Commodities update - Week of March 16, 2009

March 15, 2009

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange averaged slightly under $1.18 per pound for the trading week ended March 6, up 6 cents from…

Delivery driver acted in self defense

March 12, 2009

The State (Columbia, S.C.): A pizza deliveryman acted in self defense when he shot and killed a teenager who was assaulting him during a robbery last week…

Texas police chief fired over pizza delivery job

March 12, 2009

Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas): Rio Hondo, Texas, city commissioners fired longtime Police Chief Sam Martinez after they found out he works a second…

Miss. Pizza Hut franchisee sued after patrons fall ill

March 11, 2009

Greenwood (Miss.) Commonwealth: Patrons who fell ill while dining in a Greenwood, Miss., Pizza Hut restaurant have filed suit against the shop's owners. The…

Boston Pizza announces February fund distribution

March 11, 2009

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Same-store sales at Canadian pizza chain Boston Pizza grew 5.8 percent for the period from Jan. 1 through Feb. 28, the company…

"Recipes for Restaurateurs" IACP award finalist

March 10, 2009

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -- Duke Marketing, Publishing LLC has announced its recently published book, "Four Star Restaurant Marketing Cookbook—Recipes for…

CiCi's conference draws over 300 attendees

March 10, 2009

COPPELL, Texas -- CiCi's Pizza drew more than 300 business leaders, entrepreneurs and CiCi's team members to its Restaurant Business Conference, held March 4-…

Gelato shop eyes national pizza cone distribution

March 9, 2009

IslandPacket.com (Hilton Head, S.C.): The owner of Pino Gelato has formed a joint venture with Cono Italiano, the North American subsidiary of Pizza Hands, to…

Vapiano opens fourth D.C. location

March 9, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vapiano has announced the opening of its fourth location in Washington, D.C. The new restaurant is located at on H Street NW in the popular…

Oklahoma considers task force to study menu labeling

March 9, 2009

NewsOK: The Oklahoma state Senate has passed a bill to create a task force to determine whether restaurant menus should list calories, fat grams and other…

Delivery drivers share their tips

March 9, 2009

Reader's Digest: Anonymous pizza delivery drivers in New York, North Carolina and Pennsylvania compiled this list of 13 Things Your Pizza Guy Won't Tell You…

Controlling credit card fees

Pizzeria operators can't completely escape paying interchange fees, but there are ways to save.

Nashville approves menu labeling; Congress takes up LEAN Act

March 8, 2009

The Tennessean: The Nashville Metro health board has adopted a menu labeling regulation that will require chains with 15 or more outlets nationwide to post…

Delivery driver kills attacker

March 8, 2009

The State (Columbia, S.C.): Three men have been charged in the attempted robbery of Pizza Hut delivery man Christopher Steven Miller, 43. Miller shot and…

Soldiers killed, pizza drivers wounded in Northern Ireland attack

March 8, 2009

Times Online: Two British soldiers were killed and two pizza delivery drivers were wounded in an attack on a military base in Northern Ireland. Gunmen opened…

Commodities update - Week of March 2, 2009

March 8, 2009

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange averaged slightly under $1.18 per pound for the trading week ended March 6, off 4 cents from…

Commodities update - Week of March 2, 2009

March 8, 2009

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange averaged slightly under $1.18 per pound for the trading week ended March 6, off 4 cents from…

Commodities update - Week of March 9, 2009

March 8, 2009

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange averaged slightly under $1.18 per pound for the trading week ended March 6, off 4 cents from…

Mark Cuban teams with NAKEDpizza

March 5, 2009

NEW ORLEANS -- Mark Cuban, billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team and chairman of HDNet, a high-def TV cable network, is joining NAKEDpizza…

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…