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Leprino, Glanbia to invest $19.3 million on new technology in Northern Ireland plant

May 1, 2003

MAGHERALIN, Northern Ireland -- Europe's leading manufacturer of pizza cheese said it will invest $19.3 million (U.S.) in a new manufacturing technology…

Comdata providing payroll card service to Domino's Pizza employees

April 30, 2003

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. and ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Comdata Corporation announced the launch of the Domino's ExpressPay Card, a card-based payroll product that replaces…

Pizza sauce, canned tomato prices to remain steady in ''03

April 29, 2003

Despite inventories and flat demand, processors are contracting for a large tomato crop, which should keep downward pressure on prices.

Store openings push Q1 revenue up at Chicago Pizza & Brewery

April 29, 2003

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- Chicago Pizza & Brewery Inc. (Nasdaq:CHGO) announced that its first quarter 2003 revenues increased 37 percent to $23.…

Gourmet is the way for take and bake, says Nick-N-Willy's CEO

April 29, 2003

Though Papa Murphy's is paving the way in the take-and-bake pizza market, owners of Nick-N-Willy's World Famous Take-N-Bake Pizza are carving their niche with…

Growing Calif. pizza festival hopes to rival state's garlic festival

April 28, 2003

LEMOORE, Calif. -- Thousands were on hand April 26 for the third-annual Central Valley Pizza Festival.

Latino-focused Pizza Patron enters San Antonio market

April 28, 2003

DALLAS -- The Pizza Patrón Inc., based in Garland, Texas, has signed its first out-of territory franchise agreement in San Antonio.

Pizza delivery driver rolls into 30-foot hole

April 27, 2003

COLOGNE, Germany -- A pizza delivery driver drove into a 30-foot-deep hole after vandals rearranged road construction diversion signs and stole warning lights…

Pizza crew, detectives team up to catch driver robbers

April 27, 2003

COPIAGUE, N.Y. -- Quick-thinking employees at a Domino's Pizza in Copiague helped put three robbers behind bars on April 26.

Pizza Hut intros Italian Classic Pizza in Brunei

April 27, 2003

BRUNEI, Malaysia -- Pizza Hut has introduced a new Classic Italian Pizza in its Brunei operations.

Can't operators and drivers get along?

April 24, 2003

Were the world perfect, pizzeria operators and delivery drivers would quit squabbling. Problem is, the world's not always a pretty place.

Donatos Pizzeria CEO, Rose, retiring, replacement search underway

April 24, 2003

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Donatos Pizzeria CEO Bill Rose will retire this year from the 180-store pizza chain. He has held the post since Oakbrook, Ill.-based…

Yum! Brands CEO says Pizza Hut needs tweaking

April 24, 2003

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Acknowledging Pizza Hut's battle to stop ongoing same-store sales declines, its parent company's chief executive said the world's largest…

AIB hosting take-and-bake pizza seminar in July

April 24, 2003

MANHATTAN, Kan. -- The American Institute of Baking is hosting a two-day Take-and-Bake Pizza Seminar, July 15-16.

California Pizza Kitchen downgraded to ''market perform'

April 23, 2003

NEW YORK -- US Bancorp Piper Jaffray analyst Alan Hickok has downgraded California Pizza Kitchen, Inc.'s (CPKI) stock from "outperform" to "market perform,…

Pizza Hut's U.S. company store sales drop 3% in Q1 '03

April 23, 2003

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Yum! Brands, owner of Pizza Hut, reported April 23 that same-store sales at company-owned Red Roof units dropped 3 percent for the first…

Operators surprised by pizza delivery fee at Bemidji hotels

April 22, 2003

Claiming pizzeria operators should help cover the cost of cleaning up after messy guests, hotel operators in Bemidji, Minn., are proposing a 50-cents-per-box…

Pizza delivery driver robbed, beaten

April 22, 2003

NEWBURY, England -- Police are appealing for information about the mugging of a pizza delivery driver on April 15.

Q1 CPK comp-store sales rise 2.7%, but stock falls amid labor and sales concerns

April 22, 2003

LOS ANGELES -- California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPKI), announced that same-store sales at the 153-store chain rose 2.7 percent during its first quarter…