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Italian food certification proposal burns Australian chefs
September 2, 2002
SYDNEY, Australia -- Italy's Agriculture Minister Giovanni Alemanno has proposed a system of international certification to guarantee the authenticity of…
read nowFlorida operator ends 7-year redlining policy
September 2, 2002
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. -- Domino's Pizza franchisee John Paulette hasn't delivered pizzas to Mango Circle for seven years, but after the operator surveyed the…
read nowPapa John's Aug. U.S. comp sales drop 5.6%
September 2, 2002
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) has announced that its domestic systemwide comparable sales for the four weeks ended August…
read nowPizza Hut wants 10 vegetarian stores in India by '04
September 2, 2002
MUMBAI, India -- Pizza Hut plans to open seven more vegetarian-only outlets in India by 2004, adding to its current total of three.
read nowAfton Food Group posts loss for 2Q '02
September 2, 2002
BURLINGTON, Ontario -- Afton Food Group Ltd. (TSE: AFF), franchisor of the 241 Pizza chain and several other fast-food concepts, posted its first losing…
read nowCheese maker Glanbia posts losses in wake of meat division sell-off
August 29, 2002
KILKENNY, Ireland -- Glanbia, a Kilkenny, Ireland-based dairy food producer, has reported a €40 million (U.S. $39.3 million) loss for the first half of 2002…
read nowRumors of Domino's IPO appear false -- for now
August 29, 2002
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Like clockwork, each time Domino's Pizza posts a positive quarterly report, the rumor mill starts grinding out promises that the Ann Arbor…
read nowSysco purchases Abbott Foods, operators share mixed feelings
August 29, 2002
Columbus, Ohio, operators are concerned that service will suffer following acquisition of smaller distributor
read nowTop mozzarella producers ranked in 'Dairy 100'
August 28, 2002
DALLAS -- Five leading mozzarella suppliers to the U.S. pizza industry have been ranked in Dairy.com's "The Dairy 100" for 2002, published in mid-August.
read nowLeprino sues insurer over disputed cheese loss claim
August 28, 2002
DENVER, Colo. -- Leprino Foods Co., the nation's largest producer of mozzarella cheese, is suing insurer FM Global for not honoring Leprino's claim for a $1…
read nowDelivery driver shot in Detroit, third this summer
August 28, 2002
DETROIT-- For the third time this summer, a Detroit pizza delivery driver has been shot in the line of duty.
read nowDallas manager named Domino's best for 2002
August 28, 2002
DALLAS -- Perhaps it was the 27 percent increase in pizza sales logged from 1999 to 2001 that netted Domino's Pizza's 2002 National Manger of the Year award…
read nowSbarro reports sales declines, losses and store closures for '02
August 26, 2002
MELVILLE, N.Y. -- Sbarro, Inc. reported in an Aug. 23 SEC filing that decreased traffic at malls and airports continues to hurt store sales in a post-9/1…
read nowIt's fine to redline -- when there's a clear risk
August 26, 2002
Tarpon Springs citizens and a newspaper editorial claim pizza stores are obligated to deliver to all areas, even questionable ones.
read nowTwo guilty of murder, four of manslaughter in death of delivery driver
August 25, 2002
AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- Nearly one year after pizza delivery driver Michael Choy was ambushed, robbed and beaten with a baseball bat in the town of Papakura…
read nowPapa John's launches ''Chickenstrips' nationwide
August 25, 2002
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Papa John's has announced its nationwide roll-out of its newest side offering, Papa's Chickenstrips.
read nowRogers steps down at Pizza Inn, company posts 4Q loss
August 22, 2002
THE COLONY, Texas -- Pizza Inn has reported that CEO Jeff Rogers has resigned, and has been replaced by Ronnie Parker, president and a director of the…
read nowCassano's Pizza King aims to reclaim Dayton market
August 22, 2002
DAYTON, Ohio -- Cassano's Pizza King is back, says Victor "Vic" Cassano Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of the Dayton-based pizza company.
read nowBoston Pizza royalty fund draws praise from investment expert
August 22, 2002
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Greg Bay, the president of Vancouver-based Cypress Capital Management Ltd., has been selectively buying into a number of new…
read nowPizzaExpress weighing special shareholder dividend, stock buyback
August 21, 2002
LONDON -- PizzaExpress, a 500-store U.K.-based chain is moving to improve shareholder returns in a year when sales declines have plagued the company.
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