Commodities update - Week of Jan. 26, 2009

January 25, 2009

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange averaged $1.07 per pound for the trading week ended Jan. 23, up less than a penny from the…

Teenage girls beat pizza driver

January 25, 2009

MyFoxOrlando.com: Police in Boynton Beach, Fla., have arrested two female teenagers on charges of beating a Papa John's delivery man and stealing the food they…

Pizza driver completes deliveries after being shot

January 21, 2009

Asbury Park Press (N.J.): George Williams was delivering pizzas TJ's Pizzeria when he heard gunfire. A few minutes later, when his leg began to swell, he…

Delivery driver arrested for drug running

January 19, 2009

Asbury Park (N.J.) Press: Police in Keansburg, N.J., have arrested a pizza delivery driver on drug charges. Paul D. Hatch apparently was delivering oxycodone…

Commodities update - Week of Jan. 19, 2009

January 18, 2009

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell further last week, averaging slightly above $1.06 per pound for the trading week ended…

Police talk safety with pizza drivers

January 13, 2009

The Daily Times (Delaware): New Castle County, Del., Police Chief Rick Gregory has been providing safety education to pizza delivery drivers in the wake of a…

Delivery driver faked robbery, police say

January 12, 2009

Worcester (Mass.) Telegram & Gazette News: An Oxford, Mass., pizza delivery driver is facing charges she faked a robbery and told police that two Hispanic…

Commodities update - Week of Dec. 29, 2008

December 28, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continued their decline during the shortened trading week last week, averaging $1.28 per…

Delivery driver recovering from machete attack

December 21, 2008

First Coast News (Jacksonville, Fla.): A Pizza Hut delivery driver is recovering after being attacked by two men, one of whom was wielding a machete. The…

Commodities update - Week of Dec. 22, 2008

December 21, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange hit their lowest levels in nearly two years last week, averaging slightly above $1.40 per…

Pregnant delivery driver attacked with hammer

December 15, 2008

News-Leader (Springfield, Mo.): A pregnant woman who was delivering pizzas is recovering after being attacked by two men wielding a hammer.   Ashley Baker…

Pizza drivers face increasing pressures

Rising insurance, falling wages keep drivers under the hood.

Commodities update - Week of Dec. 15, 2008

December 14, 2008

U.K. Pizza Hut eyes expansion of delivery sub-brand

December 9, 2008

Marketing Week: Pizza Hut in the United Kingdom is talking to its advertising agencies about developing a strategy for its new delivery system, known as PHD. …

Pizza man fires at would-be robbers

December 7, 2008

WFTV (Orlando, Fla.): A Domino's delivery driver in Titusville, Fla., fired several shots at a group of robbers who hit him in the face with a brick during a…

Commodities update - Week of Dec. 8, 2008

December 7, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange trended upward during the shortened trading week, averaging slightly under $1.79 per pound…

Man gets 45 years in collar bomb case

December 3, 2008

Associated Press: A man who took part in a bank robbery plot where a pizza delivery driver was killed has been sentenced to 45 years in federal prison. Brian…

Commodities update - Week of Nov. 24, 2008

November 23, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange trended upward last week, averaging slightly under $1.75 per pound for the trading week ended…

Delivery driver gets his own slice of the pie

November 18, 2008

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. -- A college student and part-time pizzeria delivery driver from Westmont, Pa., has won $1 million on a scratch-off lottery ticket.   The…

Commodities update - Week of Nov. 17, 2008

November 16, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange rebounded slightly last week, averaging slightly under $1.71 per pound for the trading week…