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Pizza Inn Express franchisee opens 4th Arkansas store
January 16, 2020
Danville, Arkansas will become the newest home to a Pizza Inn Express on Friday when it debuts its East Eighth Street store there inside a renovated gas…
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Kansas City gets a dose of 'Old Chicago'
January 16, 2020
Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom opened a North Kansas City Wednesday on Diamond Parkway with free pizza for a year given to the first 100 customers yesterday.
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Mountain Mike's climbs aboard Morgan Hill, California
January 16, 2020
Mountain Mike's is continuing expansion in the West with its latest opening in Morgan Hill, California, south of San Jose. The new Condit Shopping Center store…
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Tasty Hut acquires 117 Pizza Huts
January 15, 2020
Rage Inc. sold 117 Pizza Hut locations in seven mostly southeastern states to Tasty Brands, a subsidiary of Tasty Hut LLC, according to a news release from…
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Hungry Howie's opens midwestern Michigan store
January 14, 2020
Hungry Howie's Pizza will open the doors to its Big Rapids, Michigan store tomorrow, with a special $6.99 large one-topping pizza offering and the donation of…
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Stoner's Pizza's Atlanta debut part of Southeastern US push
January 9, 2020
QSR pizza brand, Stoner's Pizza Joint, has opened its first Atlanta location and newest franchisee-owned store at 120 Piedmont Ave. NE, under Chunara Food…
read nowLargest Pieology franchisee takes on 21 corporate locations
January 2, 2020
Pieology Pizzeria has refranchised 21 corporate-owned restaurants to one of its largest franchisees, Akash Management, Llc. CEO Amir Siddiqi, who already is a…
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Blaze Pizza opens 10th North Carolina location
December 30, 2019
Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza is making its Jacksonville, North Carolina, debut Thursday at 3040 Western Blvd., and will celebrate Friday by giving customers who…
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2019's top pizza reads: century-old pizzeria restoration to futuristic pie prep
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The final year of the 2010s had Pizza Marketplace readers looking back nearly a century to learn about restoring historic buildings for pizzerias, as well as…
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Artichoke Basille's to hit Times Square
December 18, 2019
Artichoke Basille's Pizza is hitting the square, as in Time Square, when it opens just a few blocks away from the Big Apple's big meeting spot later this month…
read nowPizza Inn reopens under new owner in Durant, Oklahoma
December 17, 2019
Pizza Inn has reopened on Westside Drive in Durant, Oklahoma, under new owner and franchisee, Charlie Clark, who also owns a location of sister concept, Pie…
read nowBlaze adds 2 more to Dallas
December 13, 2019
Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza has signed its fourth deal this year to develop units in Dallas, Texas, this time with husband and wife duo, Tony and Marina Petro. The…
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Boston's Pizza spills the beans about US growth
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Popular Canadian born and bred brand, Boston's Pizza, has set its sights on its more southern neighbors, with plans for major expansion in the U.S. and Canada…
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Artichoke Basille's Pizza opens location in Hartford
December 11, 2019
Artichoke Basille's Pizza, a New York-based fast casual concept, has opened a location in downtown Hartford, Connecticut. This restaurant will offer a full bar…
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Firehouse Subs CEO on surging sandwich sector quality + pleasant surprises
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Sometimes — when the restaurant gods are smiling on a brand — a new store prototype not only delivers on its objectives, but produces a whole new benefit or…
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Blaze lands one in Brunswick, Georgia
December 6, 2019
Blaze Pizza will open a Brunswick, Georgia location Monday on Glen Isle at the Target/Lowes Shopping Center, with a free 11-inch pizza giveaway day on Dec. 13…
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Pie Five perfects some pint-sized chefs in Lone Star State
December 6, 2019
The first U.S. location of the interactive kids center, KidZania, also contains a Pie Five Pizza where youngsters can role play as pizza chefs to create their…
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Are Pizza Hut Tyler, Texas grocery kiosks 1st part of 500-store transition in US?
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Kroger's is getting into the restaurant business and Pizza Hut is plunking down its stores right in the middle of the grocery business as the idea of the…
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Marcos to add 50+ stores in Carribean, Latin America, Mexico by 2025
November 27, 2019
Marco's Pizza will expand beyond Puerto Rico and the Bahamas further into the Caribbean, Mexico and Latin America, with plans to add more than 5…
read nowMountain Mike's, Rapid Fired open stores
November 26, 2019
Two pizza brands announced new locations this week, beginning with Mountain Mike's, which opened its first Redlands, California location. The newest store is…
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