Uno Chicago Grill debuts gluten-free pizza

November 18, 2008

BOSTON -- Uno Chicago Grill is testing a new gluten-free pizza in its Northeastern region, the company announced. The test coincides with Gluten-Free Diet…

Two arrested in driver slaying

November 17, 2008

News9.com (Oklahoma City):  Police in Oklahoma City have arrested 17-year-old Zonta West and 16-year-old Rondell Griffin for allegedly shooting and killing…

Mangia takes title for longest pizza

November 17, 2008

KEYC-TV (Makato, Minn.): A Mangia Pizza location in Austin, Texas, has broken the record for the longest line of pizza. The pizzeria used more than 1,00…

Pizzerias face threat from Walmart, others

Take & bake push may take a bite out of pizza sales.

Report outlines food safety breakdown in salmonella outbreak

November 16, 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Produce Safety Project (PSP) has released a report that outlines how weaknesses in food safety policy, organization and communications…

National menu labeling may be gaining steam

November 16, 2008

Reuters: As more communities adopt menu labeling legislation, a nationwide system requiring quick-serve chains to list calories on their menus could be…

Commodities update - Week of Nov. 17, 2008

November 16, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange rebounded slightly last week, averaging slightly under $1.71 per pound for the trading week…

Gift cards qualify as deposits, FDIC says

November 16, 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the entity that guarantees bank deposits, has issued an opinion stating that funds on gift cards and…

Obama's favorite pizza to be part of inauguration

November 13, 2008

Slice: The family that owns Chicago's Italian Fiesta Pizzeria, which has a location in President-elect Barack Obama's Hyde Park neighborhood, is being flown to…

NRA seeks applications for Faces of Diversity awards

November 13, 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Restaurant Association is seeking applications from restaurant companies and restaurant industry professionals for its third…

Pizza Inn comps up for 6th consecutive quarter

November 13, 2008

THE COLONY, Texas -- Comparable domestic buffet restaurant sales at Pizza Inn restaurants increased 1.1 percent for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 ended…

Papa Romano's continues Mr. Pita co-branding

November 12, 2008

COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- The Papa Romano's Pizza restaurant in Wayne, Mich., has been remodeled as a co-branded unit and now offers the foods of both Mr.

Yum Brands cutting hundreds of jobs

November 12, 2008

Google/Associated Press: Yum! Brands Inc., parent company of KFC, Taco Bell, Long John Silver's, A&W and Pizza Hut, has announced it will eliminate…

Capital Oil & Gas to acquire 20 Mel's Pizza Express sites

November 12, 2008

HIALEAH, Fla. -- Convenience store operator Capital Oil & Gas Inc. has entered negotiations with restaurant chain Mel's Pizza to acquire and develop 20 new…

Menu labeling could offer marketing advantage

November 12, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial board has posited the possibility that menu labeling may actually prove to be a marketing…

Restaurants on the Run acquires delivery company

November 11, 2008

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -- Restaurants on the Run has acquired Corona, Calif.-based food delivery service Dine Out-In, the company announced. This is Restaurants…

Sbarro posts net loss for Q3

November 11, 2008

MELVILLE, N.Y. –- Comparable-store sales at Sbarro Inc. restaurants were up 15.5 percent for the company's international franchise restaurants for the third…

Westchester County NY passes menu labeling

November 10, 2008

Newsday: Westchester County, a New York suburb, has passed a law requiring restaurant chains with at least 15 locations worldwide to display calorie counts on…

Pizza 73 extends promo in support of breast cancer research

November 10, 2008

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada -- Pizza 73 is extending its National Pizza Month promotion through Nov. 12 in an effort to raise $10,000 for breast cancer research…

CiCi's to waive franchise fee for closed locations

November 10, 2008

COPPELL, Texas -- CiCi's Pizza is offering successful existing franchisees an incentive to take over closed locations by waiving the franchise fee it normally…