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Sorrento closing California plant in February
November 5, 2002
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Buffalo, N.Y.-based Sorrento Lactalis announced it will close its San Jose, Calif., cheese-making plant in February.
read nowScooters pizza chain to expand outside South Africa
November 4, 2002
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Scooters said it will expand beyond South Africa's borders and open stores in four East African countries over the next two…
read nowLooming Kmart closures likely to affect Little Caesars
November 4, 2002
DETROIT -- An 11-year partnership between retailer Kmart and Little Caesars, the nation's fourth largest pizza chain, will likely be tested in 2003.
read nowAsk receives 25% profit boost for first six months of ''02
November 3, 2002
LONDON -- Ask Central, parent company of the Ask and Zizzi pizza chains, posted a profit increase of 25 percent for the first half of the year.
read nowBargain-hunting investor group bids low for PizzaExpress
November 3, 2002
LONDON -- Restaurant group PizzaExpress has received a takeover offer from a group of investors that includes its former owner Hugh Osmond.
read nowIndian Pizza Hut accused of serving chicken on veggie pizza
November 3, 2002
CHENNAI, India -- A Pizza Hut in India has been accused of serving chicken on a vegetarian pizza.
read nowFood.com and Citysearch partner to broaden online ordering options
October 31, 2002
ORLANDO, Fla. -- In an agreement announced at the FS/TEC conference, held Oct. 27-30 in Orlando, Citysearch said it will use Food.com's ordering solutions on…
read nowPapa John's bets on long-term initiatives to counter sales slump
October 31, 2002
Regardless of struggles, industry's third-largest chain vows it won't enter into pizza price wars.
read nowSales slide at PizzaExpress continues in October
October 30, 2002
LONDON -- Struggling UK pizza chain, PizzaExpress, said in a statement that the first full month of fall yielded dim returns for the 300-store operation.
read nowJerry's Subs & Pizza stung by slang in commercial
October 30, 2002
GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- A lesson for the wise: Check with a foreign language expert for every possible meaning of a clever-sounding slang phrase before using it…
read nowDriver delivers scares with every slice on Halloween
October 30, 2002
FREDRICKSBURG, Va. -- Domino's Pizza driver Blake Clark celebrates Halloween by delivering a little excitement with every run.
read nowPolice decoy nabs delivery driver robbers
October 30, 2002
LAWRENCEVILLE, Pa. -- Two teens hoping to rob a pizza delivery driver got a big surprise when they discovered the driver was an undercover police detective.
read nowLiddle appointed Domino's head of communications and investor relations
October 30, 2002
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Domino's Pizza has appointed Lynn M. Liddle as its executive vice president of communications and investor relations.
read nowQ3 report illustrates Papa John's continued challenges
October 29, 2002
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Papa John's International (PZZA:Nasdaq), once the pizza industry's fastest-growing company, continues to show signs of an overall system…
read nowAfton appoints new chair to replace retiring Hunter
October 27, 2002
BURLINGTON, Ontario -- Afton Food Group Ltd. (TSX: AFF) announced that Richard Hunter will retire as its chairman of the board effective Oct. 31.
read nowBuyout rumors can't buoy PizzaExpress stock
October 27, 2002
LONDON -- Rumors that a private equity firm may have PizzaExpress on its shopping list aren't lifting the value of the company's stock.
read nowBertucci's planning six Charlotte locations
October 27, 2002
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bertucci's Brick Oven Pizzeria will in January open the first of what could become six restaurants in Charlotte.
read nowDelivery driver ambushed, struck with bat
October 24, 2002
ALMOGORDO, N.M. -- A pizza delivery driver was ambushed by two men while making a delivery on Oct. 24.
read nowMargins improve, but 3Q sales drop at Latin American Domino's stores
October 24, 2002
MEXICO CITY -- Alsea, master franchisee of more than 450 Dominos Pizza stores in Mexico and Brazil, reported a 1.6 percent drop in income for the third quarter…
read nowDiGiorno gets into deep-dish game
October 24, 2002
CHICAGO -- DiGiorno, the most popular bake-to-rise frozen pizza brand in the U.S., has added its own deep-dish pizza.
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