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Pizza Hut 2Q comp sales fall 1%, May-June sales rise 2%
June 18, 2003
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Comparable-store sales for U.S., corporate-owned Pizza Hut stores rose 2 percent for the four-week period ended June 14. The increase marks…
read nowBlock cheese prices up 7 cents, highest since Oct. '02
June 18, 2003
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The per-pound price of 40-pound blocks of cheddar cheese climbed to $1.22 in June 19 trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The…
read nowPizzeria gigante!
June 18, 2003
Texas-based Pizza Patrón wants to move to the national stage by serving the growing Hispanic population.
read nowLawyer pushing Pizza Hut, other chains to say their food is addictive
June 17, 2003
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Dallas-based Pizza Hut is one of six quick-service companies expected to receive a certified letter on June 19 demanding it warn customers…
read nowChuck E. Cheese's CFO steps down
June 17, 2003
IRVING, Texas-- CEC Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: CEC), parent company of 440-store Chuck E. Cheese's, announced that Rodney Carter, its executive vice president…
read nowPizza Hut giving out free DVD movies with large pizzas
June 17, 2003
DALLAS -- Pizza Hut hopes its summer sales will sizzle with DVD movie giveaways.
read nowPizza and Pipes gets unwanted drive-thru window
June 16, 2003
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Employees of Pizza and Pipes had to run for cover on May 17, when a mini-van crashed through the store's front window and into the…
read nowHomeless hired to advertise pizza
June 16, 2003
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Andre Jehan, founder of the 26-restaurant Pizza Schmizza chain based here, is paying and feeding some local homeless men to advertise his…
read nowSARS drops Thailand Pizza Hut sales 10%
June 15, 2003
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Pizza Hut, the second-largest pizza franchise in Thailand, with 85 stores, said the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS…
read nowSaudi Domino's Pizza franchisee inks deal with Pepsi
June 15, 2003
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- PepsiCo Beverages International (PBI) has signed a major partnership deal with Specialised Catering Service Co (SCSC), master…
read nowSuspected pizza delivery driver robber killed in police sting
June 15, 2003
RICHMOND, Calif. -- A man suspected of robbing pizza delivery drivers was shot and killed on the night of June 12 by a Richmond police officer posing as a…
read nowOpen for business -- really, they're open!
June 12, 2003
As Editor Steve Coomes writes, this pair picked a tough time to open a new pizzeria, but he envies and admires them nonetheless.
read nowPizza delivery driver lured to fake address, attacked and robbed
June 12, 2003
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- A Papa John's delivery driver was attacked and robbed on June 11 after delivering a pizza to an unoccupied apartment.
read nowTechnomic cuts '03 restaurant growth forecast
June 12, 2003
CHICAGO -- Restaurant industry research firm Technomic, Inc., has cut its 2003 foodservice sales forecast from 3 percent nominal growth to 1.3 percent, less…
read nowBattered pizza delivery driver vows to return to work
June 11, 2003
BRISTOL, Ct. -- Pizza delivery driver Carl Ristow had a bad feeling about a car that followed him during a run on the night of June 9.
read nowGordon Food Service acquisition in Florida may signal national expansion
June 11, 2003
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Gordon Food Service (GFS) has signed a letter of intent to acquire the Florida distributorship and Florida cash-and-carry stores of…
read nowCheese prices expected to rise slowly
June 11, 2003
CHICAGO -- Dairy market analyst Jerry Dryer said he expects the per-pound price of 40-pound blocks of cheddar cheese to rise to $1.25 by the end of June, and…
read nowShakey's Singapore parent selling stock to fund operations
June 10, 2003
SINGAPORE -- The board of directors of Inno-Pacific Holdings Ltd. (IPH) wants to sell 69.5 million new ordinary shares of stock for S 1 cent (about U.S. 1/…
read nowPizza delivery driver charged for false robbery report
June 10, 2003
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Pizza Hut delivery driver Mallory Tolefree's pizzas were stolen on June 9, but her $20 change bank wasn't taken and she wasn't robbed at…
read nowPizza delivery driver robbed after asking for help
June 9, 2003
FREDRICKSBURG, Va. -- A pizza delivery driver was robbed of cash and his cell phone at an apartment complex on the night of June 2.
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