Nick-N-Willy's Pizza trading sweets for tsunami donations

January 17, 2005

LONE TREE, Colo. — Forty-plus-unit Nick-N-Willy's World Famous Take-N-Bake Pizza is trading sweet treats for customer donations to victims of the recent…

New Kraft pizza dough made for reheating, shelf-life

January 16, 2005

Chicago Sun-Times: Ever try to reheat a cooked pizza, only to have it end up tasting dry or stale? Kraft Foods thinks it has a way to solve that problem.

Pizza competition heats up in cold Canada

January 16, 2005

The Toronto Globe and Mail: After two decades of rapid growth in the 1970s and 1980s, North American pizza sales began to slow during the 1990s, but the rate…

Papa John's founder hopeful for turnaround

January 13, 2005

The Courier-Journal: Better ingredients, better pizza.

CHEESE: Dairy producers milk end-users

January 12, 2005

Dairy market manipulation by DFA may be legal, but it's not right. Pizza operators, along with average consumers, must demand change.

BJ's posts flat 4Q comps, but solid 2004

January 12, 2005

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Pizza-and-craft-brew centered BJ's Restaurants, Inc. posted modest same-store sales increases of 1.1 percent for its fourth quarter…

Little Caesars appoints Scrivano president

January 12, 2005

DETROIT — Ilitch Holdings, Inc., owner of the Little Caesars pizza chain, has appointed David Scrivano president at Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.

History refutes itself as cheese prices zoom upward

January 12, 2005

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — If history is correct and block cheddar prices typically are low in January, someone is busy rewriting the record books.

Pizza driver pounded with bat and crowbar

January 11, 2005

Amarillo Globe News: In the second attack on an Amarillo, Texas, pizza delivery driver in three days, two men robbed a Mr. Gatti's driver with a baseball bat…

Pizzeria Uno aims to double unit count, compete in casual segment

January 11, 2005

Chicago Sun-Times: The company that owns Pizzeria Uno, Pizzeria Due and Su Casa — legendary Chicago restaurants started by deep-dish pizza inventor Ike Sewell…

Pizza Pizza's got a brand-new bag: delivery now 'hot or free'

January 11, 2005

TORONTO — Pizza Pizza is raising the service bar in the Canadian pizza delivery segment by promising all its pizzas will arrive hot or they're free.

Pizza Schmizza donating proceeds to tsunami drive

January 10, 2005

PORTLAND, Ore. — In an effort to help victims of Southeast Asia's recent tsunami, 30-unit Pizza Schmizza announced it will donate net proceeds from sales…

Figaro's Pizza to help tsunami victims

January 10, 2005

SALEM, Ore. — In a collective effort to aid victims of the recent Indian Ocean tsunami, participating Figaro's Pizza stores will be donating 25 percent of…

Q4 comps surge 6.3% at California Pizza Kitchen

January 10, 2005

LOS ANGELES — California Pizza Kitchen reported a 6.3 percent increase in comparable-store sales for 2004's fourth quarter, ended Jan. 2. According to a news…

Card sharks

Credit card fees can take a deep bite out of pizza operators' profits. Having an ATM onsite, however, may encourage customers to take the cash option, starve…

Florida Pizza Huts still reeling from hurricanes

January 9, 2005

Palm Beach Post: Pizza Hut is having a national pizza sale, and the marketing geniuses there want us to "gather 'round the good stuff."

Domino's Pizza and American Red Cross team up for tsunami relief

January 9, 2005

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Domino's Pizza announced it will match team member and franchisee contributions to support the American Red Cross in its efforts to provide…

Full-year comps up 6.6% at Domino's Pizza UK & IRL

January 9, 2005

LONDON — Domino's Pizza UK & IRL posted comparable-store sales gains of 6.6 percent for fiscal year 2004, ended Jan. 2, 2005. According to a news release…

Gang places fake pizza order, jumps, beats driver

January 5, 2005

Shepparton News: Six men are wanted by police after the Jan. 6 ambush, robbery and assault on a pizza delivery driver in the Australian town of Shepparton.

Domino's Pizza Israel holds charity giveaway

January 5, 2005

JERUSALEM — Domino's Pizza Israel celebrated the chain's 44th birthday in December by donating more than 1,000 pizzas to 1,000-plus needy children throughout…