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JU$TCHEX adds one-click customer refund function for pizza operations
March 31, 2004
OXNARD, Calif.—JUSTCHEX, LLC, a provider of Web-based electronic check recovery processing for returned checks, announced the addition of customer refund…
read nowMaponics intros Marvel Maps street-mapping product for pizza delivery
March 31, 2004
NORWICH, Vt.—Maponics announced the launch of Marvel Maps, a new subsidiary created to provide digital and printed street maps for the pizza industry.
read nowPizza cheese maker Saputo appoints new CEO
March 31, 2004
TORONTO—Canadian dairy processor and pizza cheese maker Saputo has appointed Lino Saputo, Jr., president and chief executive officer of the company.
read nowTake-and-bake pizza, low-carb trends could hurt frozen pizza sales
March 31, 2004
NEW YORK—Although the U.S. market for frozen pizzas controlled nearly $3.7 billion (27 percent) of retail sales in the $13.4 billion market for frozen meals…
read nowPIZZA EXPO COVERAGE: Attendees sing the cheese price blues
March 30, 2004
Despite the pizza industry's current rebound, skyrocketing cheese prices are the talk of the town at the International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas.
read nowFree carb counter from Burke Corp. helps pizza ops with dietary numbers
March 30, 2004
Overwhelming consumer interest in low carbohydrate diets has sparked a flurry of activity in the foodservice industry to add new menu items. Even starch-laden…
read nowNEWS OF THE WEIRD: Pizzeria robbed once, but owner nails second thief
March 30, 2004
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich.—The old saying of going to the well one too many times proved true for at least one thief, who broke into the Pro Pizza and Grill…
read nowAussie Pizza Huts drag profits down under for Restaurant Brands
March 30, 2004
AUCKLAND, N.Z.—Pizza Huts in Australia and New Zealand continue to struggle and are hurting the profits of multi-concept franchisee Restaurant Brands New…
read nowUPDATE: Pizza delivery driver dies from gunshot wound
March 29, 2004
PHILADELPHIA—Abraham Cisse, a 26-year-old pizza delivery driver for Papa's Perfect Pizza, died on March 29, after being shot in the head by at least one gunman…
read nowDairy analysts disagree on whether cheese supplies are truly 'tight'
March 29, 2004
MADISON, Wis.—What goes up, must come down, and Ed Jesse, an agricultural economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said cheese prices are no exception…
read nowPizza Hut launches essay contest to give 'Mom' free pizza for a year
March 28, 2004
DALLAS—Pizza Hut is giving away a $750 Pizza Hut gift card (enough for pizza once a week for a year) to the mother of a child who writes the best essay on "Why…
read nowAmbush! Philly pizza delivery driver shot in the head, robbed
March 28, 2004
PHILADELPHIA—Philadelphia police are looking for two gunmen who called for pizza delivery and ambushed and shot the driver in the head when he arrived.
read nowQ1 '04 comp-store sales heat up 6.2% at California Pizza Kitchen
March 28, 2004
LOS ANGELES—California Pizza Kitchen Inc. announced that comparable-restaurant sales for the first quarter 2004 (ended March 28, 2004) rose 6.2 percent over…
read nowPizza Hut's comps leap 6% in March and Q1
March 25, 2004
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Pizza Hut parent Yum! Brands, Inc. reported same-store sales at the world's largest pizza chain jumped 6 percent for the four-week period ended…
read nowDomino's Pizza lends support to NASCAR Drive for Diversity program
March 25, 2004
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Domino's Pizza announced it is an associate sponsor of the Drive for Diversity program.
read nowNEWS OF THE WEIRD: Pizzeria employees say they didn't strangle boss and stuff him behind pizza oven
March 25, 2004
JOHANNESBURG, S.A.—A former floor manager for Panarotti Pizza told a Johannesburg court on March 26 that he had no idea how his boss wound up strangled and…
read nowIncredible Pizza swallows up 96,000 square-foot abandoned Kmart
March 25, 2004
TULSA, Okla.—Springfield, Mo.-based eatertainment outlet, Incredible Pizza Company, is turning a former Kmart store here into its second outlet—using all…
read nowPizza delivery driver knifed in Montreal
March 24, 2004
MONTREAL—Montreal police are investigating a March 22 robbery that left a pizza delivery driver hospitalized with stab wounds.
read nowInternational units help drive '03 system sales up 5.8% at Domino's Pizza
March 24, 2004
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Domino's Pizza, announced systemwide sales of $4.2 billion for the full-year 2003, ended Dec. 28, an increase of 5.8 percent.
read nowPizza topping manufacturer, Patrick Cudahy expands distribution center
March 24, 2004
CUDAHY, Wis.—Patrick Cudahy Inc. (PCI), a manufacturer of pizza toppings and specialty sliced meats, announced it is adding onto its current state-of-the-art…
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