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Blaze opens in Ontario, California
November 12, 2018
Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza opened two stores Nov. 8, including a 2,000-square-foot open kitchen location in Fresno, California and a 2,552-square-foot restaurant…
read nowVilla Italian Kitchen puts the pizza in the turkey ... literally
November 9, 2018
Quick-serve pizza brand, Villa Italian Kitchen, is hawking its pizzas as the base ingredients to one of the best new takes on Thanksgiving stuffing since…
read nowBlaze to open 5th Pittsburgh location
November 9, 2018
Blaze will open at The Block Northway on McKnight Road in Pittsburgh, Nov. 15, with free pizzas on Nov. 16 for social media followers of the brand, a news…
read nowPapa Murphy's struggles in Q3, board considers options including sale
November 8, 2018
Papa Murphy's leadership released disappointing Q3 financial results along with news that the company's board is considering actions to "enhance shareholder…
read nowBlaze location No. 300 opens in Miami
November 8, 2018
Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza has opened location No. 300 - this one in Miami, Florida. The pivotal event comes just a couple of months after the brand clocked up…
read nowPapa Gino's files for bankruptcy protection, begins sale of chain
November 7, 2018
PGHC Holdings Inc., parent company of New England pizza chain Papa Gino's Pizzeria, has filed Chapter 11 for bankruptcy protection and said it has an agreement…
read nowRave Restaurant Group reports sales drop at Pie Five, growth for Pizza Inn
November 7, 2018
Rave Restaurant Group, the parent company of Pizza Inn and Pie Five, reported disappointing Q1 sales at Pie Five, but its older, full-service brand, Pizza Inn…
read nowPre-earnings call, Papa John's top brass get 'golden parachutes'
November 6, 2018
Papa John's executives left out of jobs if the brand is purchased will have hefty severance deals, according to Louisville Business First, a publication in the…
read nowNew England's Papa Gino's permanently closes stores
November 6, 2018
Longtime New England pizza chain, Papa Gino's, has permanently closed a substantial number of locations, according to the Boston Globe and phone recordings for…
read nowPizza to the Polls back in action
November 6, 2018
This is D-Day for democracy in the U.S. and you know what that means, right? That's right, pizza. Pizza to the Polls is back in action and may be needed more…
read nowZume attracts $375M ... and counting
November 5, 2018
Robotically made pizza is attracting a lot of cash lately, at least if the brand is Zume, which has netted a $375 million investment from Japanese holding…
read nowFired Pie opening north of Phoenix
November 5, 2018
Fired Pie will open store No. 21 for the chain, this one in Arrowhead Towne Center in Glendale, Arizona on Nov. 7, a news release said.
read nowPapa John's declares $0.225 dividend
November 2, 2018
Papa John's announced a quarterly dividend of $0.225 per common share, according to a news release. The dividend is payable Nov. 23 to shareholders of record…
read nowUpserve names CEO
November 2, 2018
Restaurant management platform provider, Upserve, has named Sheryl Hoskins as its new CEO, with founder, Angus Davis taking on the role of strategic adviser to…
read nowVolition Capital put $12.5 million in PlayerLync
November 1, 2018
Mobile content learning and performance management platform, PlayerLync, secured $12.5 million in growth financing for the purpose of marketing, additional…
read now2 more firms reportedly pondering Papa John's buy
November 1, 2018
Bain Capital and CVC Capital Partners — both private equity firms — are among those trying to buy Papa John's International, according to a Reuters story.
read nowUno closes 1st refranchising deal, next days away
November 1, 2018
Uno Pizzeria & Grill owner, Uno Restaurants, Llc. has sold eight company-owned restaurants to MVPizza, Llc. as part of the brand's refranchizing…
read nowStoner's Pizza opening 1st franchise locations
November 1, 2018
Quick-serve pizza franchise, Stoner's Pizza Joint is opening six Texas locations, as part of the brand's first development deal since it began franchising in…
read nowNew resource for restaurateurs seeking hard-to-find ingredients
November 1, 2018
Restaurateurs seeking those exotic and sometimes offbeat ingredients that can often make the critical difference to any offering got a new online marketplace…
read nowBoston pizzeria takes tops in TripAdvisor America's best pizza ranking
November 1, 2018
The travel-prone customers of TripAdvisor, have been asked and have spoken on which pizza brands they hold nearest and dearest to their hearts and stomachs.
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