Robbers give address with pizza order

January 25, 2009

MyFox Boston: Police in Dorchester, Mass., say armed robbers who held up a pizza delivery man were arrested at the same address they used for the pizza order.

Commodities update - Week of Jan. 26, 2009

January 25, 2009

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange averaged $1.07 per pound for the trading week ended Jan. 23, up less than a penny from the…

Teenage girls beat pizza driver

January 25, 2009

MyFoxOrlando.com: Police in Boynton Beach, Fla., have arrested two female teenagers on charges of beating a Papa John's delivery man and stealing the food they…

CiCi's plans 100 new locations in 2009

January 25, 2009

COPPELL, Texas -- CiCi's Pizza plans to add 100 new locations in 2009 and expand into California for the first time, the company has announced. Of the new…

Technomic revises 2009 foodservice growth expectations

January 22, 2009

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Citing further contraction in the economy, a continuing slowdown in consumer spending and accelerating job losses, foodservice…

Toppers Pizza expands in Wisconsin

January 21, 2009

WHITEWATER, Wis. -- Toppers Pizza has begun construction on two stores in Wisconsin in the cities of West Allis and Milwaukee. Each store will be giving away…

Di Fara's owner injured in car accident

January 21, 2009

Slice: Legendary Brooklyn pizzeria Di Fara is temporarily closed after owner Dominico DeMarco was injured in a car accident. DeMarco, who broke his kneecap and…

Pizza driver completes deliveries after being shot

January 21, 2009

Asbury Park Press (N.J.): George Williams was delivering pizzas TJ's Pizzeria when he heard gunfire. A few minutes later, when his leg began to swell, he…

Pizza Patron launches expansion push

Company aims to have 750 stores within 10 years.

Survey finds diners still spending, but less

January 20, 2009

Business First of Louisville: A survey by Norcross, Ga.-based hospitality research firm A Closer Look has found that Americans are still heading to restaurants…

Zagat's 2010 America's Top Restaurants Report

Annual report reveals more patrons are price sensitive, want to eat 'green' and order online.

19 fall ill at Miss. Pizza Hut

January 19, 2009

Greenwood (Miss.) Commonwealth: Nineteen members of a church group were hospitalized after eating at a Pizza Hut in Greenwood, Miss. The cause hasn't been…

Pizzeria operator calls for wing boycott

January 19, 2009

WIVB-TV (Buffalo, N.Y.): A pizzeria operator in Niagara Falls is calling for a boycott of chicken wings. Sam Musolino of Sammy's Pizzeria says he's paying…

Delivery driver arrested for drug running

January 19, 2009

Asbury Park (N.J.) Press: Police in Keansburg, N.J., have arrested a pizza delivery driver on drug charges. Paul D. Hatch apparently was delivering oxycodone…

The nature of sustainability

by Rebecca Barnes

Everybody's talking about it, but what does it mean to operate a sustainable restaurant?

NRA Show 2009 outlines educational offerings

January 18, 2009

CHICAGO — The 2009 National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, held May 16-19, 2009, at McCormick Place in Chicago, will feature more than…

More communities consider trans fat ban, menu labeling

January 18, 2009

Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.): A number of cities, counties and states across the nation have imposed or explored bans and labels in the name of…

NPD reports U.S. restaurant unit count flat

January 18, 2009

ROSEMONT, Ill. -- According to The NPD Group's fall 2008 ReCount study, the number of restaurants opened in 2008 was balanced out by the number of restaurants…

Commodities update - Week of Jan. 19, 2009

January 18, 2009

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell further last week, averaging slightly above $1.06 per pound for the trading week ended…

From millionaire to pizza delivery driver

January 15, 2009

ABC Action News (Tampa Bay, Fla.): A former hedge fund manager in Clearwater, Fla., is now delivering pizza to make ends meet. Ken Karpman formerly earned…