to a release, Pizza PALS recently opened the first …