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Pizza: An evolving campus cash cow
A premier college foodservice director describes pizza's potential in university dining from 3,000 feet.- Ken Toong -
Home Run Inn caters to frozen pizza customization with new site
Frozen pizzas -- once the quick dinner of last resort -- have increasingly become gourmet items, with new premium lines being added to store shelves each year. Chicago-based Home Run Inn Pizza has …- Jennifer Litz -
MenuMax program controls costs, automates nutritional info
MenuMax is the foodservice industry's premier Web-based cost-control system. MenuMax is fully automated to help today's foodservice professional maximize profits and gain operational efficiency with … -
Technomic outlines pizza's allure
Consumers choose pizza over other meal options due to taste, ease and value, according to a new study from foodservice industry consultant Technomic. Many respondents also expressed a desire for … -
Sbarro announces major expansion in Brazil, Japan
Sbarro has announced its entry into the Brazilian marketplace through a partnership agreement with GPS Group. The agreement calls for the opening of more than 1,000 restaurants throughout Brazil over … -
Getting back to the bargaining table
How to lower the third most expensive operating cost in the restaurant industry -- rent. -
CPK on the selling block?
California Pizza Kitchen has announced that its board of directors has authorized management to consider a wide range of financial and strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value. The company … -
Domino's stock recommended for aggressive growth investors
Zacks.com, a leading independent investments research firm, has highlighted Domino's Pizza stock as one to buy. The company released a statement recommending it as an aggressive growth-type … -
South American Pizza Hut franchisee expands
At the end of a strong fourth quarter report last week, Brazil Fast Food, the franchisee of Yum! Brands' Pizza Hut and KFC stores in Brazil and Chile, announced a plan to open at least six more Pizza … -
Pizza campaign targets young moms' favorite mediums
Peter Piper's digital makeover focuses on "three screens" that help mothers be more efficient: mobile, laptops and television.- Jennifer Litz -
Pizzeria intros wine to supermarket
Chicago-based pizza chain Home Rome Inn has teamed with Stanger Vineyards of California's Paso Robles to offer its "Home Run Inn" branded wine to Chicago Jewel-Osco supermarket stores, according to … -
Papa Romano's kicks off year-long Pepsi giveaway
Papa Romano's announced a giveaway where one winner at each of its locations throughout April will receive free pizza and Pepsi for a year. To mark the pizzeria's 40th birthday, customers who find a … -
Cut costs with HVAC, climate control systems
A great cost reduction opportunity lies with the heating and air conditioning (HVAC) system – a restaurant's largest discretionary source of energy demand … -
Breaking: Lee Equity Partners buys Papa Murphy's Take 'N' Bake
New York-based private equity firm Lee Equity Partners has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the nearly 1,200 unit Papa Murphy's Take 'N' Bake pizza chain from its current majority owner … -
QSRs lead recession pullout globally
QSR traffic in Canada, Japan and Italy show signs of improvement -- and worldwide consumer trade-down. -
Oliveto prepared to gain ground
Positioned between casual and fast-casual, the burgeoning pizza chain is poised for growth with its savvy drink programs, price point and nod to nutrition …- Jennifer Litz -
Slower mall traffic hurts Sbarro in Q4 2009
Sbarro Inc. announced results of operations for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year ended Dec. 27, 2009. The company sustained a 4.6 percent decrease in company-owned comparable-unit sales for the … -
Peter Piper Pizza aims for comeback with digital makeover
Peter Piper Pizza has tapped Santy Integrated, an award-winning full-service marketing communications agency, to revitalize and grow its well-known local brand through a dynamic integrated campaign … -
Technomic: 2009 chain sales fall but there were bright spots
The 500 largest U.S. restaurant chains registered a decline in sales, posting 0.8 percent annual sales decline in 2009. According to data released today by Technomic Inc., in its annual reporting on … -
Papa Bello to open new ethnic eatery
Papa Bello Enterprises announced today that the company has signed a new lease agreement to open the second Kebab Cafe, which will be located in the Horton Plaza Shopping Mall in the Gas Lamp Quarter …
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