NPD: Breakfast drives foodservice industry in China

August 18, 2008

CHICAGO — Market research firm The NPD Group has found in a study that breakfast is the foodservice industry driver in the People's Republic of China. Half of…

Nevada man holds pizza signs hostage

August 18, 2008

KSWT-TV: An Elko, Nev., man has been arrested for trying to extort money from a local Pizza Hut. Jess Jay Long called the store and told the manager he had…

Pizza Hut wants to feed Phelps

August 18, 2008

Associated Press: Pizza Hut is offering Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and his teammates free pizza and pasta for a year. The company hasn't said if they will…

Zpizza signs Colo. expansion deal

August 18, 2008

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Zpizza, the Southern Calif.-based gourmet pizza chain, has signed a multiunit development deal with Jeffrey and Kristin Peterson to…

R&I names top Consumers' Choice chains

August 18, 2008

CHICAGO — Restaurants & Institutions has announced the winners of its 28th annual Consumers' Choice in Chains study. The award winners are selected by a…

FoodService Warehouse launches Green Cert. Program for commercial kitchens

August 18, 2008

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. — FoodServiceWarehouse.com has launched its Going Green Program aimed at helping commercial kitchens cope with the costs and…

Selling the sauce

Packaging menu items for retail may be great marketing, but don't expect to get rich.

Eagle Boys serves up 22% sales growth

August 17, 2008

WEST END, Queensland -- Comparable-store sales at Australian pizza maker Eagle Boys Pizza increased 13.9 percent for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008, the…

Domino's rolls out new sandwich menu

August 17, 2008

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Domino's Pizza is adding hot, oven-baked sandwiches to its menu with a national rollout of the menu items.   Domino's new Oven Baked…

Salmonella outbreak not yet solved

August 17, 2008

Google/Associated Press: The nationwide salmonella outbreak linked first to tomatoes and then jalapenos is finally winding down, but federal health officials…

CiCi's offers free Pepperoni Flips for perfect diving scores

August 17, 2008

COPPELL, Texas -- CiCi's Pizza will offer free Pepperoni Flips if an American diver earns an overall perfect 10 in the finals of the 10-meter platform…

Brazil Fast Food comps up more than 7 percent

August 17, 2008

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Comparable-store sales at Brazil Fast Food Corp., the second-largest fast-food restaurant chain in Brazil, increased 7.1 percent for…

Commodities update - Week of Aug. 18, 2008

August 17, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange remained fairly stable last week, averaging $1.77 per pound for the trading week ended Aug.

Papa John's increases stock buyback program

August 14, 2008

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The board of directors of Papa John's International Inc. has approved an increase to $775 million in the amount of the company's common…

FireFly sees record Phoenix POS sales

August 14, 2008

HILLSBORO, Ore. -- FireFly Technologies, maker of the Phoenix Point-of-Sale restaurant POS software, booked 75 percent more site installations for the first…

Study: Unhygienic restrooms turn off consumers

August 14, 2008

PHILADELPHIA — Restaurant patrons are far less likely to return to an eating establishment if they find restrooms that are unhygienic or poorly stocked with…

Pizza Capers kicks off expansion drive

August 13, 2008

BRISBANE, Queensland -- Australian pizza chain Pizza Capers has announced plans to operate a network of 100 stores in the next two years and establish a…

La Gondola AOL City's Best Chicago-style pizza

August 13, 2008

Chicago -- La Gondola Italian Restaurant has been named AOL's 2008 City's Best Italian Restaurant for offering the best pizza and homemade Italian specialties…

Candidates outline pizza policies

August 13, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: When Sen. Barack Obama dines out, he and wife Michelle stop in at a little pizza joint in a mini-mall near their home, he told…

Middleby to acquire Turbochef

August 12, 2008

ELGIN, Ill. -- The Middleby Corp. plans to acquire oven maker TurboChef Technologies Inc. in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $200 million.