HotBox Pizza kicks off franchising

November 30, 2008

Indianapolis Star: HotBox Pizza, whose motto is "Hot, but not Skanky," has sold its first franchise, the company announced.   Pete Watson, who operates 1…

Motions filed in Pizza Hut door suit

November 30, 2008

Madison Daily Record (Illinois): An attorney for Pizza Hut of America has countered a motion for sanctions from the attorney for Amanda Verrett with a motion…

Commodities update - Week of Dec. 1, 2008

November 30, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange trended upward during the shortened trading week, averaging slightly above $1.79 per pound…

Yum! raises $17.5 million for World Hunger Relief

November 24, 2008

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Yum! Brands' annual World Hunger Relief campaign raised more than $17.5 million in overall donations to date for the United Nations' World…

Domino's to support children's hospital campaign

November 24, 2008

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Domino's Pizza Inc. is gearing up to raise dough for the children of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital during its fifth annual Thanks…

Pizzeria Uno launches fast casual concept

November 24, 2008

BOSTON — Uno Chicago Grill is launching a new fast casual concept called Uno Due Go, with the first location slated to open at the Dallas/Ft. Worth…

Troubles with toppings

The fluctuating cost of pizza toppings has added to the challenges operators face.

SpeedLine introduces SpeedLink File API

November 23, 2008

LYNDEN, Wash. -- Restaurant point-of-sale vendor SpeedLine Solutions Inc. has introduced the new SpeedLink File API, a comprehensive developers toolkit for…

Fast casual, pizza dominates '25 Next Big Chains' list

November 23, 2008

AOL Money & Finance: AOL's "25 Next Big Chains" list is comprised mainly of fast casual restaurants, with a few pizzerias thrown in for good measure. …

Consumer site to provide info on food product recalls, food safety

November 23, 2008

WILMINGTON, Mass. -- US Food Safety Corp. has launched USFoodSafety.com, a Web site to provide consumers with the most up-to-date food safety alerts, recalls…

Commodities update - Week of Nov. 24, 2008

November 23, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange trended upward last week, averaging slightly under $1.75 per pound for the trading week ended…

Domino's named to 'Best & Brightest' list

November 20, 2008

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Domino's Pizza has been chosen as one of Metropolitan Detroit's 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For by the Michigan Business and…

How pizza works

November 20, 2008

HowstuffWorks.com: In this video, chef Eric Rupert demonstrates tips and techniques for making pizza at home.   Click to continue  

Mall restaurants expect traffic decline

November 19, 2008

The Wall Street Journal: As retail traffic fell 12.4 percent in October compared with last year, restaurant chains with a bulk of their locations in malls and…

Marco's intros Deep Pan Pizza

November 19, 2008

TOLEDO, Ohio -- Marco's Pizza will introduce Deep Pan Pizza in select Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin markets on Dec. 1, the company announced.   Marco's Deep…

Papa John's announces franchise support plan

November 19, 2008

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Papa John's International Inc. has unveiled a package of proposed domestic franchise system support initiatives in response to the current…

RedBrick Pizza signs San Diego development deal

November 19, 2008

PALMDALE, Calif. -- RedBrick Pizza Worldwide Inc. has signed an agreement with master developer Johnny Lee granting Lee the right to develop up to 42 RedBrick…

Delivery driver gets his own slice of the pie

November 18, 2008

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. -- A college student and part-time pizzeria delivery driver from Westmont, Pa., has won $1 million on a scratch-off lottery ticket.   The…

Heinz selected as best food company for consumer satisfaction

November 18, 2008

PITTSBURGH -- The H.J. Heinz Co. has scored the highest consumer satisfaction rating of any company in the food manufacturing sector, according to the…

RedBrick Pizza signs 31-store development deal

November 18, 2008

PALMDALE, Calif. -- RedBrick Pizza Worldwide Inc. has signed a new development agreement with master developer Triple JM LLC, which grants the company the…