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CiCi's founder, Croce, selling pizza chain to management team
September 17, 2003
COPPELL, Texas -- CiCi's Pizza founder, president and CEO, Joe Croce, 44, announced on Feb. 3 he will sell his company to six executives on July 1.
read nowCiCi's to add 25 units to St Louis area
September 17, 2003
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Dallas-based buffet chain CiCi's Pizza wants to add 25 stores in and around St. Louis over the next six years.
read nowCiCi's Pizza franchise group appoints Speck as chief people officer
September 17, 2003
DENVER -- Pizza PALS of Denver, a CiCi's Pizza franchisee group, has announced the appointment of Mike Speck as its chief people officer.
read nowCalifornia Pizza Kitchen announces quarterly revenue increase
September 17, 2003
LOS ANGELES -- California Pizza Kitchen Inc. revenues increased 16.2 percent to $87.9 million for the second quarter ended June 29 from $75.6 million during…
read nowCPK broadening new menu in November
September 17, 2003
LOS ANGELES -- Seeking to boost dinner business, California Pizza Kitchen will add fish to a new menu expected for rollout in November.
read nowAnalyst concerned public pizza companies didn't hedge cheese costs
September 17, 2003
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Pizza companies -- especially larger ones -- should have protected their profits by hedging milk futures and options, said John Glass, an…
read nowCalifornia Pizza Kitchen CEO resigns, site reassessments underway, stock price falling
September 17, 2003
Citing "poor real estate choices" and a growth strategy needing revision, officials of California Pizza Kitchen told analysts listening to a second quarter…
read nowLarge California Pizza Kitchen shareholder halves stake
September 17, 2003
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ronald Baron, one of the largest shareholders of California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) stock, halved the number of his common shares in the…
read nowPizza delivery driver keeps cool, disarms kidnapper
September 17, 2003
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- A man was charged with kidnapping and weapons charges on Sept. 16 following the abduction of a pizza delivery driver who happened upon an…
read nowO'Donnell takes CEO spot at Sbarro
September 17, 2003
MELVILLE, N.Y. -- Sbarro Inc., the pizza-centered Italian restaurant chain based here appointed veteran restaurant industry executive Michael P. O'Donnell…
read nowSpeedLine chosen as POS provider for T.C. Luigi's Pizza
September 16, 2003
LYNDEN, Wash. -- Phoenix-based T.C. Luigi's Pizza, a six-unit delivery-carryout franchise company, has chosen SpeedLine as its exclusive POS provider.
read now222 Pizza Express struggles, cuts staff, postpones new menu
September 16, 2003
VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Struggling with debt and slow sales, 222 Pizza Express CEO Sarbjeet Mandair wrote in a recent investor release that his company is pursuing…
read nowJapanese cook named Naples' best pizza maker
September 16, 2003
NAPLES, Italy -- A Japanese man took this year's title of best pizza maker at an annual pizza festival held here.
read nowShoe-mounted address locators for pizza delivery to be tested by Domino's UK
September 15, 2003
Hoping to reduce delivery times and errors, Domino's UK & Ireland will test shoe-mounted directional assistance devices before year's end.
read nowPapa Gino's pizza chain kicks off Tailgate Meal for football season
September 15, 2003
DEDHAM, Mass. -- Papa Gino's is kicking off the football season with its new "Tailgate Meal."
read now2Q, half-year Pizza Hut sales rise in Australia, New Zealand
September 15, 2003
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Fast-food franchisor Restaurant Brands reported sales at its 138 Pizza Hut stores were up strongly in the first half of the year.
read nowFox's Pizza Den's 9/11 special raises $9,800 for firefighters
September 15, 2003
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. -- To commemorate the second anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S., Fox's Pizza Den franchisee Scott Anthony…
read now$17 million settlement ends ''97 pizza delivery driver murder turmoil
September 14, 2003
NEWTON, N.J. -- The families of two pizza delivery drivers killed in a 1997 ambush have settled lawsuits against the pair's killers, burglar alarm companies…
read nowNick-N-Willy's pizza offers wheel deal to boost franchise sales
September 14, 2003
LONE TREE, Colo. -- Nick-N-Willy's World Famous Take-N-Bake Pizza is offering its area developers a wheel deal in hopes of boosting franchise sales.
read nowPapa John's seeks master franchisee in Thailand
September 14, 2003
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Papa John's is searching for a master franchisee in Thailand, where it plans to have 50 to 75 outlets operating within five to seven years.
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