BRADLEY, Ill. -- Fifty-store Monical's Pizza has named Coralville, Iowa-based Hawkeye Foodservice Distribution, Inc. its Vendor of the Year for 2002. Hawkeye is a privately owned broadline …
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Yum! Brands Inc. reported Dec. 5 that November same-store sales at Pizza Hut's U.S. company-owned stores rose 1 percent in the four-week period ended Nov. 30 (the company's Period …
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 …
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. -- Fox's Pizza Den franchisee Scott Anthony's creative marketing efforts garnered him a third-place award at the Annual Franchise System Management & Information Technology …
MORRISTOWN, N.J. -- Thomas J. Koskovich, 24, who was convicted in 1999 for his role in the 1997 ambush, robbery and murder of two pizza delivery drivers, received a sentence of 30 years to life on …
Timing is crucial in sales, and Steve France's couldn't have been much better 24 years ago. Working as a salesman for Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Arvco Container Corporation in the mid 1970s, France …
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) announced in a release that domestic systemwide comparable sales for the four weeks ended Nov. 24 increased 1.5 percent (composed of …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Los Angeles-based RedBrick Pizza, which operates 10 restaurants on the West Coast, announced it will open a store in an 1,800-square-foot Charlotte shopping center space early next …
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 …
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- A former employee of a Papa John's pizza store in Williamsport was arrested in connection with the Nov. 25 robbery of the outlet. According to the Associated Press, 18-year-old …
COLOGNE, Germany -- Tenants of a house in Cologne are suing pizza delivery companies for leaving unwanted advertisement fliers in its mailboxes. According to Ananova, German law forbids the placement …
BURLINGTON, Ontario -- Afton Food Group Ltd. (TSX: AFF) announced losses for its third quarter, ended Sept. 30, and for the first nine months of 2002. According to a release, the company, which …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Boston Pizza International Inc. (BPI) and Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund (TSX: BPF.UN) (the "Fund") announced that Boston Pizza Royalties Limited Partnership (the …
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 …
PITTSBURGH -- Pizza Outlet director of marketing Jim Powers acknowledged in a recent Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report that the 100-plus store delivery-carryout chain likely will change its name to …
LONDON -- As part of its ongoing turnaround strategy, PizzaExpress is testing a new high-quality Italian concept called Marzano. According to Reuters, the struggling 300-store chain announced last …
SEOUL -- In Korea's not-so-distant past, pizza was considered by many to be "fast food." But according to a report in the Korea Herald, Pizza Hut operators there have raised service standards …
LONDON -- Former PizzaExpress chief executive Ian Eldridge is behind a bid by that company's former co-owner, Luke Johnson, to buy the struggling chain. According to the London Observer, Eldridge …
GARNER, N.C. -- Papa John's International is in the hunt for a 70,000-square-foot-plus facility in Wake County, N.C. to replace its current commissary in Garner. According to a report in The Business …
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Donatos Pizzeria closed all five of its Michigan stores on Nov. 21. This is the second market closure in a week for the Columbus, Ohio, pizza chain, which closed 23 stores in …
