Marco's names vendor of the year

August 12, 2009

Marco's Pizza has named Temple-Inland its Vendor of the Year.   Temple-Inland is a corrugated packaging and building products manufacturer headquartered in…

Sbarro's loss widens

August 12, 2009

Comparable-store sales at company-owned Sbarro units declined 5.1 percent for the second quarter ended June 28, the company has announced. Domestic franchise…

RedPrairie to launch new Workforce Management user interface

August 12, 2009

RedPrairie Corp., a productivity software provider, has announced the upcoming September 2009 release of its Workforce Management enhanced user interface…

Kimberly-Clark receives Forest Stewardship Council certification

August 12, 2009

Kimberly-Clark Professional has received Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) chain-of-custody certification for a range of tissue and towel products, making it…

Consumer concern over sodium intake impacts product development

August 11, 2009

Americans love sodium, but many consumers are starting to pay more attention to their intake, according to new research from consumer, product and market…

Alabama town deems sign-waving pizzeria employees a safety hazard

August 11, 2009

Police in Florence, Ala., have asked managers from competing pizza shops to move sign-waving employees from a roadway median to the restaurants' respective…

Fitch report finds financial risk for restaurants moderating

August 11, 2009

Fitch Ratings has found that financial risk is moderating for the U.S. restaurant industry, despite continued weakness in same-store sales performance.   In a…

White paper: How to use customer complaints to your advantage

Complaints are a primary communication tool to discover what customers want to change.

Pizzerias.com domain name sold at auction

August 10, 2009

The Internet domain name "Pizzerias.com" has been sold via Godaddy.com Auctions with a winning bid price of $20,105, according to a story on Dot Weekly, an…

Western Foodservice Expo names keynote speaker

August 10, 2009

Reed Exhibition Cos., producers of the Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo, has announced that Garry Ridge, president and CEO of WD-40 Co., will be the…

Noble Roman's net up despite revenue decline

August 10, 2009

Revenues at Noble Roman's Inc., the franchisor of Noble Roman's Pizza and Tuscano's Italian Style Subs, were $1.9 million for the company's second quarter…

After 40 years, Papa Del's opens second store

August 10, 2009

Papa Del's, a fixture near the campus of the University of Illinois in Champaign, has opened a second location, according to a story in the Champaign-Urbana…

Pizza Pizza opens second Winnipeg restaurant

August 9, 2009

Franchisees Agum Bhagria and his wife Sangeeta are opening a Pizza Pizza restaurant at 2677 Pembina Hwy. in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the company has announced. …

Commodities update - Week of Aug. 10, 2009

August 9, 2009

Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange averaged $1.28 per pound for the trading week ended Aug. 7, up five cents from the previous week. …

Uno official offers tips on revitalizing your brand

Hint: Your main customers may not be who you think they are.

Pizza Patron sets sales records in Dallas stores

August 6, 2009

Latino pizza brand Pizza Patron saw record sales in the Dallas/Fort Worth market following the launch of its new recession relief campaign, the company has…

California Pizza Kitchen comps off 6.5 percent in Q2

August 6, 2009

Comparable-store sales at California Pizza Kitchen restaurants fell 6.5 percent for the company's second quarter ended June 28, the company has announced. …

Pizza Pizza comps off 7.8 percent

August 6, 2009

Comparable-store sales at restaurants operated by Pizza Pizza Limited fell 7.8 percent in the second quarter ended June 30, the company has announced. The…

USDA to boost cheese prices

This has been the summer of low cheese prices for pizzeria operators, but it's about to come to an end.

California Pizza Kitchen signs India expansion deal

August 5, 2009

California Pizza Kitchen has signed an agreement today with new franchise partners JSM Corporation Pvt. Ltd. and Daud Arabian Trading, to expand into India…