Goodfella's Pizza chef to compete in Pizza Festiva

March 1, 2006

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.—Andrew Scudera, executive chef at Goodfella's Brick Oven Pizza in Staten Island, N.Y., and his creation, the Smokin' Goodfella, will…

Pizza Patron's takes aim at Little Caesar's with 'Pizza Lista'

March 1, 2006

DALLAS—Pizza Patrón, a Latino-centered pizza brand, is introducing its Pizza Lista (meaning "ready now") program in all 54 of its locations in the Southwest…

Pizza Hut's Feb. comps up 1%

March 1, 2006

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Yum! Brands, parent of Pizza Hut, reported that comparable-store sales for the four weeks ended Feb. 25 rose 1 percent at the chain's 1,80…

Pizza Hut sales slide in the U.K.

February 28, 2006

Bloomberg.com: Whitbread Plc, a United Kingdom operator of restaurants, hotels and fitness clubs, said declining sales at its Pizza Hut operations hurt profits…

Revention giving away $15K POS system at Intl. Pizza Expo

February 28, 2006

HOUSTON—Revention POS Solutions will give away a complete, three-workstation point-of-sale system at the International Pizza Expo, March 14-16, 2006, in Las…

NRA: Industry logs 30 consecutive months of growth

February 28, 2006

WASHINGTON, D.C. —The outlook for the restaurant industry continued to improve in January, as the National Restaurant Association's comprehensive index of…

Pizza driver robbed after taking order from suspicious caller

February 27, 2006

The Associated Press: A pizza delivery driver in Mankato, Minn., ignored a caller's questionable behavior and took an order that eventually led to him being…

Legendary Pepe's Pizza to open second restaurant

February 27, 2006

The Connecticut Post: The grandchildren of Frank Pepe, founder of the famous Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana in New Haven, Conn., in 1925, are opening a new…

Feb. '06 comps up 4.6% at Papa John's

February 27, 2006

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Papa John's reported domestic system-wide comparable-store sales for the four weeks ended Feb. 19, 2006, increased approximately 4.6 percent…

A pizza palooka among pizza pros

February 26, 2006

Senior Editor Steve Coomes's amateur's entry in Pizza Pizzazz is far from perfect, but his scores showed it wasn't a total flop. Read more on his lessons…

Vocelli Pizza passes muster to serve to Army base

February 26, 2006

The Washington Times: The Army is watching Vocelli Pizza.

Online ordering drives strong year at Domino's Pizza UK & IRL

February 26, 2006

LONDON—Domino's Pizza UK & IRL turned in a solid performance for the 52 weeks ended Jan. 1, 2006.

Nick-N-Willy's Take-N-Bake launches Catuity card program

February 23, 2006

DETROIT and DENVER—Catuity Inc., a loyalty and gift card processor, announced Nick-N-Willy's World Famous Take-N-Bake Pizza will deploy its loyalty card…

BJ's Restaurants posts strong results for 4Q and full-year 2005

February 23, 2006

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Pizza and craft-brew-centered BJ's Restaurants reported solid financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended Jan. 3…

Cheese slips below govt. support price

February 23, 2006

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Feb. 24 block cheese traders at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange saw prices drop nearly 2 cents to $1.1275 a pound, just below the government…

Schmitt and Lippmann take top honors in Pizza Pizzazz

February 23, 2006

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Don Schmitt of Bexley Pizza Plus (Bexley, Ohio), and Eric Lippmann of EJ's Neighborhood Pizzeria and Italian Eatery (Cypress, Texas), out baked…

Carpenter, Wood Stone VP, dead at 76

February 23, 2006

BELLLINGHAM, Wash.—Longtime Wood Stone Corp. sales and marketing vice president Keith W. Carpenter, died of heart failure Feb. 5. He was 76.

Who's Who: Mark Gold

February 22, 2006

Even as a kid, Mark Gold knew he'd be his own boss. And with the help of family loans, he co-founded Pizza Shuttle, one of the highest-grossing pizzerias in…

Jacent Voice Control center helps slash employee theft

February 22, 2006

Revenue and profit slide continues at Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza

February 22, 2006

IRVING, Texas—The year 2005 was a difficult one for CEC Entertainment, parent of Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza.