Domino's reports record 3Q results

October 22, 2002

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Domino's Inc. has reported record third-quarter results for 2002, with net income of $10.8 million, a 36.2 percent increase compared to the…

Day Two at the AIB ''Pizza School'

October 22, 2002

Finally the students get what they've been waiting for: hands-on lab time.

Topping manufacturer Burke expanding facility

October 21, 2002

NEVADA, Iowa -- Pizza topping manufacturer Burke Corp. is topping out its office space in Nevada, Iowa, and starting another building project.

Woman charged in pizza scam

October 20, 2002

WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Police have filed charges against a Meadow Lands, Pa., woman accused of taking cash for pizza kits and then failing to deliver.

Pizza Hut worker killed for $15

October 20, 2002

ATLANTA -- A Pizza Hut delivery driver was carrying only $15, chicken wings and a large pizza when he was killed Oct. 16, according to The Associated Press.

Australians slow to pick up on online ordering

October 20, 2002

SYDNEY, Australia -- Australians hungry for pizza would rather phone in their orders than use the Internet for their purchases, according to a report in Icon…

Pizza delivery driver strangled outside Atlanta

October 17, 2002

MARIETTA, Ga. -- A Pizza Hut delivery driver was strangled to death on the night of Oct. 16 during a delivery run near Marietta.

Sheehan, former Domino's and Little Caesars exec, dead at 70

October 17, 2002

DETROIT -- Northville, Mich., resident Larry Sheehan, a former executive of Domino's Pizza and Little Caesars, died Oct. 14 of heart disease. He was 70.

Albany Domino's franchisee buys equipment from closed Papa John's stores

October 16, 2002

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Equipment used in six Papa John's stores closed on Oct. 7 has been sold to an area Domino's Pizza franchisee.

Half-year profits fall 17% at Restaurant Brands

October 16, 2002

AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- Restaurant Brands, operator of Pizza Hut, KFC and Starbucks stores in New Zealand and Australia, reported $5 million (U.S. $2.7…

Block cheese sinks 7 cents, third drop in four days

October 16, 2002

CHICAGO -- The price of 40-pound blocks of cheddar cheese sold on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange plummeted to $1.16 per pound on Oct. 17, its lowest price…

C-store pizza marketed aggressively at NACS Show 2002

October 15, 2002

Nearly twenty pizza companies sought their slice of the c-store business during the convenience store industry's premier tradeshow.

Want a competitive edge? Attend a pizza tradeshow

When competition in the pizza business is so keen, it would seem to make sense that pizza tradeshow attendance would have been up this year.

Delivery driver robbers charged with grand theft auto

October 15, 2002

AKRON, Ohio -- Two teens appeared in juvenile court on Oct. 15 after their arrest in connection with the robbery of two pizza delivery drivers two nights…

Dairy analyst says cheese prices may fall again

October 15, 2002

LYNDEN, Wis. -- Despite a week and a half of vigorous block cheddar cheese trades on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, dairy market analyst Jerry Dryer isn't…

Third quarter sales drop pummels CEC stock price

October 15, 2002

IRVING, Texas -- Despite a 2 percent earnings increase in CEC Entertainment Inc.'s (NYSE:CEC) third quarter 2002, the combination of a 2.7 percent drop in…

PizzaExpress' troubles continue as Parson resigns

October 14, 2002

LONDON -- James Parson, managing director of PizzaExpress' UK and Ireland regions, resigned Oct. 15.

Six guilty of firebombing pizzeria

October 13, 2002

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Six men were found guilty on Oct. 14 of firebombing the Mørkov Pizzeria in Copenhagen last year.

Domino's licensee in Japan to drive expansion with technology

October 13, 2002

TOKYO -- Japanese-American entrepreneur Ernest Higa already runs a company that licenses 169 Domino's Pizza stores in Japan. But now he wants to expand his…

San Fran's Extreme Pizza eyes multi-metro expansion in '03

October 13, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO -- Gourmet pizza concept Extreme Pizza could expand to as many as a dozen metro markets beyond its San Francisco base over the next year.