Detroit pizza delivery driver murdered in store robbery

February 26, 2003

DETROIT -- Delivery driver Brion Barrett was shot and killed on Feb. 25 during the robbery of a Hungry Howie's Pizza shop in Detroit.

U.S. Pizza Hut February sales down 6%

February 26, 2003

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Yum Brands Inc., reported that sales at its U.S. company-owned Pizza Hut stores were down 6 percent for the four-week period ended Feb. 22…

Bidding war for PizzaExpress brewing after Johnson bid

February 26, 2003

LONDON -- A financial consortium led by former PizzaExpress chairman Luke Johnson, former CEO Ian Eldridge and backed by ABN Amro Capital offered £263 million…

Alsea, Mexican Domino's Pizza franchisee, posts '02 profits

February 26, 2003

MEXICO CITY -- Alsea, the master franchisee in Mexico for Domino's Pizza, posted net profits of 142.7 million pesos (U.S. $12.9 million) on sales of 2.…

Surprise winners claim final spots on U.S. Pizza Team

February 25, 2003

From the winners to the weather, the ninth annual Pizza Pizzazz competition taught competitors and onlookers to expect the unexpected.

Full-year and 4Q '02 numbers down at Papa John's

February 25, 2003

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) announced that revenues for the fourth quarter of 2002 ended Dec. 29, 2002, were $236.…

Domino's to open 50 new sites in Australia in '03

February 25, 2003

SYDNEY, Australia -- Domino's Pizza Australia plans to open 50 new units in the nation in 2003, breaking into the Victoria market in the process.

Analyst expects cheese prices to sink below a buck a pound

February 25, 2003

LYNDEN, Wash. -- U.S. dairy market analyst Jerry Dryer believes excessive cheese inventories soon may push prices below a dollar per pound for a "sustained…

USDA report released, cheese prices plummet

February 24, 2003

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- High cheese and butter inventories listed in the USDA's January Cold Storage report released on Feb. 20, sent prices for 40-pound blocks of…

Teens suspected in pizza delivery driver murder

February 24, 2003

JACKSON, Miss. -- Two teenagers are suspects in the apparent holdup and fatal shooting of a pizza delivery driver on Feb. 24.

Full-year '02 profits jump 48% for Domino's Pizza UK & IRL

February 24, 2003

LONDON -- Domino's Pizza UK & IRL Plc saw its profits rise more than 48 percent in 2002, a year the company called the most successful on record for the…

French banking arm near buyout deal for PizzaExpress

February 23, 2003

LONDON - PAI Management, the private equity arm of French bank BNP Paribas SA, is set to complete a deal with British restaurant chain PizzaExpress worth $39…

Pizza delivery driver robbers headed to prison

February 19, 2003

LAKELAND, Ill. -- Two men received prison terms on Feb. 17 for robbing pizza delivery drivers at knife-point.

South Pacific Pizza Hut, KFC franchisee posts strong '03 revenue

February 19, 2003

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- KFC Holdings (KLSE:KFCK), franchisee of Pizza Hut and KFC restaurants in Malaysia and Singapore, reported Feb. 20 that its revenue…

Chuck E. Cheese's '02 comp-store sales drop 1%, first decline in 6 years

February 19, 2003

IRVING, Texas -- CEC Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:CEC), owner of the 437-store Chuck E. Cheese's chain, announced Feb. 18 its same-store sales for 2002 dropped …

Midwest chain picks POS provider

February 18, 2003

LYNDEN, Wash. - A 63-store pizza and ice cream chain, Happy Joe's Pizza & Ice Cream Parlor, is equipping its restaurants with a point-of-sale system from…

Farnsworth, Maine pizza franchise legend, dead at 90

February 17, 2003

ORONO, Maine -- Carl 'Pat' Farnsworth, a Maine pizza legend and founder and owner of 13-store Pat's Pizza, died of pneumonia on Feb. 13. He was 93.

Thai Pizza Huts launch co-promo of unique movie sequel

February 13, 2003

Pizza chains sell heart-shaped pies for Valentine's Day

February 13, 2003

A few pizza chains are showing they have a heart -- for marketing, anyway -- on Valentine's Day.

Calls to Order

Call management 'boxes' organize the flow of calls to busy pizzerias, reduce hold times and customer hang-ups, and boost check averages. They've also become…