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Author urges customers to be cool to delivery drivers
May 16, 2005
NPR.org: PizzaMarketplace editor's note: This essay on how customers should treat pizza delivery drivers is both insightful and funny. We pass along this…
read nowCouncil widens 'pizza-free' zones near school
May 16, 2005
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: About 20 students were already lined up yesterday across the street from Cleveland High School in Seattle when Eugene Barbu pulled…
read nowDomino's Pizza unit won't fight driver union election
May 16, 2005
FESTUS, Mo. — Operators of a Domino's Pizza unit in Mansfield, Ohio, called off a May 16 hearing with the National Labor Relations Board in which it planned to…
read nowPizza drivers ambushed, stabbed during late run
May 15, 2005
San Francisco Chronicle: Two pizza delivery drivers in Oakland, Calif., were hospitalized after being stabbed and robbed by bogus customers on May 13.
read nowTrading begins on Domino's Pizza Australia NZ
May 15, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia — Shares of Domino's Pizza Australia began trading on the Australian Stock Exchange on May 16. According to a news release, the shares…
read nowOhio pizza drivers file for union election
May 15, 2005
FESTUS, Mo. — Pizza drivers in Mansfield, Ohio, filed for union election and plan to join the Association of Pizza Delivery Drivers. According to a news…
read nowPerfecting pizza delivery dispatch
May 12, 2005
No amount of correct order taking and great pizza baking can overcome mistakes at the delivery dispatch area. Now, however, technology and operator procedures…
read nowCheese prices hit floor, then inch higher
May 12, 2005
After finding the floor at $1.42 per pound on May 10, cheddar blocks began an upward trek to end a price slide from a height of $1.62 on April 4.
read nowHumorous hair, driver beware and marketing flair
May 11, 2005
He might not change his mind, but Senior Editor Steve Coomes always welcomes rebuttals — and he got a few on his "driver reimbursement" commentary. He also…
read nowDomino's Pizza of Canada aims for 250 new units by '07
May 11, 2005
CALGARY, Alberta — Domino's Pizza Canada wants to double its current 250-unit count by 2007.
read nowSouth Korean group named Papa John's intl. franchisee of the year
May 10, 2005
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Papa John's has named PJI Korea its International Franchise Operator for 2004. According to a news release, the 21-unit franchise group…
read nowFigaro's Pizza signs development deals for 56 units
May 10, 2005
SALEM, Ore. — One-hundred-unit Figaro's Pizza, a self-dubbed "we bake or you bake" chain, announced it recently inked development deals for the opening of 5…
read nowDine-in component removed from new Nick-N-Willy's take-and-bake store plans
May 10, 2005
LONE TREE, Colo. — Nick-N-Willy's Franchise Company, a take-and-bake-centered pizza chain, has opened its first take-and-bake only outlet.
read nowPizza Pizza moving toward IPO
May 9, 2005
Toronto Globe and Mail: Pizza Pizza Ltd. is expected to announce plans for a CAN $150-million (U.S. $ 121.1 million) initial public offering later this week.
read nowDomino's Pizza Australia stock ready for trading
May 9, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia — Domino's Pizza Australia & New Zealand announced the offering of shares in the company (for its May 16 initial public offering) was…
read nowU.S. Q1 comps up 11% at Domino's Pizza
May 9, 2005
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Domino's Pizza reported that its domestic same-store sales rose an impressive 11.2 percent for the first quarter, which ended March 27…
read nowPizza Hut franchisee association adds FireFly to POS 'top 5' list
May 8, 2005
HILLSBORO, Ore. — A report produced by the International Pizza Hut Franchise Holders Association named FireFly Technologies' Phoenix system one of its leading…
read nowOPERATIONS: Image might not be everything, but it's vitally important in pizza
May 8, 2005
As Jim Moran points out, many operators underestimate the value customers place on the image of a pizza store and its employees.
read nowDomino's Australia merges with Mad Dog Pizza
May 8, 2005
news.com.au: Domino's Pizza has taken a huge bite out of New Zealand's fast food industry by merging with Christchurch, Australia-based Mad Dog Pizza.
read nowWoman gets life for pizza man murder
May 8, 2005
Pizza Marketing Quarterly: A Huntsville, Ala., woman was sentenced to life in prison for her involvement in the murder of a pizza delivery man.
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