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Pizza Forte goes 'Vegas Baby' … again
December 7, 2017
Pizza Forte opened its second location at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, offering pizza and a small smattering of other non-Italian cultural favorites like…
read nowBlaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza opens in Pasadena
December 1, 2017
Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza opened a South Pasadena store Thursday, Nov. 30 at Oxley and Fair Oaks, with free build-your-own pizzas all day and evening for…
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Pieology CEO on the art of experimenting with live-action customer experience
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Data drives today's restaurateur, and Pieology has taken that idea to a new and lively level at its R&D location in California.
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Vapiano gets a Scottish brogue
November 28, 2017
Vapiano has opened its fifth restaurant in the United Kingdom, this one in the Scottish capitol city of Edinburgh, according to Vapiano Executive Board Member…
read nowPizza Press goes national by staying local
November 21, 2017
The Pizza Press plans to open 30 locations by early next year, and chain leadership said each one will have a local focus, unique to its area. A news release…
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Chuck E. Cheese: Where a parent can (finally) be a parent
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
Fast Casual Editor Cherryh Cansler — aka Lincoln's mom — heads to the brand new Chuck E. Cheese in Kansas City to find things have really changed ... and for…
read nowPie Five to touch down at San Francisco airport
November 15, 2017
Pie Five Pizza is set to touchdown at San Francisco International Airport when its newest location opens later this fall, which is the first California-based…
read nowOld Chicago Pizza to add 48 stores
November 14, 2017
Full-service brand Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom is going into a growth spurt, having this week signed franchise development agreements for 48 new units in…
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Blaze, &Pizza CEOs square off in franchise debate
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
One strongly supports growing his chain via the franchise model, while the other thinks ownership allows stores a better path to long-term success in a…
read nowFirenza Pizza going to Kansas City
November 7, 2017
Firenza Pizza is set to open its first Kansas City, Missouri, restaurant Tuesday in the Shops At Boardwalk at 8624 N. Boardwalk Ave., according to a company…
read nowVapiano opens mountain-view location in Southern France
November 3, 2017
Vapiano has opened its 14th location under the ownership of Salvatore Perri, this one in the Marseille region of southern France, a news release said. The new…
read nowSan Antonio debuts its 1st 1000 Degrees Neopolitan
October 27, 2017
San Antonio is set to see a new 1000 Degrees Neapolitan Pizza open its doors Nov. 2 on Huebner Road, the first location for the brand in that city, a news…
read nowFlippin' Pizza rolling across Texas, Georgia, California
October 26, 2017
Flippin' Pizza NY Pies & Slices is expanding across the US over the next few years starting in Texas, Georgia and California. The 10-year-old fast casual…
read nowMiami Dolphins owner invests in &pizza
October 25, 2017
&pizza is growing thanks to a cash infusion from RSE Ventures, co-founded by Stephen Ross and Matthew Higgins. Ross is the chairman and founder of the…
read nowToppers Pizza transforming digital customer experience
October 24, 2017
Toppers Pizza has partnered with Episerver Digital Experience Cloud to deploy its new website and digital properties and spearhead the transformation of its…
read nowBlaze Fast-Fire'd announces strong Q3
October 24, 2017
Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza announced this week that same-store sales increased 5.5 percent during the third quarter, comprised of a 1.3 percent increase in guest…
read nowSpain's Telepizza opens 15 locations in Russia
October 24, 2017
Telepizza and master franchisee WWP have converted 15 pizza stores of another brand in St. Petersburg, Russia, elevating the chain's profile in that city, a…
read nowDomino's dives into island nation of Malta
October 19, 2017
Domino's Pizza opened its first store on the Mediterranean archipelago nation of Malta, in the country's largest city of Birkirkara, a news release said.
read nowAfter 20 years, Rotolo's shows off new Craft & Crust prototype
October 17, 2017
Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based, Rotolo's pizzeria opened a prototype location on Ben Hur Drive in its home city under the Craft & Crust label.
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Pizza conquers the world: A roundup of recent chain expansions
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The slice of the pie that all pizza restaurateurs want a piece of is growing at a furious rate, as this roundup of recent expansions and openings proves.
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