Pizza Express to run first-ever ad campaign

March 28, 2002

Cheese Price Meltdown

While pizzeria operators cheer the drop in cheese prices, dairy experts question what forces were at work to drive them down so quickly.

Pepsi buys rights to Telepizza soda sales

March 28, 2002

MADRID -- According to the Spanish Web news portal Expansion, PepsiCo has purchased exclusive rights to supply soda to TelePizza, a Spanish pizza chain with…

Takeout down, frozen food up, says NPD report

March 28, 2002

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. -- According to the Report on Eating Patterns in America, after nearly a decade of declines in the number of meals Americans prepared at…

Chuck E. Cheese to help underwrite PBS's 'Clifford'

March 28, 2002

IRVING, Texas -- CEC Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: CEC) operator of Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Restaurants has announced its agreement to provide underwriting for…

Pizza Hut partners with KY Lottery for promotion

March 28, 2002

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The Kentucky Lottery Corp. is launching new promotion that will offer discounts at Pizza Hut restaurants to consumers who buy $5 Powerball…

Revenues, CEO's bonus down at Pizza Inn

March 28, 2002

Dairymen call for investigation of cheese inventory revision

March 28, 2002

MODESTO, Calif. -- According to a report published at DairyNetwork.com, Western United Dairymen (WUD) has called on USDA Secretary Ann Veneman to conduct an…

Papa John's 3rd quarter earnings fall 9 percent

March 28, 2002

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Papa John's International Inc. (NasdaqNM:PZZA) reported on Oct. 30 that third-quarter earnings fell nearly 9 percent due to flat sales at…

Little Caesars selling 500 stores to franchisees

March 28, 2002

DETROIT -- Little Caesar Enterprises Inc. plans to sell 500 of its estimated 4,000 pizza stores to franchisees, leaving it with just 50 to 100 company-owned…

Teen crushed to death while cleaning dough mixer

March 28, 2002

CPK stock drops after earnings forecast cut

March 28, 2002

LOS ANGELES -- One day after California Pizza Kitchen Inc. cut fourth-quarter and full-fiscal 2002 forecasts, the company 's stock price dropped 13.5 percent.

Noble Roman's and Taco John's to cobrand 11 units

March 28, 2002

INDIANAPOLIS -- Noble Roman's, Inc., has announced the completion of an 11-unit development agreement with Taco John's of Iowa, Inc. The company is a…

Domino's announces record third quarter 2001 results

March 28, 2002

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Domino's, Inc. announced record operating results for the third quarter of 2001, which ended September 9, 2001.

Pizza Magia withheld documents, says federal magistrate

March 28, 2002

According to a report published in Louisville, Ky.'s Business First, a federal magistrate has ruled that Pizza Magia International LLC deliberately…

Sosnowksi dimissed from Papa John's

March 28, 2002

LOUISVILLE, KY -- Papa John's International has fired vice president of marketing Syl Sosnowksi.Sosnowski has not worked at the company's Louisville…

CPK forecasts lower fourth quarter earnings

March 28, 2002

LOS ANGELES -- California Pizza Kitchen Inc. (Nasdaq:CPKI) reported Tuesday that third-quarter earnings dropped slightly, and cut fourth-quarter and full…

Tricon share price nears $50 following Morgan endorsement

March 28, 2002

NEW YORK -- Since J.P. Morgan raised its rating on Tricon Global Restaurants Inc. (YUM) to "long-term buy" from "market performer," on Sept. 18, the stock…

Subway, Schlotzsky's push for a 'pizza the pie'

March 28, 2002

Two U.S. sandwich giants are seeking to enhance menus and check averages with pizza.

Web-phone ordering still in the works at Domino's

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

March 28, 2002

As partners in Web-phone ordering initiatives, Domino's Pizza and Motorola see hand-held devices as key to pizza's future.