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Pizza Inn halts comps slide with positive Q3
April 11, 2006
THE COLONY, Texas—Pizza Inn put the brakes on a seven-quarter comparable-store sales slide by posting a 1.1 percent increase for the 12 weeks ended March 26…
read nowPizza equipment info at your fingertips
April 10, 2006
Jeff Akers has been burned a few times on "bargain" pizza equipment that was anything but a good deal. Remanufacturers he dealt with claimed they were selling…
read nowAIB hosting Wholesale Commissary Pizza Crust Technology seminar May 2-3
April 10, 2006
MANHATTAN, Kan.—The American Institute of Baking will host its annual Wholesale Commissary Pizza Crust Technology seminar May 2-3, 2006.
read nowDeMarco on the mend, Di Fara's Pizza to reopen
April 10, 2006
New York Daily News: Pizzaiolo Domenico DeMarco is expected to return to the ovens at Di Fara's following foot surgery that resulted in a week-long closure of…
read nowzpizza to open in Memphis market
April 10, 2006
Memphis Business Journal: Forty-unit zpizza wants to open the first of five total units in the Memphis, Tenn., market in June. The gourmet, quick-casual chain…
read nowPapa John's serves up '1040' tax time pizza special
April 10, 2006
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Pizza lovers pushing the deadline to file their taxes minute can grab a Papa John's "1040" special from April 11-17.
read nowA positive spin on pizza
April 9, 2006
A great review from a food critic is typically a blessing for the pizzeria owner whose business soars following the report. But such good press went nearly for…
read nowPut a finger on security
April 9, 2006
For most of the last century, workers "punched in" at an actual time clock to track payroll, but clocks have been replaced gradually by streamlined electronic…
read nowTaming your toppings use
April 9, 2006
If you think portion controls aren't important, ask customers if it bothers them to get a heavily topped pizza one day and a scantily topped one the next.
read nowSpeedLine POS opens customer call center
April 9, 2006
LYNDEN, Wash.—Pizza point-of-sale provider SpeedLine announced the opening of a new customer service call center to meet the needs of its growing customer base.
read nowPapa John's adds 'Pizza Preview' graphics to Web ordering service
April 9, 2006
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Papa John's announced the addition of consumer-friendly graphics to accompany menu choices on the chain's online ordering site, papajohns.com.
read nowFresh Pizza wins $15K Revention POS system
April 9, 2006
HOUSTON—Ted Alonzo, owner of Fresh Pizza in Lorenzo, Calif., won a $15,000 Revention POS system during International Pizza Expo held in March.
read nowMapping out a marketing plan
April 9, 2006
The investment into any POS system is significant, so operators should learn quickly how to make the machine pay for itself. A solid POS database marketing…
read nowPizza driver robbed, then fired for breaking protocol
April 9, 2006
The Star: A Domino's Pizza delivery driver in Shelby, N.C. was fired for breaking company rules on April 5 after he was attacked and robbed by four youths.
read nowGrowth: A capital idea
April 7, 2006
You want to take your small but successful pizza company to the next level, but lack growth capital. Take heart, because private investment in the restaurant…
read nowSbarro turns a tidy profit in 2005
April 7, 2006
MELVILLE, N.Y.—A modest comparable-store sales gain of 2.8 percent helped Sbarro post a 2005 profit of $1.3 million versus a loss of $4.3 million in 2004.
read nowDomino's Pizza launches Chicken Kickers in Australia
April 6, 2006
BRISBANE, Australia—Domino's Pizza Australia and New Zealand is launching a Chicken Kickers side item made from 100 percent chicken breast meat, breaded and…
read nowWorld Pizza Champions take team acrobatic gold in Italy
April 6, 2006
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The World Pizza Champions team garnered the first-ever team gold medal for the United States in the acrobatic dough tossing competition at the…
read nowOnly a Slice: The Editor's Blog — Determined to spread the word
April 5, 2006
Bill Gatti's got pizza passion, but can the Snappy Tomato Pizza franchisee turn it into profits?
read nowCORRECTION: Gelato Di Roma signs large development agreement
April 5, 2006
ROYAL OAK, Mich.—Rhonda Morin has signed a large development agreement to roll out pizza-and-gelato stores for the Gelato di Roma brand.
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