Bailout bill bonuses

Economic bailout package offers some tasty tax tidbits for pizzeria operators.

Long Island schools strive for healthy pizza

October 26, 2008

Newsday: Pizza is the most frequently served entrée in Long Island schools. Some school systems are searching for ways to make pizza a healthier lunch choice.

Commodities update - Week of Oct. 27, 2008

October 26, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange averaged slightly above $1.78 per pound for the trading week ended Oct. 24, off 9 cents from…

California Pizza Kitchen opens second LA Food Show

October 23, 2008

LOS ANGELES -- California Pizza Kitchen Inc. has opened its second LA Food Show Grill & Bar, located in Beverly Hills. The first LA Food Show opened in…

Traffic slump a topic for debate

October 22, 2008

Chain Leader: Consumers are pulling back spending because of the current economic situation, according to recent surveys. The reasons for the decline in the…

Pizzeria's political promo leads to problems

October 21, 2008

WWMT-TV (Detroit): The owner of a Detroit-area pizzeria offered to give away a slice of pizza for each John McCain yard sign a customer brought in. Since…

Restaurants bound to suffer from financial crisis, Technomic finds

October 21, 2008

CHICAGO -- In a recently-completed survey of consumers, Chicago-based foodservice consultants Technomic Inc. found that the financial market meltdown is likely…

Pizza Fusion to open Mesa, Ariz., store

October 21, 2008

MESA, Ariz. -- Organic pizza chain Pizza Fusion will open a restaurant in Mesa at 5735 E McKellips Rd., Suite 107, in December. Upon receiving certification…

CEC won't project comps for rest of year

October 21, 2008

IRVING, Texas -- Comparable-stores sales at CEC Entertainment Inc., parent company of Chuck E. Cheese restaurants, increased 1.1 percent for the third quarter…

Coalition advocates uniform nutritional info

October 21, 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new coalition has announced that it will support federal legislation that provides consumers with detailed nutrition information in…

NY suburb delays vote on calorie count

October 20, 2008

WABC7 (New York): Lawmakers for the New York City suburb of Westchester County have postponed a vote on whether to require chain restaurants to post calorie…

Uno Chicago Grill intros LTO fall menu

October 20, 2008

Newman's Own gets into pizza biz

October 20, 2008

WESTPORT, Conn. -- Newman's Own, the company founded by the late actor Paul Newman and famous for its salad dressings, has introduced Newman's Own Thin and…

Pizzerias caught in the credit crunch

Financing difficulties snarl companies' refranchising efforts.

Papa Romano's and Mr. Pita opens in Houston

October 19, 2008

COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Papa Romano's and Mr. Pita have opened a co-branded restaurant in Houston. The new unit, which features the foods of both Papa…

Commodities update - Week of Oct. 20, 2008

October 19, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange averaged $1.87 per pound for the trading week ended Oct. 17, up 2 cents from the previous…

FDA seeks advice to improve produce tracking

October 16, 2008

Google/Associated Press: Prompted by this summer's salmonella outbreak that exposed flaws in the nation's food safety system, the government has begun…

NRA: U.S. restaurant climate toughest since '91

October 15, 2008

Reuters: The National Restaurant Association has said that U.S. restaurants are enduring their toughest time in 17 years as tight credit and falling home…

Pepsi to cut thousands of jobs

October 14, 2008

Associated Press: PepsiCo Inc. will eliminate 3,300 positions globally as a result of lagging soft drink sales in the United States. The company plans to close…

Nashville eyes calorie counts

October 14, 2008

The Tennessean: Nashville is considering requiring restaurants to post calories on menus in an effort to fight obesity.   The Metropolitan Health Board has…