NPD predicts tough year for restaurant industry

March 5, 2009

CHICAGO — Rising unemployment, eroding consumer confidence, market volatility and other economic concerns will take a toll on the restaurant industry in 2009…

America's Incredible Pizza Co. hiring for Indy location

March 4, 2009

Indianapolis Star: America's Incredible Pizza Co. plans to hire 200 to 250 people to staff its newest family entertainment center, opening in June in…

Sorting out the stimulus

Grant Thornton LLP outlines provisions in the economic recovery bill that benefit the hospitality industry.

NRA, Healthy Dining redesign online resource offerings

March 4, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C — California-based Healthy Dining and the National Restaurant Association have announced the launch of the expanded and redesigned…

Papa Bello Enterprises hires auditing firm

March 3, 2009

LAS VEGAS -- Pizzeria franchise company Papa Bello Enterprises Inc. has hired Salt Lake City-based Hansen, Barnett and Maxwell to become the company's SEC…

Pizzeria thanks plow drivers

March 3, 2009

The Daily News (North Andover, Mass.):  The Upper Crust pizzeria in Newburyport is giving away free slices to the people who plow the streets. This is the…

Burke names Southern Cal sales rep

March 2, 2009

NEVADA, Iowa -- Precooked meats supplier Burke Corp. has announced Heather Bond has been named territory sales representative. Bond will be responsible for…

Marco's announces 10th quarter of comps growth

March 2, 2009

TOLEDO, Ohio – Same-store sales at Marco's Pizza were up more than 4.5 percent for 2008, the company has announced. Same store sales were up more than …

Snow spurs pizza business

March 2, 2009

The Advocate (Stamford, Conn.): While many Connecticut residents were snowed in last weekend, business at Planet Pizza in Stamford was booming. The…

Man fined after assaulting Chuck E. Cheese

March 2, 2009

South Coast Today: A Massachusetts man will pay a $500 fine after pleading guilty to assaulting a Chuck E. Cheese mascot last year. Trahan Pires, 34, ripped…

'Co-opetition' crucial for pizza industry to thrive

Collaboration, cooperation among competitors more important than ever, NRA president says.

Uno Chicago Grill partners with Samuel Adams

March 1, 2009

BOSTON -- Uno Chicago Grill and the Boston Beer Co., makers of Samuel Adams Boston Lager, have teamed to develop a steak sauce recipe that will now be…

Donatos betting on value

March 1, 2009

Columbus Dispatch: Ohio pizza chain Donatos introduced its new Bakery Pizza to the Columbus market this week. The square, 13-inch pizzas, sold in pairs, sell…

NRA: Restaurant industry outlook up slightly in January

March 1, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The outlook for the restaurant industry improved somewhat in January, as the National Restaurant Association's comprehensive index of…

Commodities update - Week of March 2, 2009

March 1, 2009

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange headed back down last week, averaging $1.22 per pound for the trading week ended Feb. 27, off…

Intl. Foodservice Show gets winter blast

March 1, 2009

A blast of winter weather throughout the Northeast region failed to deter a large number of attendees at the 2009 International Restaurant & Foodservice…

Intl. Foodservice Show: NRA chairman says invest now for success

March 1, 2009

NEW YORK CITY -- Michael Kaufman, co-president of Enovo Restaurant Ventures LLC and chairman of the National Restaurant Association, told attendees at the…

Intl. Foodservice Show opens today

February 28, 2009

NEW YORK -- The International Restaurant & Foodservice Show of New York starts today at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The show…

SpeedLine POS now supports Mercury Payment Systems

February 26, 2009

LYNDEN, Wash. -- Restaurant point-of-sale developer SpeedLine Solutions Inc. has begun offering credit, debit and gift card processing through integrated…

California Pizza Kitchen to present at investor conferences

February 26, 2009

LOS ANGELES -- California Pizza Kitchen Inc. has announced that management will be presenting at the Raymond James Institutional Investors Conference in…