MonkeyMedia to host catering teleconference

March 24, 2009

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Monkeymedia.net has announced the next installment of its Brown Bag Lunch live teleconference series, scheduled for April 2 at…

Cell phone signal helps nab killer of delivery driver

March 24, 2009

Baltimore Sun: After pizza delivery driver Adam Diarra was shot in the back and killed during a robbery, Baltimore police were able to arrest a suspect by…

Owner in assault case arrested on drug charges

March 24, 2009

The Eagle Tribune (North Andover, Mass.): A pizzeria owner in jail for allegedly assaulting one of his employees has been charged with possession of a firearm…

Pizzeria vandal death ruled suicide

March 23, 2009

Pocono Record: The man who died while being held on charges of vandalizing competing pizzerias committed suicide, according to officials. The coroner's office…

CiCi's honors 2008's top performers

March 23, 2009

COPPELL, Texas -- CiCi's Pizza honored the company's 2008 top performers during its Restaurant Business Conference held on March 4 and 5 in Lake Tahoe, Nev.

Pizzeria worker alleges assault by owner

March 23, 2009

Boston Herald: A Tyngsboro, Mass., pizzeria owner is accused of beating an employee with a baseball bat and sticking a gun in the man's mouth to make him…

Part-time pizza delivery

Economic uncertainty makes delivering pizzas an appetizing side gig.

Shopping for Data, Training to Improve

Mystery shopping is just the starting point for a workforce improvement plan that includes training and incentives.

Alleged burglar trapped in pizzeria air vent

March 22, 2009

TheDenverchannel.com (via Slice): Firemen had to cut the clothes off of a burglary suspect in order to free him from an air vent at a Blackjack Pizza…

Suspect in pizzeria vandalism found dead in jail cell

March 22, 2009

The Pocono Record: A man charged in a series of vandalisms at pizzerias in Canadensis, Pa., was found dead in his jail cell Sunday morning.   Mumun (Marty) M.

Commodities update - Week of March 23, 2009

March 22, 2009

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continued to rise last week, averaging slightly under $1.28 per pound for the trading week…

Pizza Marketplace kicks off industry survey

March 22, 2009

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Over the next three weeks, Pizza Marketplace will be conducting an in-depth survey looking at trends in the pizza industry, and we would…

Study finds customers don't read nutrition info in stores

March 19, 2009

USA Today: A study by Yale University has observed that only 0.1 percent of customers in a sample group read the nutritional facts available on posters…

Famous Famiglia opens Harlem location

March 19, 2009

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Pizza brand Famous Famiglia has opened its first location in Harlem, on Lexington Avenue at the corner of 125th Street, the company has…

Papa Gino's, D'Angelo add new menu items

March 19, 2009

DEDHAM, Mass. -- Papa Gino's Pizzeria and D'Angelo Grilled Sandwiches have introduced two new anytime menu concepts, the first in either chain's history. …

Noble Roman's swings to loss

March 19, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS -- Revenues at pizza franchisor Noble Roman's Inc. were $9 million for 2008, the company announced, off 22 percent compared with revenues of $11.…

Driver arrested for stalking

March 18, 2009

New Orleans Times-Picayune: A Westwego, La., man has been arrested charged with stalking after a woman said he delivered a pizza to her home, and then kept…

Pizza Pizza same-store sales slow in Q4

March 18, 2009

TORONTO, Ontario -- Same-store sales at Canadian pizza chain Pizza Pizza increased 1.7 percent in 2008 compared with the previous year, the company has…

Pizzeria owner charged with trying to destroy the competition

March 18, 2009

Pocono Record: Mumun (Marty) M. Barbaros, owner of the Continental Grill in Canadensis, Pa., has been charged with 35 counts, including assault, burglary…

Man gets 32 years in beating of pizza deliverywoman

March 18, 2009

CBS2Chicago: Keith Hawkins, 18, has been sentenced to 32 years in prison after admitting to a brutal attack on a pizza delivery driver. Samantha Wilson-Sayre…