One arrested, others sought, in kidnapping, torture of pizza delivery driver

June 23, 2003

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- Twenty-year-old Christopher Pereira was arrested on June 22 and charged for his alleged role in robbing and torturing a pizza delivery…

WHO'S WHO: Chris Bianco

by Steve Coomes — freelance writer, Words to Chew On

June 23, 2003

Chris Bianco is the only pizza maker ever to win a prestigious James Beard Award, and though he's grateful, he's not impressed by his achievement.

Mary's Pizza buys mobile 'shack'

June 22, 2003

SONOMA, Calif. -- Mary's Pizza Shack, a 14-restaurant chain based here, is expanding its off-site sales with a custom mobile food kitchen designed to serve…

Motorcycle pizza delivery driver accident injures toddler

June 22, 2003

LONDON -- The parents of Mia Bezani, a girl run over recently by a Pizza Hut motorcycle delivery driver, were shocked when the company offered free pizzas as…

Pizzeria owner murdered during delivery

June 22, 2003

MECHANICSVILLE, Va. -- El Said Abed believed his Mechanicsville Turnpike pizza shop should deliver to all neighborhoods, even those that are dangerous. Those…

Pizza delivery driver murdered in botched robbery

June 22, 2003

GARY, Ind. -- A man who had just delivered a pizza to a home was murdered during an attempted robbery.

Pizza Hut agrees to settlement in sexual harassment case

June 19, 2003

DALLAS -- Pizza Hut will pay $360,000 to settle a sexual-harassment complaint filed by four women who said they were groped while working in a California…

Naples struggles to recruit pizza makers

June 19, 2003

NAPLES, Italy  -- The old pizza guard in this southern port city is having trouble finding folks who want to be "pizzaioli" or pizza-makers.

Sale of pizza bag maker is complete

June 19, 2003

PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- R.G. Barry Corp. has completed the sale of Vesture Corp., its thermal products subsidiary, according to a report in Columbus (Ohio…

Pizza purchases to help pay for historic restoration at UK church

June 19, 2003

KIDDERMINSTER, UK -- Money from the sale of special fundraising pizzas will help restore the bells of St Mary and All Saints Parish Church in Kidderminster…

Police may block pizza operator's effort to cash in on concert

June 19, 2003

EDINBURGH, UK -- Takeaway pizza outlet Pizza Primo wants to remain open an hour later than usual on two nights when pop music star Robbie Williams is in town.

Pizza Hut 2Q comp sales fall 1%, May-June sales rise 2%

June 18, 2003

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Comparable-store sales for U.S., corporate-owned Pizza Hut stores rose 2 percent for the four-week period ended June 14. The increase marks…

Block cheese prices up 7 cents, highest since Oct. '02

June 18, 2003

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The per-pound price of 40-pound blocks of cheddar cheese climbed to $1.22 in June 19 trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The…

Pizzeria gigante!

June 18, 2003

Texas-based Pizza Patrón wants to move to the national stage by serving the growing Hispanic population.

Lawyer pushing Pizza Hut, other chains to say their food is addictive

June 17, 2003

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Dallas-based Pizza Hut is one of six quick-service companies expected to receive a certified letter on June 19 demanding it warn customers…

Chuck E. Cheese's CFO steps down

June 17, 2003

IRVING, Texas-- CEC Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: CEC), parent company of 440-store Chuck E. Cheese's, announced that Rodney Carter, its executive vice president…

Pizza Hut giving out free DVD movies with large pizzas

June 17, 2003

DALLAS -- Pizza Hut hopes its summer sales will sizzle with DVD movie giveaways.

Pizza and Pipes gets unwanted drive-thru window

June 16, 2003

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Employees of Pizza and Pipes had to run for cover on May 17, when a mini-van crashed through the store's front window and into the…

Homeless hired to advertise pizza

June 16, 2003

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Andre Jehan, founder of the 26-restaurant Pizza Schmizza chain based here, is paying and feeding some local homeless men to advertise his…

SARS drops Thailand Pizza Hut sales 10%

June 15, 2003

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Pizza Hut, the second-largest pizza franchise in Thailand, with 85 stores, said the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS…