CEC Entertainment Q1 profit up 4%

April 30, 2009

IRVING, Texas -- Comparable-store sales at CEC Entertainment Inc., parent company of the Chuck E. Cheese pizzeria chain, were off 0.1 percent for the first…

Pizza parlor in chicken fight with KFC

April 30, 2009

Scotsman.com: Kentucky Fried Chicken has demanded that Titanic Pizza Co., a pizza parlor in the Scottish seaside town of Carnoustie, remove the term "Family…

Swine flu and restaurants: Tips for protecting your customers and staff

Operators are increasingly concerned about the potential impact on business.

PizzaVito inks expansion deals

April 30, 2009

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Pizzeria chain PizzaVito has announced a series of franchise development deals which have cleared the way for the company's expansion into…

Pizza Patron opens first Miami stores

April 29, 2009

MIAMI -- Latino pizza brand Pizza Patron has opened the first two of its 12 stores in a development agreement with Latitude Partners Florida LLC.   The first…

Technomic: Healthy won't push out fried

April 29, 2009

CHICAGO — Health and wellness may be top-of-mind trends in consumer dining, but a new study by foodservice consultants Technomic finds that there has not been…

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…

Pizza summit to cover modern business models

Sessions to focus on reducing turnover, saving on inventory costs and ways to succeed with local marketing.

CiCi's Pizza awards franchise to manager

April 28, 2009

COPPELL, Texas -- CiCi's Pizza has awarded general manager Phil Santucci with his own restaurant because of his track record and his dedication to upholding…

Papa John's intros franchisee incentives

April 28, 2009

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Papa John's has introduced several new development incentives to aspiring restaurant franchisees in recognition of the company's 25th…

Delivery driver stands up to machete-wielding assailant

April 28, 2009

Somerville (Mass.) Journal: A masked man with a machete tried to rob a pizza delivery driver after apparently placing a bogus pizza order. But the 35-year-old…

Pranksters swap car toppers

April 27, 2009

LehighValleyLive.com (Pennsylvania): A Domino's delivery driver got a new car topper sign for his car after two people snatched his sign and replaced it with…

Pizzeria robber takes deal to avoid trial

April 27, 2009

The Daily Journal (San Mateo County, Calif.): A man who helped a former Chuck E. Cheese pizzeria employee rob his boss by threatening to kill the man's family…

Domino's drivers take pay complaints to court

Lawsuit over reimbursement targets delivery charges.

Stevi B's Pizza names senior director of franchise operations

April 26, 2009

MARIETTA, Ga. -- Scott Knight has joined Stevi B's Pizza as senior director of franchise operations, the company has announced. Knight will focus on building…

Man gets 60 years in Pizza Patron robbery

April 26, 2009

Denton (Texas) Record-Chronicle: An illegal immigrant has received a 60-year prison sentence after being convicted of robbing a Pizza Patron restaurant in…

Recession impacting teen spending

April 26, 2009

Advertising Age: Typicallly during a recession, teens can usually be counted on to keep spending. But research from Piper Jaffray finds that teens are spending…

N.C. Domino's take a sales hit over video

April 26, 2009

MSNBC: Some Domino's restaurants in the Charlotte, N.C., area have seen sales slide by as much as 50 percent in the wake of a YouTube video that showed…

HotBox Pizza opens first Texas location

April 26, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS -- HotBox Pizza will open a franchise in Denton, Texas, the company has announced. HotBox, whose slogan is "Hot, but not Skanky," began a…

Commodities update - Week of April 27, 2009

April 26, 2009

CHICAGO -- Block cheese price activity on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange was relatively quiet last week, with prices averaging just under $1.18 per pound for…