MADISON, Wis. -- Block cheese prices increased a few cents during the past week, but market watchers don't expect much upward travel until the summer. According to Cheese Market News, Mark Stephenson …
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Pizza Schmizza, an 11-store New York-style pizza chain, plans to grow to 20 before year's end. According to the Portland Business Journal, store openings will proceed at a pace of …
MONTVILLE, N.J. -- Lucille Farms, Inc. reported on April 3 that it has been delisted from the NASDAQ SmallCap Market exchange. The company was removed because it didn't meet the net tangible assets …
ATLANTA -- Results of a study presented April 3 at the American College of Cardiology's annual meeting show that women may benefit from increased intake of tomato products. According to Vitamin …
DETROIT -- Hawkins Food Group, a franchisor of 118 Pizza Hut stores, appointed Conrad Mallett, a former Michigan Supreme Court justice, as its CEO on April 3. According to the Detroit News, La-Van …
LOS ANGELES -- California Pizza Kitchen Inc., (Nasdaq:CPKI) announced on April 4 that revenues increased 23 percent to $70.2 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2002, versus $57 million in …
On a lot of restaurant and pizzeria menus, sandwiches are relegated to a sort of "other" category where operators never put core-concept products. But it appears that such disrespect for this humble …
A report in the March 30 USA Today stated that sales of DiGiorno pizza were $382 million last year -- up from $0 in 1995. The report credited clever marketing, the pizza's bake-to-rise crust and …
IRVING, Texas -- CEC Entertainment, parent company of Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza, announced in a March 28 SEC filing that 2001 revenues increased to $562.2 million, up 11.1 percent over 2000. According …
INDIANAPOLIS -- Noble Roman's, Inc. announced April 1 the appointment of George Apostolopoulos and Perry Thacker as executive vice president of development, and director of franchise development …
WASHINGTON D.C. -- In my wildest imagination, I never thought I would have to challenge the arguments of George Will for their simplistic and naïve assumptions, but in his column "Supersize …
IRVING, Texas -- CEC Entertainment, Inc., parent company of Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza, today announced the Company earned $16.2 million or $0.57 per share on a diluted basis for the third quarter ended …
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California -- Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc., headquartered here, completed a private placement of 3.2 million shares of common stock to its largest shareholder, BJ Chicago LLC …
SINGAPORE -- All 106 Tricon fast-food outlets in Singapore went up for sale in late September. As reported in Singapore's Business Times, 30 Pizza Huts, 70 KFCs and six Taco Bells, all owned by …
ELGIN, Ill. -- The Middleby Corporation (NASDAQ: MIDD) has agreed to purchase Maytag Corporation's (NYSE: MYG) Blodgett commercial cooking products business for $80 million in cash and $15 million in …
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Galaxy Nutritional Foods (Amex: GXY), a producer of plant-based dairy alternatives has reported significant progress in its test with 43 Pizza Hut franchise stores in the greater …
LONDON -- City Centre Restaurants (CCR), announced yesterday that it is selling its troubled Deep Pan Pizza brand to a management buyout team in a £4 million ($5.7 million U.S.) deal. The Deep …
MADRID -- Spanish pizza delivery giant Telepizza, plans to open a chain of 120 quick-service pizza restaurants under the brand name of La Piazza. The company expects that 90 percent of the units will …
Little Caesars has signed Cutting Edge Pizza LLC to operate 59 Little Caesars Pizza restaurants in Missouri, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. The company is owned by …
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Papa John's International Inc. (PZZA) said in a company release it may close 50 to 100 restaurants (primarily domestic franchise units) in 2002, while opening 95-135 new domestic …