Profits at Australian Domino's up 75 percent

February 20, 2008

Sydney Morning Herald: The Australian-owned Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd. booked a 76 percent jump in net profit for the six-month period ended Dec. 31. The…

Chuck E. Cheese runs Q4 loss

February 19, 2008

IRVING, Texas — Comparable-store sales at Chuck E. Cheese restaurants declined 2.7 percent in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 30, according to parent company CEC…

Fox's Pizza Den adds new state

February 19, 2008

News Democrat & Leader: Murraysville, Pa.-based Fox's Pizza Den is opening a restaurant in Russellville, Ky., in mid-May. Fox's operates locations in 3…

January sales at CiCi's up nearly 6%

February 18, 2008

COPPELL, Texas — Sales at pizza buffet chain CiCi's Pizza increased 5.7 percent in January 2008 compared with the same month last year, the company has…

Domino's sets annual meeting

February 18, 2008

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Domino's Pizza Inc. has scheduled its 2008 annual meeting of shareholders for April 17 at Domino's Pizza World Resource Center in Ann Arbor…

Beef recall largest in U.S. history

February 18, 2008

Los Angeles Times: The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the largest beef recall in its history Feb. 17, calling for the destruction of 143 million…

Georgia Papa John's feels cheese price pinch

February 18, 2008

RedandBlack.com (Athens, Ga.): The Papa John's outlet near the University of Georgia has raised the price on its Tuesday special from $4.99 to $5.99. The…

DiFara's Pizza now N.Y.'s costliest slice

February 18, 2008

New York Post: Brooklyn's legendary Di Fara's Pizza has raised the price of a regular slice from $3 to $4, making it the most expensive pizzeria in the city…

Happy's Pizza continues expansion drive

February 18, 2008

The Flint Journal (Michigan): Detroit-based Happy's Pizza plans to open three locations in Genesee County. Mich., by this summer, the company has…

Garcia's back on track after bankruptcy

February 17, 2008

The News-Gazette (Champaign, Ill.): At its peak, Garcia's Pizza operated 18 locations, but hard times led to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in 1998. After…

Commodities update – Feb. 18, 2008

February 17, 2008

CHICAGO — Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continued to creep upward last week, averaging $2.00 per pound for the week ended Feb. 16, up…

51-unit Little Caesars franchisee sold

February 14, 2008

SALT LAKE CITY — Sizzling Platter LLC, a multi-concept operating company with 37 restaurants, is acquiring a Salt Lake City-based 51 unit Little Caesars Pizza…

California Pizza Kitchen net up 30 percent

February 14, 2008

LOS ANGELES — Comparable-store sales at California Pizza Kitchen Inc. increased 1.8 percent in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 30, 2007, the company announced.

Dunkin' Donuts to add pizza and sandwiches

February 14, 2008

Asbury Park Press (N.J.): Dunkin' Donuts plans to roll out flatbread sandwiches and personal pizzas in 80 percent of its U.S. stores by April 1. The move is…

Is pizza part of a healthy diet?

Pizzeria operators are working to position pizza as a health food.

Favitta's offering Pizza for Lovers

February 13, 2008

WSYR-TV (Syracuse, N.Y.): Today's special at Favitta's Family Pizzeria in Henrietta, N.Y., will set you back $8,180. The heart-shaped pizza is topped with a…

Obama pizza delivery nets $60 tip

February 13, 2008

The Journal-Times (Racine, Wis.): The campaign staff of presidential hopeful Barack Obama, D-Ill., sampled pizza from Dino's Restaurant during a stop in…

Delivered pizza to a presidential candidate?

February 13, 2008

Has your pizzeria delivered an order to the staff of one of the presidential candidates? What did they order? Did the staff have any unusual requests? And most…

Brawl breaks out over late pizza

February 13, 2008

10News.com (San Diego): While calling to complain that his pizza delivery order was more than two hours late, Chris Harding told the operator he was going to…

CEC Entertainment to Webcast earnings report

February 12, 2008

IRVING, Texas - CEC Entertainment Inc., parent company of pizza chain Chuck E. Cheese, plans to host a conference call with investors Feb. 19, 2008, to discuss…