Mario's Pizzeria sets up cobrand deal with Blimpie

September 4, 2002

ATLANTA -- Mario's Pizzeria, Trinidad's original pizza chain founded 35 years ago, has signed a cobrand partnership with Blimpie International, an…

RPM Pizza to roll out Qualistics customer feedback system

September 4, 2002

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- RPM Pizza, the U.S.'s largest Domino's Pizza franchisee, announced it will roll out a new customer feedback system called CriticalAlert!

Shakey's parent company crumbling under debt, back taxes

September 3, 2002

A performance report published by Inno-Pacific Holdings, owner of Shakey's Inc. since 1980, details a company desperate to mend its fiscal wounds.

Toppings of corn, raisins and eggs, oh my!

September 2, 2002

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- It's typical for pizza makers to experiment with exotic toppings, but at Brazilian Pizza in Framingham, Mass., corn, raisins, hard-boiled…

Don't Hold the Pizza Just Yet

September 2, 2002

Columnist Steven Milloy claims that the Center for Science in the Public Interest's pizza study is about selling books, not distributing facts.

A Passage to India

International pizza companies find the India market highly competitive and evolving rapidly.

Italian food certification proposal burns Australian chefs

September 2, 2002

SYDNEY, Australia -- Italy's Agriculture Minister Giovanni Alemanno has proposed a system of international certification to guarantee the authenticity of…

Florida operator ends 7-year redlining policy

September 2, 2002

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. -- Domino's Pizza franchisee John Paulette hasn't delivered pizzas to Mango Circle for seven years, but after the operator surveyed the…

Papa John's Aug. U.S. comp sales drop 5.6%

September 2, 2002

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) has announced that its domestic systemwide comparable sales for the four weeks ended August…

Pizza Hut wants 10 vegetarian stores in India by '04

September 2, 2002

MUMBAI, India -- Pizza Hut plans to open seven more vegetarian-only outlets in India by 2004, adding to its current total of three.

Afton Food Group posts loss for 2Q '02

September 2, 2002

BURLINGTON, Ontario -- Afton Food Group Ltd. (TSE: AFF), franchisor of the 241 Pizza chain and several other fast-food concepts, posted its first losing…

Cheese maker Glanbia posts losses in wake of meat division sell-off

August 29, 2002

KILKENNY, Ireland -- Glanbia, a Kilkenny, Ireland-based dairy food producer, has reported a €40 million (U.S. $39.3 million) loss for the first half of 2002…

Rumors of Domino's IPO appear false -- for now

August 29, 2002

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Like clockwork, each time Domino's Pizza posts a positive quarterly report, the rumor mill starts grinding out promises that the Ann Arbor…

Sysco purchases Abbott Foods, operators share mixed feelings

August 29, 2002

Columbus, Ohio, operators are concerned that service will suffer following acquisition of smaller distributor

Top mozzarella producers ranked in 'Dairy 100'

August 28, 2002

DALLAS -- Five leading mozzarella suppliers to the U.S. pizza industry have been ranked in Dairy.com's "The Dairy 100" for 2002, published in mid-August.

Leprino sues insurer over disputed cheese loss claim

August 28, 2002

DENVER, Colo. -- Leprino Foods Co., the nation's largest producer of mozzarella cheese, is suing insurer FM Global for not honoring Leprino's claim for a $1…

Delivery driver shot in Detroit, third this summer

August 28, 2002

DETROIT-- For the third time this summer, a Detroit pizza delivery driver has been shot in the line of duty.

Dallas manager named Domino's best for 2002

August 28, 2002

DALLAS -- Perhaps it was the 27 percent increase in pizza sales logged from 1999 to 2001 that netted Domino's Pizza's 2002 National Manger of the Year award…

Sbarro reports sales declines, losses and store closures for '02

August 26, 2002

MELVILLE, N.Y. -- Sbarro, Inc. reported in an Aug. 23 SEC filing that decreased traffic at malls and airports continues to hurt store sales in a post-9/1…

It's fine to redline -- when there's a clear risk

August 26, 2002

Tarpon Springs citizens and a newspaper editorial claim pizza stores are obligated to deliver to all areas, even questionable ones.