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Saputo to close three Canadian cheese plants
September 12, 2002
MONTREAL -- Dairy processing giant Saputo announced it will close three Canadian cheese plants over the next several months in order to improve operational…
read nowOperators commemorate 9/11 with freebies
September 11, 2002
TACOMA, Wash., and PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. -- Two pizzeria operators commemorated the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. by giving away pizza and…
read nowTarpon Springs council gives operator two weeks to reverse redlining policy
September 11, 2002
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. -- City officials here have granted a local Pizza Hut operator two weeks to decide whether his operation will resume nighttime deliveries…
read nowPizza Hut sales flat for Aug., down 1% for Q3
September 11, 2002
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) reported that sales at its Pizza Hut chain were flat for August (the four-week period ended in September), and…
read nowPizzeria worker stabbed following closing
September 10, 2002
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. -- A 43-year-old pizzeria employee was stabbed in the chest as he closed the shop at 11 p.m. on Sept 6.
read nowAtwood, AM Manufacturing founder, dead at 84
September 10, 2002
CHICAGO -- Harold Atwood, founder of AM Manufacturing, died of heart failure at his Crete, Ill., home on Sept. 6. He was 84.
read nowMultifoods completes sale of foodservice distribution business
September 9, 2002
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- International Multifoods Corp. (NYSE:IMC) announced on Sept. 10 it has completed the sale of its foodservice and vending distribution…
read nowMexican Domino's franchisee boosts position with burgers, coffee
September 9, 2002
MEXICO CITY -- Alsea SA, a Mexico City-based franchisee of more than 400 Domino's Pizza stores appears to be on its way to becoming that country's newest…
read nowSales rise, profits drop at PizzaExpress
September 9, 2002
LONDON -- U.K.-based PizzaExpress (U.SCG) announced Sept. 10 that its profits for fiscal year 2002, ended Aug. 31, dropped 5 percent.
read nowFlorida Restaurant Show to feature new Pizza Pavilion
September 8, 2002
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Florida Restaurant Show, scheduled for Sept. 20-22 at the Orange County Convention Center, will include the event's first-ever Pizza…
read nowPizzeria crew binds bungling burglars by request
September 8, 2002
BOSTON -- Two gunmen who originally took hostages at a Pizza Hut in Boston on Sept. 7, asked the store's crew to make them look like hostages when it appeared…
read nowDelivery driver mugged at gunpoint
September 5, 2002
BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- A pizza delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint of close to $250 following a Sept. 3 nighttime delivery.
read nowAsk Pizza's profits rise 23% for first half of '02
September 5, 2002
LONDON -- Strong sales at its restaurants outside central London helped to drive interim profits up 23 percent at Ask Central.
read nowSahara hotel sues pizzerias for leaving fliers
September 5, 2002
LAS VEGAS -- The Sahara hotel-casino in Las Vegas is suing 10 local pizzerias for trespassing and distributing fliers under hotel room doors.
read nowArchitectural firm anticipates national design contract with Domino's
September 4, 2002
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Liquid Design, an architectural firm in Charlotte hopes it soon will be the designer of all Domino's Pizza stores in the U.S.
read nowMario's Pizzeria sets up cobrand deal with Blimpie
September 4, 2002
ATLANTA -- Mario's Pizzeria, Trinidad's original pizza chain founded 35 years ago, has signed a cobrand partnership with Blimpie International, an…
read nowRPM Pizza to roll out Qualistics customer feedback system
September 4, 2002
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- RPM Pizza, the U.S.'s largest Domino's Pizza franchisee, announced it will roll out a new customer feedback system called CriticalAlert!
read nowShakey's parent company crumbling under debt, back taxes
September 3, 2002
A performance report published by Inno-Pacific Holdings, owner of Shakey's Inc. since 1980, details a company desperate to mend its fiscal wounds.
read nowToppings of corn, raisins and eggs, oh my!
September 2, 2002
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- It's typical for pizza makers to experiment with exotic toppings, but at Brazilian Pizza in Framingham, Mass., corn, raisins, hard-boiled…
read nowDon't Hold the Pizza Just Yet
September 2, 2002
Columnist Steven Milloy claims that the Center for Science in the Public Interest's pizza study is about selling books, not distributing facts.
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