Restaurants on the Run acquires delivery company

November 11, 2008

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -- Restaurants on the Run has acquired Corona, Calif.-based food delivery service Dine Out-In, the company announced. This is Restaurants…

Commodities update - Week of Nov. 3, 2008

November 2, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell to their lowest level in more than 18 months last week, averaged slightly above $1.6…

Wisconsin delivery drivers wary after spate of attacks

October 28, 2008

La Crosse Tribune: Pizzeria operators in the La Crosse area are revisiting safety procedures after several violent muggings of delivery drivers. One pizzeria…

Pizza boxes to deliver economic lessons

October 28, 2008

Slice: The Economist magazine is using pizza boxes to teach Philadelphia-area college students about global affairs. The boxes use pie charts to express…

Pizza delivery helps cancer patient cope with treatment

October 19, 2008

Mix 101-FM (Orlando, Fla.): Scott McKenzie has been the No. 1 morning man on Orlando radio since the mid-1990s. Earlier this year, he was diagnosed with cancer…

Commodities update - Week of Oct. 20, 2008

October 19, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange averaged $1.87 per pound for the trading week ended Oct. 17, up 2 cents from the previous…

Commodities update - Week of Oct. 13, 2008

October 12, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange averaged $1.85 per pound for the trading week ended Oct. 10, unchanged from the previous…

Delivery driver saves family from fire

October 9, 2008

WCVB-TV (Boston): A pizza delivery driver in Athol, Mass., saved a family from their burning home earlier this week. Donald Hager was delivering a pizza nearby…

Commodities update - Week of Oct. 6, 2008

October 5, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange averaged just under $1.85 per pound for the trading week ended Oct. 3, off 12 cents compared…

Commodities update - Week of Sept. 29, 2008

September 28, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange averaged just under $1.97 per pound for the trading week ended Sept. 26, up 5 cents compared…

Pagliacci Pizza raises voter awareness

September 16, 2008

SEATTLE -- Pagliacci Pizza hopes to increase voter turnout in the unpcoming presidential election one pizza box at a time, the company said. From now until…

Driver narrowly escapes beating

September 15, 2008

WCIV-TV (Charleston, S.C.): Delivery driver Brian Shirley was nearly beaten by pipe-wielding attackers while making a delivery this week. A group of men…

New JFK terminal will feature touchscreen food ordering - with gate delivery

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

September 15, 2008

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Travelers in a hurry to get through security and to their airport gates often walk right past some of their best food options, and find the…

Commodities update - Week of Sept. 15, 2008

September 14, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continued to climb last week, averaging just over $1.86 per pound for the trading week ended…

Police order pizza, bust driver

September 8, 2008

Charleston (W.Va.) Daily Mail: When West Virginia State Police served a search warrant at the home of Donna Jean Moles, they found a working meth lab in the…

Pizza box trail leads to robbery suspect

September 7, 2008

Boston Globe: Two days after he'd been robbed at gunpoint, a delivery driver spotted pizza boxes from the shop where he worked in trash barrels outside a home.

Commodities update - Week of Sept. 8, 2008

September 7, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange reversed their recent declines during a shortened trading week, averaging just over $1.72 per…

Delivery driver undergoes surgery after brutal attack

September 3, 2008

The Times (Munster, Ind.): A delivery driver for J & J's Pizza Shack in Munster was airlifted to a hospital after she was beaten with a metal club by two…

Co-defendant in collar-bomb case to plead guilty

September 2, 2008

Philadelphia Inquirer: A defendant in the 2003 bank robbery case that led to the death of a pizza delivery driver will plead guilty, his attorney said. Kenneth…

Commodities update - Week of Sept. 2, 2008

September 1, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell slightly last week, averaging just under $1.71 per pound for the trading week ended Aug.