Pizza Fusion opening Calif. restaurant

January 31, 2008

SAN DIEGO — Organic pizza chain Pizza Fusion plans to open a restaurant in San Diego's Hillcrest neighborhood in May, the company has announced. The restaurant…

Pizzerias prepping for big day

January 31, 2008

Benton County (Ark.) Daily Record: According to the National Restaurant Association, one in seven people in the United States will order takeout food from a…

An extra set of eyes

January 31, 2008

POS systems can provide much more than just sales information.

Pizza Hut intros Crunchy Cheesy Crust Pizza

January 30, 2008

DALLAS — Pizza Hut has introduced its newest menu item, the Crunchy Cheesy Crust Pizza, as well as a new promotion for sports fans.   The Pizza Hut Crunchy…

Kornet Pizza opens first U.S. store

January 30, 2008

Slice: Kornet Pizza, international purveyors of pizza in a cone, opened their first location in the United States in a mall food court in Overland Park, Kan. A…

Godfather's taps Blackstone for rebranding effort

January 30, 2008

Kansas City Business Journal: Godfather's Pizza has hired Kansas City-based Blacktop Creative to lead a rebrand effort for the pizza chain. Terms of the deal…

Ohio pizzerias warned about credit card scam

January 30, 2008

Xenia (Ohio) Gazette: Fairborn, Ohio, police have issued warnings about a man calling pizzerias pretending to be a local detective. The caller identified…

Road to China paved with fortune, risk

Pizzerias are banking on success in China, but hazards exist.

Domino's intros pizza tracking system

January 29, 2008

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Domino's Pizza has launched Pizza Tracker, a system that allows customers to follow the progress of their order online from the time they…

First female vet opens Little Caesars

January 29, 2008

VALDOSTA, Ga. — U.S. military veteran Patricia Evans opened a Little Caesars franchise in Valdosta, Ga., this week, becoming the first female veteran to open a…

California Pizza Kitchen opens second Mexico location

January 29, 2008

LOS ANGELES — California Pizza Kitchen franchise partner Grupo Calpik, S.A. de C.V. has opened a new CPK restaurant in the Santa Fe area of Mexico City. …

Pizza Hut outlines Super Sunday stats

January 29, 2008

DALLAS — Each year, Pizza Hut handles 2.5 million calls on Super Bowl Sunday, making game day Pizza Hut's busiest day of the year. The orders, 60 percent to 7…

Pizza King chain under new ownership

January 29, 2008

Evansville (Ind.) Courier & Press: Dan and David Nix, owners of Western Rib-Eye & Ribs in Evansville, Ind., have purchased the three-unit Pizza King…

New Yorkers get taste of home at Super Bowl

January 28, 2008

New York Daily News: New Yorkers who want a taste of home while in Phoenix for the Super Bowl can stop in at the sister location of one of Brooklyn's most…

Domino's manager preps for Big Game

January 28, 2008

Pizzas and Other Stuff: Cornelius Thomas, manager of a Domino's Pizza in Jackson, Miss., is prepping for the the busiest day of the year in the pizza business.

Lawyer seeks competency hearing in collar-bomb case

January 27, 2008

Philadelphia Inquirer: A woman implicated in a bank robbery where a pizza delivery driver was killed is likely suffering from a mental disease and is…

Regional pizzas take center stage

January 27, 2008

Slice: Adam Kuban, managing editor of the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based food blog Serious Eats, has compiled a list of the various pizza styles from around the country.

Mass. town holds first Pizza Bowl

January 27, 2008

The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.): Thirteen pizza restaurants in Stoughton, Mass., competed in the Stoughton Lions Club's inaugural Pizza Bowl fundraiser.

Amici's East Coast Pizzeria adopts InTouchPOS

January 27, 2008

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Amici's East Coast Pizzeria has switched to InTouchPOS from Assal Corp. to automate all of their restaurants.   InTouchPOS is a turnkey…

Exhibits to run hot and cold at 2008 NAPICS

January 27, 2008

While most attendees at the 2008 North America Pizza & Ice Cream Show (NAPICS) will leave with real-life tips and innovative ideas, one will walk away…