Pizza Hut Dec. comps up 1%

January 3, 2005

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Comparable-store sales at Pizza Hut's 1,760 U.S. corporate units rose 1 percent for the final four weeks of 2004.

Pizza Hut raises prices in China

January 2, 2005

Shanghai Daily News: Five years after the last price increase, Pizza Hut this week raised prices of some menu items in its China outlets.

Lost bank deposit returned to pizzeria owner

January 2, 2005

Newsday: When Norwich, Conn., pizza shop owner Rena Dorr heard that an employee had lost a bank deposit bag full of thousands of dollars, she didn't worry too…

Winners and Losers in 2004

December 30, 2004

Senior Editor Steve Coomes takes a look at who won and who lost in the pizza business in 2004. He also analyzes his predictions made at the end of last year…

Pressure increases on Olympia Pizza owner to remove "rings" logo

December 29, 2004

Canadian Broadcasting Company: The head of the Olympic Organizing Committee is giving the owner of a Vancouver restaurant until Jan. 31 to take his Olympic…

Ann Arbor Domino's Pizza stores to dole out freebies if Wolverines win Rose Bowl

December 29, 2004

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Domino's Pizza stores here will give out orders of free Cheesy Bread or Cinnastix if the University of Michigan Wolverines beat the…

Dairy co-op's influence on milk and cheese markets under question

December 29, 2004

Chicago Tribune: With timed trades through Chicago's Mercantile Exchange, Dairy Farmers of America's Gary Hanman has found a way to support cheese prices…

Trio batters pizza driver in attempted robbery

December 28, 2004

Akron Beacon Journal: Three teen-agers are accused of assaulting a pizza delivery driver in Akron, Ohio. The trio, ages 17, 15 and 14, approached the…

Can't they all just get along?

December 27, 2004

After pizza came to the United States nearly a century ago, it remained predictable for the next 75 years.

Online ordering saves time, improves service

December 27, 2004

Michelle Burt knew she could order her pizza supplies online, she just never did it. Two years later her distributor rep convinced her to give it a try. Now…

Jim Grote: Casting dough upon the water

by Steve Coomes — freelance writer, Words to Chew On

December 27, 2004

Jim Grote is contented, wealthy, healthy — and back at the helm of the company he founded: 182-unit Donatos Pizzeria. After selling the chain to McDonald's…

Even mom-and-pop shops can do phone marketing

December 27, 2004

Enrico's Pizza Shop used to sell about four meal deals at lunchtime. But since this fall, when the Winchester, Va., shop installed a call-sequencer and upfront…

Inking a deal with the right printer

December 27, 2004

If print advertising is the lifeblood of the pizza industry, why are so many pizza print campaigns positively anemic?

Cash management advances keep money safe

December 27, 2004

Delivery drivers are supposed to carry as little cash as possible, and operators are supposed to set up policies to ensure drivers drop their cash after each…

Cashing in on a POS's cashing-out system

December 27, 2004

Great pizza operators are detail people. But even masters of minutia allow some things to slip through the cracks now and again. Electronic aides are handy…

Where's the beef?

December 27, 2004

It's the ever-present question in the pizza business: Should the toppings go above or below the cheese? Regardless of whom you talk to, operators — and their…

Domino's Pizza set to deliver 1.5 million New Year's Eve pies

December 27, 2004

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — No doubt, many New Year's Eve diners will sit down to some high-end, haute cuisine while saying goodbye to 2004. But according to a survey…

How to sell your pizzeria successfully

December 27, 2004

You've invested the money, blood, sweat and tears into a fine pizza business. Now it's time to cash out.

Pains, chains and automobiles

December 27, 2004

It's one thing these days for a large pizza chain to be pleased with 3 percent same-store sales gains, but watching Pizza Hut post an average 5 percent…

Bellissimo adds five distributors to network

December 27, 2004

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Distributor Bellissimo Foods announced the addition of five new distributors to its network.