Pizza Hut franchisee seeks bankruptcy protection

August 10, 2008

Louisville Courier Journal: Independence, Ohio-based Midland Food Services, which operates Pizza Hut restaurants in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia, has filed…

Hometown Pizzeria kicks off franchising effort

August 10, 2008

LITCHFIELD, Ill. -- The family that owns Chandler Brothers Hometown Pizzeria has plans to begin franchising the concept.   The Chandler family owns restaurants…

Commodities update - Week of Aug. 11, 2008

August 10, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continued to slide last week, averaging $1.75 per pound for the trading week ended Aug. 8…

NPC to acquire 99 Pizza Huts

August 7, 2008

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- NPC International Inc., the largest Pizza Hut franchisee, plans to buy 99 Pizza Hut units from Colonial Foods LLC for $35 million. The…

California Pizza Kitchen raises earnings guidance

August 7, 2008

LOS ANGELES –- Comparable-store sales at gourmet pizzeria California Pizza Kitchen increased 1.4 percent in the company's second quarter ended June 29, 2008.

Western Foodservice Expo to move to San Diego in '09

August 7, 2008

NORWALK, Conn. — Reed Exhibitions and the California Restaurant Association (CRA) have announced plans to relocate the Western Foodservice & Hospitality…

NPC continues comp-increase streak

August 7, 2008

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas -- Comparable-store sales at Pizza Hut franchisee NPC International increased 7.1 percent for the second quarter ended June 24, 2008, the…

Yum! Brands outlines lobbying efforts

August 7, 2008

MSN Money: Yum Brands Inc. spent $180,000 in the second quarter to lobby the federal government on nutritional menu labeling and other issues, according to a…

Papa John's unveils crop circle ad

August 6, 2008

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Papa John's has crafted a six-acre crop circle promoting the company's new whole wheat pizza crust in a wheat field in Commerce City…

Uno Restaurant Holdings schedules earnings call

August 6, 2008

BOSTON -- Uno Restaurant Holdings Corp., operator and franchisor of Uno Chicago Grill restaurants, will host a conference call for interested investors…

Pizza Ranch taps ONOSYS to integrate with SpeedLine

August 6, 2008

CLEVELAND -- The 142-location Pizza Ranch chain has selected ONOSYS Online Ordering to implement their online-ordering system.   To help streamline operations…

Domino's revamps UK stores

August 5, 2008

Brand Republic: Domino's Pizza plans to introduce a new design in 500 restaurants in its UK and Ireland stores. The new look includes a "pizza theater" that…

Pizza champ shares dough secrets

August 5, 2008

Greenwich (Conn.) Time: Pinocchio Pizza co-owner Bruno DiFabio has medaled 15 times at the Pizza Olympics in Parma, Italy. Now, he's using his expertise to…

Papa John's sees boost in second-quarter comps

August 5, 2008

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Comparable-store sales at domestic Papa John's International Inc. restaurants increased 2.4 percent for the second quarter ended June 29…

NRA show attendee wins Caribbean cruise

August 5, 2008

BOISE, Idaho -- ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston announced today that Tom Fremarek, of Cheeseburger in Paradise, is the winner of its "Get Tantalized" promotion, held…

Capital Oil & Gas to add pizza

August 4, 2008

HIALEAH, Fla. -- Capital Oil & Gas Inc. plans to add franchised or corporate express pizza and sub sandwich operations to all of its locations, the company…

Garlic Jim's debuts gluten-free crust

August 4, 2008

EVERETT, Wash. -- Garlic Jim's Famous Gourmet Pizza has announced the nationwide debut of its new gluten-free pizzas.   Garlic Jim's first introduced…

NYC to enforce circular law

August 4, 2008

New York Times: New York City has started enforcing a state law that prohibits the placement of "unsolicited papers, fliers, pamphlets, handbills, circulars or…

The Horton Group hosts food-product-recall workshop

August 4, 2008

ORLAND PARK, Ill. -- The Horton Group is hosting "Terror at the Table" -- a food product recall workshop, on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, at its Waukesha, Wis.…

Coping with commodities

Pizzeria operators work to remain profitable despite tough economic times.