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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Know your numbers
March 19, 2003
The customer is king, and food has to be fantastic, but as Jim Laube writes, success in the restaurant business eventually comes down to the cold, hard…
read nowRound Table Pizza selects CrossCheck for check guarantees
March 19, 2003
ROHNERT PARK, Calif. -- Check guarantee provider CrossCheck, Inc., announced that a group of 24 franchised Round Table Pizza locations in California have…
read nowPapa's Pizza To-Go rolls out the ''Hundred Pounder'
March 19, 2003
GAINESVILLE, Ga. -- Papa's Pizza To-Go has announced the chain-wide introduction of its "Hundred Pounder" pizza, an 18-inch pizza boasting a pound of cheese…
read nowPizza delivery driver sentenced for accident that killed two
March 19, 2003
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Pizza delivery driver Jon B. Schneider, whose vehicle hit a minivan during a delivery run on Nov. 29, was convicted of reckless driving…
read nowVeerman to head new SpeedLine customer service team
March 18, 2003
LYNDEN, Wash. -- POS manufacturer SpeedLine Solutions has appointed veteran service technician Mark Veerman its new customer care manager. According to a…
read nowVenture capital group backed for PizzaExpress bid
March 18, 2003
LONDON -- TDR Capital and Capricorn Ventures has confirmed it now has backing for a bid to take over PizzaExpress, and that it has begun talks with the pizza…
read nowPie selling pizza by the pound in New York
March 18, 2003
NEW YORK CITY -- Don't look for rocker knives, wheel cutters or circular pizzas sold at Pie, a newly opened pizza-centered restaurant in lower Manhattan.
read nowRobber murders CiCi's Pizza employee, shoots another
March 17, 2003
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- One employee was killed and another was wounded during a March 16 robbery at a CiCi's Pizza restaurant in Charlotte.
read nowKudos and raspberries to this month's newsmakers
March 17, 2003
A few awards and tongue-in-cheek booby prizes go out to this month's pizza industry newsmakers.
read nowCo-founder of Valentino's pizza buffet chain dead at 87
March 17, 2003
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Zena Weiler, who co-founded the 50-store Valentino's Grand Italian Buffet chain with her husband, Valentine, died on March 16 following two…
read nowDelivery fleet is 'Echo' friendly to Portland operator
March 16, 2003
PORTLAND, Ore. -- When it comes to looks, there's little to love about the Toyota Echo.
read nowPrivate Lives
March 16, 2003
Wall Street neglect spurs the pizza industry's two largest franchisee companies, NPC International and PJ United, to go private.
read nowControl food cost, reap profits, says Ostrander
March 16, 2003
Keeping food cost in line isn't rocket science, but it represents a change of habit for some operators.
read nowDebit at the Door
March 16, 2003
Canadian chain rolls out wireless payment terminals to merge debit cards and pizza delivery.
read nowYum! Brands to repurchase $300 million in stock
March 16, 2003
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Stock buybacks have become popular financial strategies for foodservice companies in recent weeks.
read nowInternet education for operators
March 16, 2003
Once a mere information source, the Internet has become a classroom and a wealth of educational materials for pizzeria operators.
read nowPizza Hut memo warns of cut in driver reimbursements, hints at sales declines
March 16, 2003
Pizza Hut moves to standardize its delivery driver reimbursement rate to 50 cents, while AAA figures say operating an auto for an employer's purposes costs…
read nowRights to area Pizza Huts to be sold in KFC Malaysia MBO
March 16, 2003
KUALA LUMPUR -- KFC Malaysia Bhd's management, led by executive director Johari Abdul Ghani, is undertaking a buyout of the company via a complex restructuring…
read nowDomino's Pizza to use FEDChex check authorizer 'at the door'
March 16, 2003
IRVINE, Calif. -- Payment solutions provider FEDChex announced it will provide electronic check recovery services for Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Domino's Pizza's…
read nowAfton to close 241 Pizza call center but outsource same service
March 16, 2003
BURLINGTON, Ontario -- Afton Food Group Ltd. (TSX: AFF) announced its subsidiary 241 Pizza Inc. will close its own one-number call center in March and…
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