Ask the Experts: Pizzerias and PCI

Do operators really understand what PCI means?

New Web site focuses search on top menu items

February 17, 2009

BOSTON -- An innovative technological twist is adding some new flavor to the online restaurant search engine market. FoodieBytes.com is a uniquely-niched…

Court upholds NYC menu labeling law

February 17, 2009

The U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld the New York City Board of Health's menu labeling law, rejecting the New York Restaurant Association's challenge to the…

Papa John's opens its first restaurant in the Dominican Republic

February 17, 2009

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Papa John's International opened its first restaurant in the Dominican Republic, the company has announced. The restaurant is located in the…

CEC comps off 1.5 percent in Q4

February 17, 2009

IRVING, Texas – Comparable-store sales at CEC Entertainment Inc, operator of Chuck E. Cheese restaurants, fell 1.5 percent for the 2008 fourth quarter ended…

Kentucky to consider calorie counts for restaurant chains

February 16, 2009

Lexington Herald-Leader: Kentucky has joined the list of states and cities considering regulations regarding menu labeling. The recently filed legislation…

Deep-dish pizza creator lost to history

February 16, 2009

Chicago Tribune: Historian Tim Samuelson has been looking into the origins of Chicago's deep-dish pizza. Despite his best efforts, though, who exactly…

Cheese on the cheap

Falling prices are a boon for operators, but now farmers are feeling the pain.

Commodities update - Week of Feb. 16, 2009

February 15, 2009

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange climbed steadily upward last week, averaged slightly less than $1.21 per pound for the…

Pizza guys foil donut shop robbery

February 15, 2009

MSNBC: Some quick thinking by workers at a Providence, R.I., pizzeria last week helped stop an attempted robbery of a donut shop next door.   A delivery driver…

Multnomah County, Ore., approves menu labeling

February 12, 2009

The Oregonian: Multnomah County, Ore., commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to require chain restaurants and coffee shops with 15 or more locations…

Brooklyn pizzeria Di Fara reopens

February 12, 2009

Slice: Legendary Brooklyn pizzeria Di Fara reopened yesterday, according to an entry on the New York pizza blog Slice. The pizzeria closed last month after…

Multnomah County, Ore., approves menu labeling

February 12, 2009

The Oregonian: Multnomah County, Ore., commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to require chain restaurants and coffee shops with 15 or more locations…

Sbarro may not survive 2009, 'Yahoo Finance' says

February 11, 2009

Slice: Sbarro is one of 15 companies that may not survive 2009, according to Yahoo Finance. Many of this chain's 1,100 storefronts are in malls, where traffic…

NEXTEP's online ordering delivers $1 million to Cottage Inn

February 11, 2009

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Cottage Inn Gourmet Pizza has reported more than $1 million in sales in less than one year using NEXTEP's online ordering system.  …

Pizza Patrón comps up in January

February 11, 2009

DALLAS -- Latino pizza brand Pizza Patrón has announced that systemwide comparable sales for the company increased 7.9 percent in January. The increase…

NAFEM, FS/TEC highlight cost-effective restaurant solutions

February 11, 2009

Although exhibitors initially wondered how the economy would affect attendance at the 2nd annual co-located North American Association of Food Equipment…

Soldiers in Iraq create a virtual Farrelli's

February 10, 2009

DU PONT, Wash. -- When the soldiers from Ft. Lewis military base in Washington State were deployed to Iraq, they soon realized that one of the things they…

Pizza-eating contest winner graduates to owner

February 10, 2009

The San Jose Mercury News: Bear Silber got his start in the pizza business by devouring a 20-inch, five-pound pie in just 38 minutes. Today, he is part owner…

CiCi's adds customized Experian real estate tool

February 9, 2009

COPPELL, Texas -- CiCi's Pizza has contracted with Experian Inc., to help the company in the real estate process through the development of models to evaluate…