This is the second of four installments -- three lighthearted and one serious -- describing the five-day-long Practical Pizza Production Technology seminar at the American Institute of Baking. Click …
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Domino's Inc. has reported record third-quarter results for 2002, with net income of $10.8 million, a 36.2 percent increase compared to the same period last year. The Michigan …
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Back Yard Burgers Inc. (Nasdaq: BYBI) is switching its multi-brand development with Louisville, Ky.-based Yum! Brands Inc. from Pizza Hut to Taco Bell. The company expects to …
THE COLONY, Texas -- Pizza Inn Inc. (Nasdaq: PZZI) reports earnings per share for its first quarter, ended Sept. 29, were 3 cents versus 6 cents for the same quarter last year. Net income was down …
NEVADA, Iowa -- Pizza topping manufacturer Burke Corp. is topping out its office space in Nevada, Iowa, and starting another building project. The company is planning a two-story, 19,000-square-foot …
SYDNEY, Australia -- Australians hungry for pizza would rather phone in their orders than use the Internet for their purchases, according to a report in Icon magazine. Pizza Hut launched its online …
ATLANTA -- A Pizza Hut delivery driver was carrying only $15, chicken wings and a large pizza when he was killed Oct. 16, according to The Associated Press. Paul Wojcik, 45, was strangled to death …
WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Police have filed charges against a Meadow Lands, Pa., woman accused of taking cash for pizza kits and then failing to deliver. According to the Observer-Reporter, Billie Jo Smith …
DETROIT -- Northville, Mich., resident Larry Sheehan, a former executive of Domino's Pizza and Little Caesars, died Oct. 14 of heart disease. He was 70. An obituary in the Detroit Free Press said …
MARIETTA, Ga. -- A Pizza Hut delivery driver was strangled to death on the night of Oct. 16 during a delivery run near Marietta. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Cobb County police …
CHICAGO -- The price of 40-pound blocks of cheddar cheese sold on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange plummeted to $1.16 per pound on Oct. 17, its lowest price since Sept. 13, when it traded for $1.13 …
AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- Restaurant Brands, operator of Pizza Hut, KFC and Starbucks stores in New Zealand and Australia, reported $5 million (U.S. $2.74 million) in half-year profits (to Sept. 9 …
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Equipment used in six Papa John's stores closed on Oct. 7 has been sold to an area Domino's Pizza franchisee. According to the Times-Union, James Cosentino, a principal in Papa John's …
IRVING, Texas -- Despite a 2 percent earnings increase in CEC Entertainment Inc.'s (NYSE:CEC) third quarter 2002, the combination of a 2.7 percent drop in comparable-store sales and the prediction of …
LYNDEN, Wis. -- Despite a week and a half of vigorous block cheddar cheese trades on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, dairy market analyst Jerry Dryer isn't confident prices will remain at current …
AKRON, Ohio -- Two teens appeared in juvenile court on Oct. 15 after their arrest in connection with the robbery of two pizza delivery drivers two nights earlier. According to the Akron Beacon …
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A few certainties identified at the NACS Show 2002, hosted by the National Association of Convenience Stores, Oct. 5-8 at the gargantuan Orange County Convention Center: The c-store …
LONDON -- James Parson, managing director of PizzaExpress' UK and Ireland regions, resigned Oct. 15. According to Ananova, effective immediately, Parson will be replaced by David Sykes. The report …
SAN FRANCISCO -- Gourmet pizza concept Extreme Pizza could expand to as many as a dozen metro markets beyond its San Francisco base over the next year. According to the San Francisco Business Times …
TOKYO -- Japanese-American entrepreneur Ernest Higa already runs a company that licenses 169 Domino's Pizza stores in Japan. But now he wants to expand his business using new technologies he believes …
