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Domino's Pizza buys back 5.6 MM shares from Bain
March 12, 2006
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Domino's Pizza has repurchased and retired approximately 5.6 million shares of its common stock from investment funds associated with Bain…
read nowFlorida site planned for Italian Oven Café Pizzeria
March 12, 2006
Pittsburgh Business Times: After relaunching Italian Oven Cafe Pizzeria as a fast-casual restaurant in 2004, founder Jim Frye wants to open a Palm Beach, Fla.…
read nowFire chief objects to pizza drive-thru
March 12, 2006
The Eagle Tribune: A pizzeria owner's desire to add a drive-thru window has met opposition from a local fire chief. The chief believes the new line of traffic…
read nowPapa John's to 'prune' intl. markets in '06
March 11, 2006
Despite an incredible turnaround in 2005, leadership at Papa John's sees room for improvement, both at home and abroad, in 2006.
read nowDangerous apartments redlined by pizza companies
March 9, 2006
The Mississauga News: Several pizza companies in Mississauga, Ontario, have redlined an apartment complex following a rash of attacks and robberies on pizza…
read nowPapa John's to give away 1MM pizzas for perfect NCAA brackets
March 9, 2006
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Papa John's Pizza and SportingNews.com are partnering to present The Papa John's Perfect Bracket Challenge, where entrants who produce perfect…
read nowSbarro to open 50 pizza shops in Mexico and Egypt
March 9, 2006
MELVILLE, N.Y.—Sbarro announced separate international development agreements with franchisers in Mexico and Egypt to open more than 50 total new locations in…
read nowIncentives to excel
March 8, 2006
Creative bonus programs do motivate managers to work harder, but don't overlook incentives like trust, a good working environment and simple appreciation.
read nowPapa John's sells Perfect Pizza chain
March 8, 2006
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Papa John's International announced the sale of its struggling Perfect Pizza chain in the United Kingdom to Smartfirst Limited.
read nowFireFly partners with Ctuit Software to speed data processing
March 8, 2006
HILLSBORO, Ore.—FireFly Technologies announced it has teamed up with Ctuit Software to integrate its Phoenix point-of-sale system with Ctuit's comprehensive…
read nowCFO resigns at Canadian Domino's Pizza franchise group
March 8, 2006
CALGARY, Alberta—Evelyn Broere, chief financial officer for Canada's Pizza Delivery Corp. (CPDC), a 250-unit Domino's Pizza franchisee, resigned March 3.
read nowFireFly launches $99 per month Phoenix POS lease plan
March 8, 2006
HILLSBORO, Ore.—The power of advanced point-of-sale technology is now affordable for any pizzeria owner through FireFly Technologies' new leasing plan.
read nowPizza Hut falters in New Zealand and Australia
March 8, 2006
Bloomberg.com: Restaurant Brands New Zealand, a 107-unit Pizza Hut franchisee in New Zealand, reported that comparable-store sales slid 4.7 percent for the 1…
read nowMarco's Pizza using eye-catching six-color pizza boxes
March 8, 2006
TOLEDO, Ohio—Marco's Pizza is pushing its "Ah! thentic Italian Pizza" positioning with new six-color pizza boxes.
read nowPapa John's reports strong '05 in U.S., intl. units down
March 7, 2006
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Papa John's International saw its U.S. comparable-store sales, revenue and profit rise solidly during the fourth quarter 2005.
read nowWitherspoon to portray London pizza driver
March 7, 2006
The Sun: Fresh off winning the best actress award at the Oscars, "Walk the Line" star Reese Witherspoon is headed to England to study for an upcoming film…
read nowBertucci's founder launches pizza and gelato concept
March 7, 2006
Boston Herald: Bertucci's founder Joey Crugnale is opening a Marzo 29, a 150-seat pizzeria and gelato bar in Boston's Watertown area.
read nowPapa John's adds meats mix to pan pizza platform
March 7, 2006
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Seeking to further the success of its Papa's Perfect Pan offering, Papa John's has introduced a Papa's Perfect Pan Meats pizza.
read nowMerrill Lynch buys NPC, largest Pizza Hut franchisee
March 6, 2006
PITTSBURG, Kan.—Pizza Hut's largest franchisee, NPC International, Inc. has entered into a stock purchase agreement to sell 100 percent of its equity ownership…
read nowPizza Hut franchisee chooses SpeedLine POS
March 5, 2006
LYNDEN, Wash.—Atherton Restaurant Systems, an 11-unit Pizza Hut franchisee, has selected SpeedLine Solutions as its new POS provider.
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