Rustic Pizza goes system-wide at Papa Gino's

May 7, 2006

DEDHAM, Mass.—Last fall's limited-market test of Papa Gino's Rustic Pizza has turned into a system-wide, 170-store rollout of what the chain calls a "grown-up…

Learn about self-service technology at the NRA Show

May 7, 2006

Editor's note: This is the fifth story in an eight-part series about the NRA Show.   Are you considering deploying self-service machines in the near future?

Go to class at the NRA Show

May 4, 2006

Editor's note: This is the fourth story in an eight-part series previewing the 2006 NRA Show.   At this year's National Restaurant Association Hotel, Motel…

First quarter comps up 5.4% at Pizza Pizza

May 4, 2006

TORONTO—Pizza Pizza saw its comparable-store sales rise 5.4 percent for the quarter ended March 31, 2006. The company did not report revenue or profit for the…

Burke Corp. intros NaturaSelect pizza topping line

May 4, 2006

NEVADA, Iowa—Toppings manufacturer Burke Corp. announced the launch of its NaturaSelect line of four fully cooked meat toppings: Italian sausage, seasoned…

Hungry Howie's aims for 60 new units in '06

May 4, 2006

Detroit Free Press: Hungry Howie's Pizza, a 533-unit chain in Madison Heights, Mich., plans to ad 60 units in 2006, 10 of which will go in the highly…

Gelato: sweet, profitable and unknown

Though gelato remains an unknown quantity in the frozen dessert world, many pizza operators believe it will play a vital role in differentiating their…

CiCi's Pizza truck driver pockets $5,000 for safe driving

May 3, 2006

COPPELL, Texas—Dave Clark, a truck driver for 600-unit CiCi's Pizza's JMC Restaurant Distribution Company was awarded $5,000 for driving 1 million…

Strange news: Pizza driver alert leads police to ammo cache

May 3, 2006

KFOXTV.com: When a pizza customer came to the door with a gun tucked under his arm, a delivery driver alerted her boss, who called police. A military ammo…

Davis tapped as CFO at Round Table Pizza

May 3, 2006

CONCORD, Calif.—Round Table Pizza named Keith Davis its new chief financial officer on March 15.

Pizza drivers quitting because of gas prices

May 3, 2006

  The Vancouver Sun: The rising cost of gasoline is making it tough for pizzerias to hire and keep delivery drivers.

How to Use Customer Complaints to Your Advantage

May 3, 2006

Praise or Complaint? Do you know what your customers think?

Third Incredible Pizza Co. opens in Houston

May 2, 2006

Revention-VeriPizza integration catches bad checks at order time

May 2, 2006

HOUSTON—Point-of-sale system provider Revention POS announced the successful integration of the Electronic Recovery's VeriPizza solution into its system.

PAR PixelPoint to intro Version 8 software at NRA Show

May 2, 2006

CHICAGO—PAR PixelPoint will introduce its PixelPoint Version 8 POS software at the National Restaurant, Hotel & Motel Show set for May 20-23.

'Pizza! The Movie' screening at Trenton Film Festival

May 2, 2006

The Herald News: When Michael Dorian decided to make a documentary, he knew he wanted to explore something with universal appeal, something that would…

Say no to drugs, yes to tests

Restaurant employees constitute the second-highest group of illicit drug users in the United States. Are you drug testing yours? Researchers say you should.

Find out what's new in the kitchen at the NRA Show

April 30, 2006

Editor's note: This is the third story in an eight-part series about the upcoming NRA Show.   At this year's National Restaurant Association's Restaurant…

Pizza driver robber gets 17-year sentence

April 30, 2006

Burlington County Times: A Cherry Hill, Vt., man was sentenced yesterday to 17 years in prison for robbing pizza-delivery drivers in Palmyra and Evesham and a…

Franchisees say pizza chain misled them, threatening lawsuits

April 30, 2006

  RTE Business: Several franchisees of Godfather's Pizza in Ireland claim the chain misled them with potential sales estimates that were unrealistic, and now…