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May 30, 2005
Few tasks in the pizza industry are as tedious as folding pizza boxes.
read nowOPERATIONS: QSR going cashless quickly
May 30, 2005
Insiders say the shift to cashless payment is well underway in the quick-service restaurant segment. Larger transactions and greater customer frequency are the…
read nowIowa man hopes to set pizza record
May 30, 2005
The Globe Gazette: An Iowa Falls, Iowa, man is planning to make a 12,800-square-foot pizza to set a new Guinness record. The project is set to begin June 13…
read nowChuck E. Cheese's founder developing chain for grown-ups
May 30, 2005
USA Today: Nolan Bushnell, the creator Atari and Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theater, is developing what can be considered a Chuck E. Cheese's for the older…
read nowMay comps move up at Papa John's Pizza
May 30, 2005
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Papa John's reported that domestic systemwide comparable-store sales for the four weeks ended May 22, 2005 rose 3.7 percent (composed of a…
read nowTaming turnover
May 29, 2005
Domino's Pizza is hoping to reduce management turnover with the launch of an e-learning initiative in partnership with the National Restaurant Association's…
read nowFidelity intros CallWorks Mini sequencer
May 26, 2005
NOVI, Mich. — Fidelity Communications announced the unveiling of its new CallWorks Mini Call Management System.
read nowIn the bag
May 25, 2005
The beauty of a pizza delivery bag is in the eye of the beholder ... and the buyer ... and the user.
read nowHouse Judiciary Committee passes bill barring obesity lawsuits
May 25, 2005
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Restaurant Association commended the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee for the May 25 approval of H.R. 554, the…
read nowAmazing Jake's Pizza Factory to open mega-eatertainment unit in July
May 24, 2005
The Business Journal of Phoenix: A 75,000-square-foot family entertainment center by the name of Amazing Jake's Pizza Factory is set to open in Mesa, Ariz., in…
read nowCanada's Pizza Pizza using VoIP call center in U.S.
May 24, 2005
CRM News: Pizza Pizza once used a standard call center to centralize its order dispatch system, but now the Toronto-based firm is using the Internet — via the…
read nowPapa John's levies pizza delivery fee at corp. units
May 24, 2005
The Courier-Journal: Citing rising gasoline and labor costs, Papa John's began charging a $1 fee for pizza deliveries from its 430 corporate units effective…
read nowBlock price meltdown stops at $1.45
May 24, 2005
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After sliding nearly 13 cents in five trading sessions, prices for block cheddar remained unchanged at $1.45 during May 25 trading at the…
read nowTake-and-bake heats up in pizza-crazed Chicago
May 23, 2005
Daily Herald: Competing take-and-bake pizza franchises have invaded the pizza-crazed Chicago market. A rarity just a couple of years ago in the Windy City…
read now91-year-old still serving up pizzas
May 23, 2005
The Courier-Journal: Three days a week, 91-year-old Mae Lynch drives her 1986 Chevy Nova about a mile to a Louisville-area Papa John's, where she takes orders…
read nowWoman creates own drive-thru window at Papa John's
May 23, 2005
The Bay City Times: A woman crashed her Honda Accord Monday through the lobby of Papa John's Pizza restaurant in Bay City, Mich. No one was injured in the…
read nowGivex joins with SpeedLine POS to offer pizza chain gift cards
May 22, 2005
CHICAGO – Givex announced Friday at The National Restaurant Association Show 2005, the integration between its gift card program and SpeedLine's pizza-specific…
read nowFINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Prime partner
May 19, 2005
Experts say pizza operators can save money and time when they establish a prime vendor agreement with a supplier.
read nowPapa Murphy's Pizza wants 30 Atlanta units by 2011
May 19, 2005
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Papa Murphy's Take 'N' Bake Pizza has signed an area development agreement for the Atlanta market that includes opening 30 locations over…
read nowLaRosa's Pizza sending coupons to cell phones
May 19, 2005
Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati Bell's wireless division is partnering with LaRosa's Pizza, based here, to test-market a program using cell phone text…
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