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Former Domino's CMO moves to Wendy's
July 28, 2008
Promo: Ken Calwell, the former chief marketing officer at Domino's Pizza, is returning to Wendy's International Inc. to become its new marketing head. The move…
read nowPizza Hut intros The Natural in Dallas
July 27, 2008
DALLAS -- Pizza Hut is rolling out The Natural, a new pizza which features toppings free from artificial flavors, colors or preservatives served on a…
read nowCop posing as pizza driver fatally shoots alleged robber
July 27, 2008
WZTV (Nashville, Tenn.): An undercover officer fatally shot a Nashville teenager who was approaching him with a gun, which was later found to be an air pistol.
read nowCalif. governor signs trans-fat ban
July 27, 2008
The New York Times: California became the first state to ban trans fats in restaurants when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill July 25, 2008, to phase…
read nowCommodities update – Week of July 28, 2008
July 27, 2008
CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange jumped higher last week, averaging slightly above $2.05 per pound for the trading week ended…
read nowPapa John's intros Chocolate Pastry Delight
July 27, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-- Papa John's has introduced Chocolate Pastry Delights as a permanent menu addition. The new dessert is made of puff pastries filled with…
read nowPizza truck latest contestant in lunch rivalry
July 24, 2008
The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.): Lost Brothers Pizza, which operates out of a truck in Newark, N.J., has roused the ire of other lunch vendors in the area. The…
read nowLab testing confirms Villages Pizza a healthy meal choice
July 24, 2008
VICTORIA, British Columbia -- When Villages Pizza owner John Papaloukas saw pizza appearing in media reports of food that wouldn't be allowed in B.C. schools…
read nowDomino's rolls out mobile kitchen
July 24, 2008
ATLANTA -- Cowabunga Inc., the largest single-owned Domino's Pizza franchise in the United States, has added a new mobile pizza kitchen to its fleet, offering…
read nowJet's Pizza franchisee to open S. Fla. stores
July 24, 2008
Naples Daily News: Michigan resident Tom Jakubczak couldn't find his favorite pizza on a visit to Florida two years ago, so he decided to do something about…
read nowGrimaldi's reopens after tax shutdown
July 23, 2008
Newsday (via Slice): Legendary Brooklyn pizzeria Grimaldi's reopened July 23, hours after being shut down by the state over unpaid taxes. The pizzeria, located…
read nowResearch firm releases customer-service survey results
July 23, 2008
FINDLAY, Ohio -- Papa Murphy's Take 'n' Bake Pizza, CiCi's Pizza and Papa John's topped the 2008 second quarter rankings of the quarterly customer-service…
read nowMinn. key to cracking salmonella source
July 23, 2008
Star Tribune (Minneapolis/St. Paul): While the FDA was focused on tomatoes and bogged down by its reliance on local health departments in its investigation, in…
read nowMinimum wage hike kicks in
July 23, 2008
CNN: The second of three increases to the national minimum wage took effect July 24, increasing the minimum by 70 cents to $6.55 per hour. The third and final…
read nowChuck E. Cheese comps up nearly 6 percent
July 22, 2008
IRVING, Texas -- Comparable-store sales at CEC Restaurants Inc., parent company of Chuck E. Cheese, increased 5.7 percent for the second quarter ended June 29…
read nowExperts to offer pizza certifications
July 22, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Scuola Italiana Pizzaioli, one of the longest running pizza schools in Italy, is offering a 5-day course leading to a certification in…
read nowPizzeria holding its own presidential election
July 22, 2008
WEAVERVILLE, N.C. -- Blue Mountain Pizza in Weaverville is offering its own version of the presidential election by tracking sales of the restaurants two new…
read nowHell is all business, director says
July 22, 2008
Stuff.co.nz: Riding a wave of controversial advertising campaigns, Hell Pizza has grown from four units to 66 over the past four years and is expanding into…
read nowSalmonella found on jalapeno, tomatoes cleared
July 21, 2008
Government inspectors have found the same bacteria linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper that was handled by…
read nowDomino's domestic comps off 5.4 percent
July 21, 2008
ANN ARBOR, Mich. –- Same-store sales at Domino's Pizza Inc.'s domestic locations fell 5.4 percent in the 2008 second quarter ended June 15, 2008, the company…
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