Veteran pizza driver smiles through 12-hour shifts

January 21, 2007

Independent Post: Mardocheo Garcia has delivered pizza for 14 years, works 12-hour shifts and drives a car with 650,000 miles on it. Yet the easygoing…

STRANGE NEWS: Customer clocks pizza driver for late delivery

January 16, 2007

Daily News Journal: A pizza delivery driver was punched in the face by an angry customer who said his order arrived late. Police later arrested the…

'Bogus delivery' ends in pizza driver stabbing

January 11, 2007

Fitchburg Sentinel and Enterprise: Assailants stabbed a pizza delivery driver who attempted to make a delivery in Cleghorn, Mass., on the night of Jan. 10.

Pizzeria manager murdered during attempted robbery

January 1, 2007

The Associated Press: A gunman shot and killed the assistant manager of a Fort Wayne, Ind., pizzeria during a robbery early Dec. 31. Employees of Tasty Pizza…

PAR Tech intros iSIVA Delivery software

January 1, 2007

NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — PAR Technology Corp. recently unveiled its iSIVA Delivery software, which improves management of delivery and catering operations with…

2006: A Year in Review

Following is a look at the serious and funny events transpiring last year in the pizza industry.

Pizza Hut operator enters India's Limca Book of Records

December 21, 2006

New Delhi Sify: Pizza Hut will be included in India's prestigious Limca Book of Records, a book on the world-record breaking achievements of more than a…

Pizza driver robbed and murdered in Cincinnati

December 19, 2006

The Cincinnati Enquirer: A Donatos Pizza delivery driver was robbed and murdered during a late-night shift on Dec. 19. Authorities identified the man as Jeff…

Pizza chains to watch in 2007

PizzaMarketplace looks at four chains to watch in 2007.

Survey depicts 'holiday' takeout habits

December 7, 2006

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Some 56 percent of American consumers will order takeout one or two nights a week this holiday season, according to new survey from…

Garlic Jim's Pizza hires new CMO-CIO

December 3, 2006

EVERETT, Wash. — Garlic Jim's Famous Gourmet Pizza has appointed Alexis Nepomuceno as its chief marketing officer-chief information officer.   According to a…

THE EDITOR'S BLOG: Delivery driver was right to shoot robber

November 28, 2006

Pizza delivery driver Zahid Mahmood shot and killed one of three youths who robbed him on the night of Nov. 26. According to WXIA-TV in Atlanta, the Super…

Pizza driver guns down robber

November 26, 2006

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A pizza delivery driver shot and killed one of four boys who tried to rob him during a delivery run on Nov. 26. According to…

Pizza driver runs stop sign, kills other driver

November 26, 2006

9news.com: Colorado State Troopers are investigating an accident that left one person dead and a delivery driver hospitalized. The accident occurred in Weld…

Prankster stings 3 pizzerias for hundreds in false orders

November 13, 2006

LocalNews8.com: At one Idaho Falls home, $750 worth of pizzas shows up, and the homeowner says she didn't order any of them. The result is a loss for three…

Chicago pizza driver, mother of four, murdered, robbed

November 6, 2006

Chicago Tribune: Bradley Justice, 28, has been charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery in the Nov. 2 beating death of Rosati's Pizza driver Karen…

Manny & Olga's to deliver 2,000 pizzas

November 5, 2006

WASHINGTON D.C. — Founder Manny Athanasakis thought it would be humorous to run a coupon that says "Buy 1,000 pizzas and Get 1,000 free."   According to a…

Deliveryman allegedly leaves drugs in deposit bag

October 24, 2006

Gazette Online: A Pizza Pit employee faces a drug possession charge after he allegedly left a bag of his marijuana in the restaurant's deposit bag that he…

Bermuda pizza operator facing sanctions for immigrant delivery drivers

October 10, 2006

The Royal Gazette: A Bermuda pizza chain operator was warned he has violated the country's strict immigration rules by using foreign delivery drivers. …

Court orders pizza driver to pay victim's wife in deadly crash

September 28, 2006

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: A former pizza delivery driver is required to make monthly payments of as much as $450 to the elderly wife of a man killed in a…