Pizza Hut focuses Indian expansion on small towns

May 31, 2005

Agencyfaqs.com: Pizza Hut plans to increase the number of its outlets in India to 135, from the current 98, by expanding its presence in smaller towns, company…

Study: Kids get a third of calories from pizza, snacks

May 31, 2005

MSNBC:  Researchers investigating the effectiveness of nutrition education on 8- to 10-year-olds found that a third of youngsters' diets consists of pizza…

Patrick Cudahy Emphasizes Foodservice With Natural Sweet Apple-Wood Smoked Bacon And New Support Programs

May 31, 2005

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Slow Smoked Bacon From Patrick Cudahy Adds Sweet Apple Wood Smoke Flavor To Profitable Signature Menu Items

May 31, 2005

Cudahy, WI – Apple Wood Smoked Bacon can be one of the most versatile and easy-to-use flavor sources in your operation.  Only Patrick Cudahy puts 15 hours of…

Patrick Cudahy Bacon Adds Unique Flavor, Aroma And Popular Appeal As A Topping Choice For Pizza

May 31, 2005

ckCudahy, WI – With over 1.5 billion pounds consumed every year in the United States, there is little question about how popular the great smoked taste and…

Marketing messages that stick

May 30, 2005

Few tasks in the pizza industry are as tedious as folding pizza boxes.

OPERATIONS: QSR going cashless quickly

May 30, 2005

Insiders say the shift to cashless payment is well underway in the quick-service restaurant segment. Larger transactions and greater customer frequency are the…

Oven-baked advances

Efficiency is the word to best describe the latest ovens on display at the 2005 National Restaurant Show in Chicago.

Iowa man hopes to set pizza record

May 30, 2005

The Globe Gazette: An Iowa Falls, Iowa, man is planning to make a 12,800-square-foot pizza to set a new Guinness record. The project is set to begin June 13…

Chuck E. Cheese's founder developing chain for grown-ups

May 30, 2005

USA Today: Nolan Bushnell, the creator Atari and Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theater, is developing what can be considered a Chuck E. Cheese's for the older…

May comps move up at Papa John's Pizza

May 30, 2005

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Papa John's reported that domestic systemwide comparable-store sales for the four weeks ended May 22, 2005 rose 3.7 percent (composed of a…

Taming turnover

May 29, 2005

Domino's Pizza is hoping to reduce management turnover with the launch of an e-learning initiative in partnership with the National Restaurant Association's…

Fidelity intros CallWorks Mini sequencer

May 26, 2005

NOVI, Mich. — Fidelity Communications announced the unveiling of its new CallWorks Mini Call Management System.

In the bag

May 25, 2005

The beauty of a pizza delivery bag is in the eye of the beholder ... and the buyer ... and the user.

House Judiciary Committee passes bill barring obesity lawsuits

May 25, 2005

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Restaurant Association commended the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee for the May 25 approval of H.R. 554, the…

Amazing Jake's Pizza Factory to open mega-eatertainment unit in July

May 24, 2005

The Business Journal of Phoenix: A 75,000-square-foot family entertainment center by the name of Amazing Jake's Pizza Factory is set to open in Mesa, Ariz., in…

Canada's Pizza Pizza using VoIP call center in U.S.

May 24, 2005

CRM News: Pizza Pizza once used a standard call center to centralize its order dispatch system, but now the Toronto-based firm is using the Internet — via the…

Papa John's levies pizza delivery fee at corp. units

May 24, 2005

The Courier-Journal: Citing rising gasoline and labor costs, Papa John's began charging a $1 fee for pizza deliveries from its 430 corporate units effective…

Block price meltdown stops at $1.45

May 24, 2005

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After sliding nearly 13 cents in five trading sessions, prices for block cheddar remained unchanged at $1.45 during May 25 trading at the…

Take-and-bake heats up in pizza-crazed Chicago

May 23, 2005

Daily Herald: Competing take-and-bake pizza franchises have invaded the pizza-crazed Chicago market. A rarity just a couple of years ago in the Windy City…