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…

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…