Growing chains prove being different equals success

Several pizza concepts make Technomic’s list of Top 50 fastest-growing chains.

Pizza Fresh heats up Phoenix

July 11, 2011

Phoenix residents can bake pizzas at will now that Pizza Fresh has opened a location there. The quick-service, take-and-bake concept that prepares pizzas…

CPK opens north of Mumbai

July 11, 2011

California Pizza Kitchen Inc. today announced the opening of its third restaurant in India. Opened by CPK franchise partner JSMGGC India Pvt. Ltd., a…

S.C. gets ‘shroomed

July 11, 2011

Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers recently opened in Lexington, S.C., offering customers its "creative menu" featuring an assortment of pizzas, hoagies, salads…

Jet’s Pizza selects SpeedLine to help with growth plans

July 11, 2011

Sterling Heights, Mich.-based, Jet's Pizza announced this week that it has approved the SpeedLine Solutions point-of-sale software for use in its 200-plus…

Wheat prices on the rise

Domino's hits 52-week high for the third week in a row.

Rico's Pizza opens third location

July 5, 2011

Rico's Pizza New York Style has opened a third location in Bath, N.Y., according to the Star Gazette.

Flash Market expands Pizza Inn's presence

July 4, 2011

Arkansas-based Flash Market Inc. has opened a fifth Pizza Inn delivery/carryout location in Springdale, Ark.

Dallas is Straw Hat's newest locale

June 29, 2011

Straw Hat Pizza has opened its newest restaurant in Dallas under the direction of Franchisee Gurdeep Singh.

Indian Pizza Huts growing -- literally

June 28, 2011

Pizza Hut is getting bigger in India. According to India Retailing, all recent and any future Pizza Hut locations will be up to 50 percent larger.

Domino's welcomes multi-unit franchisee

June 28, 2011

Domino's now has a new franchisee in its list of top 25 Domino's franchisees in the United States.

Flippin’ Pizza signs new franchisee in Maryland

June 27, 2011

Flippin' Pizza, the 13-unit fast casual New York-style pizza concept, has signed a franchise agreement with foodservice veteran Brett Silver to transfer three…

¿Cómo se dice Pizza? 12th Mexican California Pizza Kitchen opens

June 23, 2011

California Pizza Kitchen opened its 12th restaurant in Mexico. The new location is in Metepec, a city located east of Toluca, and is under the direction of CPK…

Russo’s to open in South Africa

June 23, 2011

Fresh from his expansion success in The Middle East, restaurant owner Anthony Russo is bringing his Russo's concept to South Africa.

Russians showing love for Papa John’s

June 22, 2011

WorldWide Papa's, the area developer of Papa John's International Inc. restaurants in St. Petersburg, Russia and the Leningrad region, has opened its fifth…

Ad campaign spurs Domino’s sales growth

June 21, 2011

Domino's Pizza improved same-store sales growth by 9.9 percent in 2010 compared with 0.5 percent in 2009 with the launch of the pizza delivery company's "Oh…

Straw Hat Pizza opens Lake Tahoe casino location

June 21, 2011

California-based Straw Hat Pizza has opened its newest restaurant inside Harvey's Hotel & Casino in Stateline, Nev., in the Lake Tahoe area.

Drive-by pizza sightings: Flippers using delivery trucks as marketing tool

June 20, 2011

Flippers Pizzeria has rolled out four delivery trucks covered with the company's logo and pizza photos.

The Original Italian Pie spreading across Southeast

June 20, 2011

The Original Italian Pie has hit a growth spurt.

Domino’s growth speeds through UK

June 15, 2011

Who needs fish and chips when you can order pizza? That's a question many Brits must be asking as Domino's Pizza enjoys sales increases due to online, iPhone…