La Gondola AOL City's Best Chicago-style pizza

August 13, 2008

Chicago -- La Gondola Italian Restaurant has been named AOL's 2008 City's Best Italian Restaurant for offering the best pizza and homemade Italian specialties…

Candidates outline pizza policies

August 13, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: When Sen. Barack Obama dines out, he and wife Michelle stop in at a little pizza joint in a mini-mall near their home, he told…

Technomic study reveals more evidence of fewer dinners out

August 12, 2008

CHICAGO — More than one-third of consumers said they are eating or buying dinners out less frequently than one year ago, according to a new study released by…

Uno Chicago Grill squeezed by debt

August 12, 2008

Wall Street Journal: Uno Restaurant Holdings Corp., the parent of the 200-unit Uno Chicago Grill chain, will skip a bond payment on Friday as it tries to…

Poll: Californians oppose 'menu labeling' mandate

August 12, 2008

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new statewide poll conducted by the Peter D. Hart Research Associates found that 62 percent of Californians prefer to have nutritional…

Noble Roman's net off 44 percent

August 11, 2008

INDIANAPOLIS –- Revenues at pizzeria franchisor Noble Roman's Inc. were $2.4 million for the company's second quarter ended June 30, 2008, off 23 percent…

Pizza Fusion pursues organic-restaurant certification

August 11, 2008

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Organic pizza chain Pizza Fusion plans to pursue independent, third-party organic-restaurant certification for all of their locations…

Beyond the bottle

A variety of serving options can help fortify wine sales

Sbarro loss widens

August 10, 2008

MELVILLE, N.Y. –- Comparable-stores sales at pizzeria chain Sbarro Inc. were flat for the first six months of 2007 compared with an increase of 3.7 percent for…

Pizza Hut franchisee seeks bankruptcy protection

August 10, 2008

Louisville Courier Journal: Independence, Ohio-based Midland Food Services, which operates Pizza Hut restaurants in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia, has filed…

Commodities update - Week of Aug. 11, 2008

August 10, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continued to slide last week, averaging $1.75 per pound for the trading week ended Aug. 8…

California Pizza Kitchen raises earnings guidance

August 7, 2008

LOS ANGELES –- Comparable-store sales at gourmet pizzeria California Pizza Kitchen increased 1.4 percent in the company's second quarter ended June 29, 2008.

Western Foodservice Expo to move to San Diego in '09

August 7, 2008

NORWALK, Conn. — Reed Exhibitions and the California Restaurant Association (CRA) have announced plans to relocate the Western Foodservice & Hospitality…

NPC continues comp-increase streak

August 7, 2008

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas -- Comparable-store sales at Pizza Hut franchisee NPC International increased 7.1 percent for the second quarter ended June 24, 2008, the…

Uno Restaurant Holdings schedules earnings call

August 6, 2008

BOSTON -- Uno Restaurant Holdings Corp., operator and franchisor of Uno Chicago Grill restaurants, will host a conference call for interested investors…

Domino's revamps UK stores

August 5, 2008

Brand Republic: Domino's Pizza plans to introduce a new design in 500 restaurants in its UK and Ireland stores. The new look includes a "pizza theater" that…

Pizza champ shares dough secrets

August 5, 2008

Greenwich (Conn.) Time: Pinocchio Pizza co-owner Bruno DiFabio has medaled 15 times at the Pizza Olympics in Parma, Italy. Now, he's using his expertise to…

Papa John's sees boost in second-quarter comps

August 5, 2008

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Comparable-store sales at domestic Papa John's International Inc. restaurants increased 2.4 percent for the second quarter ended June 29…

Capital Oil & Gas to add pizza

August 4, 2008

HIALEAH, Fla. -- Capital Oil & Gas Inc. plans to add franchised or corporate express pizza and sub sandwich operations to all of its locations, the company…

Garlic Jim's debuts gluten-free crust

August 4, 2008

EVERETT, Wash. -- Garlic Jim's Famous Gourmet Pizza has announced the nationwide debut of its new gluten-free pizzas.   Garlic Jim's first introduced…