Pizza Hut, Warner Bros. team for Terminator promo

April 5, 2009

DALLAS -- Pizza Hut is teaming with Warner Bros. Pictures to send one lucky fan and a guest to Hollywood for the world premier of "Terminator Salvation." On…

Pizza Inn opens Chihuahua location

April 5, 2009

THE COLONY, Texas -- Pizza Inn Inc. marked the implementation of a 12 multi-unit development agreement with the opening of the newest international location in…

Miss. Pizza Hut health dept. report inconclusive

April 5, 2009

The Greenwood (Miss.) Commonwealth: A state Department of Health laboratory analysis of a January incident at a Pizza Hut in Greenwood, Miss., yielded little…

Welltech Bistro launches menu consulting services Web site

April 5, 2009

Montclair, N.J. -- Welltech Bistro, a division of the consulting company Welltech Solutions, has launched its Web site, which provides menu labeling services…

British restaurant breaks longest pizza record

April 5, 2009

The Yeovil (England) Express: Tamburino Restaurant in Yeovil, England, has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records for making the longest line of…

Commodities update - Week of April 6, 2009

April 5, 2009

CHICAGO – Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were relatively stable last week, averaging slightly under $1.29 per pound for the trading…

CiCi's unveils revamped Web site

April 5, 2009

COPPELL, Texas -- CiCi's Pizza recently redesigned its Web site, the company has announced. The refreshed site, which went live in March, has a more modern…

N.Y. Restaurant Association closes 2 offices

April 2, 2009

The Business Review (Albany, N.Y.): The New York State Restaurant Association has closed its Rochester and Long Island offices due to a 10 percent decline in…

Hartman Group webinar to focus on building a better restaurant brand

April 2, 2009

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Consumer research firm The Hartman Group is hosting a free webinar April 16 that will explain its point of view on how customers' lives are…

Texas Pizza Hut testing beer delivery

April 2, 2009

KFDA-TV: A Pizza Hut in Amarillo, Texas, is testing beer delivery as part of its offerings. Texas Alcoholic Beverage Control officials say that the restaurant…

The Loop Pizza Grill debuts Asian chicken salad

April 2, 2009

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Loop Pizza Grill has introduced its Asian Chicken Salad, available April 20 through June 13.   The salad features a combination of…

NPD finds young adults a shrinking restaurant customer base

April 2, 2009

CHICAGO — In addition to a challenging economy, restaurant operators also are dealing with shifting customer demographics as parents decide to leave the kids…

Bronx pizzeria shut down in drug raid

April 1, 2009

New York Daily News: A Bronx pizza parlor that delivered drugs as well as pizza has been shut down and six people, including the store's manager, were…

Details emerge in Va. pizzeria slayings

April 1, 2009

Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Telegraph: A couple slain at a Virginia pizzeria died as a result of multiple wounds, police said. Officials believe robbery was the…

Pizzeria owner devastated after shooting robber

April 1, 2009

Akron Beacon Journal: A day after he shot and killed a shotgun-wielding robber, pizzeria owner John Hayes remains concerned about his business, his life and…

Domino's CEO delivers first bailout prize

April 1, 2009

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- As part of Domino's Big Taste Bailout promotion, Domino's CEO Dave Brandon made the first of two surprise deliveries in Killeen, Texas, to…

No restaurant-industry turnaround in '09, analysts say

April 1, 2009

Reuters: The U.S. restaurant industry is unlikely to turn around in 2009 as a deepening recession, credit crunch and rising unemployment gnaw at performance…

Will national menu labeling take hold?

Support grows for federal standards as more communities propose their own rules for calorie count postings.

Mintel: Regular soda losing ground in beverage segment

March 31, 2009

CHICAGO — A recently report from industry research firm Mintel has found that today's adults rapidly switching from calorie-laden soft drinks to other, often…

Web customers net 11,000 free Domino's pizzas

March 31, 2009

Cincinnati Enquirer: Domino's has given away nearly 11,000 free pizzas because of a never-used promotion that a Web customer stumbled upon, the company said.