Yum! Brands announces $150M cash tender offer

May 3, 2009

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Yum! Brands Inc., parent company of Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell, has announced that it will offer a cash tender offer to purchase up to…

Restaurant industry outlook continues to improve

April 29, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The outlook for the restaurant industry improved in March, as the National Restaurant Association's comprehensive index of restaurant…

New Summit to focus on modern pizza business

Industry leaders, innovators to address common interests and issues facing the pizza business.

Boston's taps Current Energy for management system

April 6, 2009

DALLAS -- Current Energy, a Dallas-based provider of energy efficiency solutions for commercial and residential customers, will install its Energy and…

Sbarro amends senior credit facilities

March 26, 2009

MELVILLE, N.Y. -- Sbarro Inc. has entered into an amendment to its senior secured credit facilities, which include a $183 million term loan facility and a $2…

Food futures: Buy now, pay later

by Valerie Killifer — senior editor, NetWorld Alliance

Locking in food prices can be a losing venture or a saving grace.

Pizzeria worker sentenced in embezzlement case

March 5, 2009

Great Falls Tribune (Montana): A former pizzeria employee has pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $13,000 from Howard's Pizza in Great Falls.  A co-owner of…

NPD predicts tough year for restaurant industry

March 5, 2009

CHICAGO — Rising unemployment, eroding consumer confidence, market volatility and other economic concerns will take a toll on the restaurant industry in 2009…

Sorting out the stimulus

Grant Thornton LLP outlines provisions in the economic recovery bill that benefit the hospitality industry.

California Pizza Kitchen to present at investor conferences

February 26, 2009

LOS ANGELES -- California Pizza Kitchen Inc. has announced that management will be presenting at the Raymond James Institutional Investors Conference in…

SpeedLine releases new POS software

February 18, 2009

LYNDEN, Wash. -- Point-of-sale provider SpeedLine Solutions Inc. has released SpeedLine POS 6.0, the company has announced.   The new software includes 4…

Ask the Experts: Pizzerias and PCI

Do operators really understand what PCI means?

Uno Restaurant Holdings to host investor call

February 2, 2009

BOSTON -- Uno Restaurant Holdings Corp., operator and franchisor of Uno Chicago Grill restaurants, will host a conference call for investors, analysts and…

Zagat's 2010 America's Top Restaurants Report

Annual report reveals more patrons are price sensitive, want to eat 'green' and order online.

Top pizza trends for 2009

The economy will be the main factor affecting operators this year.

Good Samaritan returns pizzeria deposit bag

November 2, 2008

Daily Herald (Provo, Utah): When Bill Vint found a bank deposit bag filled with $450 in cash and checks, he did the right thing. He returned the bag to the…

Bailout bill bonuses

Economic bailout package offers some tasty tax tidbits for pizzeria operators.

Papa Romano's and Mr. Pita opens in Houston

October 19, 2008

COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Papa Romano's and Mr. Pita have opened a co-branded restaurant in Houston. The new unit, which features the foods of both Papa…

NY looks to pizzerias for more dough

September 23, 2008

New York Post: The Department of Taxation and Finance in New York hopes to raise $30 million from pizzerias, used-car dealers and other cash-heavy businesses…

California Pizza Kitchen to present at investor conference

September 18, 2008

LOS ANGELES -- The management of California Pizza Kitchen Inc. will make a presentation at the RBC Capital Markets Consumer Conference in New York on Oct. 2 at…