Circular thinking: Pizza Hut intros More4All Pizza

November 22, 2005

DALLAS — Pizza Hut's new More4ALL pizza shows the company is taking its "Gather 'Round the Good Stuff" slogan literally.

Pizza driver murdered while collecting on bad check

November 22, 2005

AccessNorthGa.com: A customer who wrote a cold check for pizza delivery murdered the driver who later returned to his house to collect cash for the transaction.

CiCi's Pizza sponsors pizza and math exhibit at Dallas Children's Museum

November 21, 2005

COPPELL, Texas — CiCi's Pizza has partnered with the Dallas Children's Museum to help kids learn and enjoy math while studying pizza.

Domino's Pizza supports St. Jude's with Thanks and Giving campaign

November 21, 2005

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Domino's Pizza hopes to raise a lot of dough for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital during its 2005 Thanks and Giving Campaign. From now…

Papa John's Pizza intros 'Papa Cards' for the holidays

November 21, 2005

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Papa John's jumped on the holiday gift-card bandwagon by delivering 1 million Papa Cards to more than 5,300 retail outlets throughout the…

Sbarro posts 3Q loss despite 4.2% comps gain

November 21, 2005

MELVILLE, N.Y. — Sbarro's unit-sales increase this year hasn't helped the 961-unit mall-centered pizza and pasta chain make a profit through the third quarter…

Canada's Pizza Delivery Corp. posts 2Q '06 loss

November 20, 2005

CALGARY, Alberta — Despite a modest increase in sales, Canada's Pizza Delivery Corp., franchisee of 250 Domino's Pizza stores, posted a loss for the 13 weeks…

Asian cheese demand sends prices soaring in Australia

November 20, 2005

Sydney Morning Herald: Strong demand for Australian cheese in Asia has pushed up prices in Australia by twice the rate of inflation this year. Tim Hunt, senior…

California Pizza Kitchen accelerating rate of new openings

November 20, 2005

Reuters: California Pizza Kitchen's co-chief executives want to step on the growth accelerator over the next few years. After two years of working to get the…

OPERATIONS: POS system: Time saver, money maker

Time slaving becomes time savings with an electronic point-of-sale system.

Keep good records for when disaster strikes

November 18, 2005

This year's spate of natural disasters should make pizza operators think seriously about protecting and duplicating their vital business records. Should…

New York Pizza Show roundup: Show-stopping seminars

November 18, 2005

Pizza purism, passion and publicity dominated discussions during several seminars at the New York Pizza Show.

Ambushed pizza driver leaves hospital months early

November 17, 2005

The Buffalo News: A pizza delivery driver who was nearly beaten to death in early November walked out of a hospital months before doctors expected. Driver…

3 pizza companies win People Report Best Practices awards

November 16, 2005

DALLAS — People Report, the leading provider of human capital metrics for the foodservice industry, presented three pizza companies Best Practices awards…

SpeedLine systemizes labor planning for pizzerias

November 15, 2005

LYNDEN, Wash. — An innovative labor planning system from pizza POS maker SpeedLine helps restaurant operators control labor costs proactively.

Peter Piper Pizza launches gift card program

November 14, 2005

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Peter Piper Pizza has introduced a new gift card program at some 40 restaurants in Arizona, San Diego and Los Angeles.

Caputo simplifies fresh mozzarella portioning with slices

November 14, 2005

MELROSE PARK, Ill. — As operators who use fresh mozzarella know, portion control can be challenging. So to simplify this sometimes-sticky matter, Caputo has…

Customers mistaken for robbers now suing pizzeria

November 13, 2005

Indianapolis Star: Two Papa John's customers mistaken by a delivery driver for robbers are suing the chain and the city of Indianapolis for emotional distress…

Pizza Hut gets product placement on 'Three Wishes' show

November 13, 2005

AdWeek: The Nov. 11 episode of NBC's "Three Wishes" saw Pizza Hut land a highly visible product placement by helping a 13-year-old Ohio girl achieve her goal…

LaRosa's Pizza founder still active, still giving at 76

November 13, 2005

Cincinnati Enquirer: Buddy LaRosa's achy shoulders keep him from kneading dough these days, but his powerful presence as the chairman of the 58-unit La Rosa's…