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Pizzeria owner recovering after roller accident
July 8, 2007
Cape Cod Times: A pizzeria owner was seriously injured last weekend when her hand got caught in the pizza rolling machine. Tracy Plugge, 46, owner of…
read nowDTI online ordering technology adopted by 1,200
July 8, 2007
Digital Transactions: An online-ordering system for fast food, introduced in January by Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Digital Technology Innovations, has been…
read nowPapa Murphy's promotes children's literacy
July 5, 2007
SEATTLE — Papa Murphy's Seattle franchisees have partnered with Borders bookstores, and radio station operator Entercom Communications Corp., to promote…
read nowCheese market ripe for manipulation, feds say
July 5, 2007
Salt Lake Tribune: Thin trading on the spot cheese market makes it vulnerable for manipulation, which could affect the price of milk and other dairy products…
read nowSpontaneous combustion blamed in pizzeria fire
July 5, 2007
Asbury Park Press (N.J.): A bag of greasy towels spontaneously combusted at a boardwalk pizzeria July 5, damaging several adjacent businesses. According to…
read nowPizza Fusion to adopt green building techniques
July 4, 2007
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Organic pizza restaurant Pizza Fusion announced plans to construct all new stores according to the Leadership in Energy and…
read nowPizzeria owner testifies in Mob shakedown case
July 4, 2007
Medill Reports (Chicago): Reputed mobster Frank Calabrese Sr. extorted hundreds of thousands of dollars from Chicago-area restaurant chain Connie's Pizza over…
read nowPizza box maker opens Ohio plant
July 4, 2007
ThisWeek Community Newspapers (Central Ohio): Star Pizza Box Inc., supplier of pizza packaging products, is opening a new 80,000-square-foot facility in a…
read nowFlight crew orders pizza for stranded passengers
July 2, 2007
The Consumerist: A passenger on a recent Continental Airlines flight is praising the flight crew's customer service. The plane was diverted to a remote…
read nowMcDonald's tops restaurant rankings again
July 2, 2007
OAK BROOK, Ill. — McDonald's Corp. ranked No. 1 on the Restaurants & Institutions magazine's list of Top 400 Chains, ranked by food-and-beverage sales.
read nowPapa John's celebrates lucky day with pizza promotion
July 1, 2007
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Papa John's is celebrating what is being called the luckiest day on earth — July 7, 2007 — by giving away 777 large, one-topping pizzas to a…
read nowSaucy pizza boxes draw fire
July 1, 2007
Winnipeg Sun: Corey Wildeman has launched a delivery-only pizza business in Winnipeg that places pornographic pictures in the box under the pizza. Although…
read nowDelivery driver dies after possible road rage beating
July 1, 2007
Houston Chronicle: A pizza delivery driver died Saturday after he was assaulted while on a delivery run. Police believe the delivery driver pulled off the…
read nowRestaurant Performance Index holds steady
July 1, 2007
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The outlook for the restaurant industry remained positive in May, as the National Restaurant Association's comprehensive index of…
read nowZpizza continues Virginia expansion
June 28, 2007
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Zpizza has signed a multi-unit franchise agreement to bring three new stores to Virginia, the company has announced. Restaurant…
read nowMagoo's Pizza to close in Hawaii
June 28, 2007
The Honolulu Advertiser: Honolulu's University Avenue area will bid farewell to Magoo's Pizza, which closes its doors June 29. "It's not easy running a…
read nowSubway, Chipotle, Cici's earn customer service kudos
June 27, 2007
FINDLAY, Ohio — Corporate Research International released June 28 the results of RealPeopleRatings.com, its quarterly customer service survey that illustrates…
read nowDomino's kicks off 555 Deal contest
June 27, 2007
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — In honor of its 555 Deal, Domino's Pizza is rewarding customers who have five letters in their first, middle and last names with gift…
read nowFreshMarx launches new bar code technology
June 27, 2007
MIAMISBURG, Ohio — FreshMarx, a subsidiary of bar-code technology leader Paxar, has introduced a new bar code system designed to help operators manage food…
read nowMarco's Pizza names purchasing VP
June 27, 2007
TOLEDO, Ohio — Don Vlcek, a former vice president of Domino's Pizza, a member of its executive team and president of Domino's Pizza Distribution Corp., has…
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