Commodities: Yum! Stock reaches all-time high

Pizza Hut parent's good momentum aided by favorable earnings report. 

New product offers high pressure pasteurization

October 17, 2010

The Safe Pac Corporation has started to offer USDA and FDA-approved High Pressure Pasteurization (HPP) to packers, food processors and manufacturers on a…

Setting boundaries for social networking in the workplace

by Carolyn Richmond — Partner, Fox Rothschild

With each passing day, social networking becomes further ingrained in our personal and work lives. The benefits of social networking in the workplace can be…

Marketing Pizza to Kids

by Ed Zimmerman — President, pizza.com

Marketing pizza to kids requires PR thinking

Technomic: Dessert has been recession proof

October 14, 2010

Technomic's newest study finds that for the past three years more consumers have consistently eaten  dessert. Occupying the smallest portion of most restaurant…

Newmans Own sponsors college basketball to promote frozen pizza

October 14, 2010

Newman's Own Inc. has renewed its partnership with the America East Conference as title sponsor of the men's and women's basketball championship, March 3-6…

Moyer: Remember, 4 on the Door!

by Chris Moyer — Manager, Conserve, National Restaurant Association

The first time I heard Richard Young – the director of education for Pacific Gas and Electric’s Food Service Technology Center – say, "You want to save on…

Domino's Wisconsin 6 Cheese spots show "pizza is not fast food"

October 13, 2010

Domino's America is introducing its first new product of 2010, also the first since the launch of its overhauled core pizza recipe last December. The Wisconsin…

Neapolitan pizza chain tweaks 'bargain artisan' menu

October 13, 2010

Up-and-coming pizza chain SPIN! Neapolitan Pizza is undergoing a menu overhaul as the company expands. With four units open and plans for expansion underway…

zpizza opens first of more than 20 Vietnam locations

October 13, 2010

Zpizza has announced that preparations are underway for the opening of its first Vietnam restaurant.

Pizza Patron teams with St. Jude

October 12, 2010

For the entire month of October, Pizza Patron will be raising funds in all its stores for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Donations of any size can…

UK pizza chain trains employees to flirt

October 12, 2010

United Kingdom-based pizza chain Pizza Express is undergoing an experiment to improve customer relations. A theater director is teaching its employees how to…

15 minutes with Donatos CEO Tom Krouse

New leader of Donatos pizza dishes on its wildly successful retail distribution arm, Jane's Dough Foods.  

Brick oven pizza chain banks on artisanal rebrand

October 11, 2010

Northborough, Mass.-based Bertucci's Corporation has announced the brick oven pizza chain will officially launch a new menu in their restaurants on Oct. 14.

Pizza Inn debuts Loaded Baked Potato pizza from internal contest

October 11, 2010

Pizza Inn has announced the winner from an internal recipe contest. The new Loaded Baked Potato Pizza features a ranch dressing base; mozzarella, bacon and…

FoodParc: Pizza's digital signage prototype?

by Christopher Hall — w, t

Some digital signage company heads will tell you, in confidence, that QSR pizza restaurants are less likely to use digital menu boards and signage than their…

Commodities: Gas gives small scare

Prices are up 9 cents in the last week after weeks of relatively stable or no increases.

Zpizza undergoes $100,000-per-store makeover

October 10, 2010

The fast casual, Laguna Beach, Calif.-born zpizza chain of almost 100 stores is undergoing a brand makeover, according to the Orange County Business Journal.

Pizza Cono to land in mobile trucks, c-stores

October 10, 2010

Cono Italiano Inc., the exclusive license holder to manufacture the drip-free Pizza Cono, has announced an agreement with Interstate Caterers to manufacture…

China, Canada lead global foodservice growth

October 10, 2010

The global foodservice industry experienced growth from increased consumer spending, according to NPD. Canada and China especially helped drive the trend.