California Senate tackles food-labeling legislature

March 13, 2007

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Senate Health Committee will begin a hearing March 14 on SB 120, a bill that will offer citizens basic nutritional labeling…

FDA proposes fruit, vegetable safety regulations

March 12, 2007

MSNBC: The Food and Drug Administration announced Monday new voluntary rules for ensuring fruit and vegetable safety. Fruit and vegetable-related outbreaks of…

Domino's to buy back shares

March 12, 2007

Houston Chronicle: Domino's Pizza Inc. accepted 2,242 shares of its common stock for $67,260 in a modified "Dutch auction" tender offer that expired Friday.

Incredible Pizza Co. projecting $60 million in revenue for 2007

March 12, 2007

Springfield Business Journal (Missouri): The five-year-old Incredible Pizza Co. chain plans to have 15 restaurants open by the end of this year. The company…

Web site to outline healthy restaurant menus

March 12, 2007

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Healthy Dining, a San Diego-based company which analyzes restaurant menus for nutritional information, is partnering with the National…

Georgia Restaurant Association, NRA and First Data partner

March 8, 2007

ATLANTA — The Georgia Restaurant Association, along with the National Restaurant Association and First Data Corp., announced March 9 the Georgia launch of…

FireFly Tech launches scholarship program

March 8, 2007

HILLSBORO, Ore. — FireFly Technologies, developers of the Phoenix Point-of-Sale system for pizza and delivery restaurants, announced a new scholarship program…

Loop Pizza: One hot Grill

The Loop Pizza Grill has 50 units in the growth pipeline and its aggressive franchising hasn't even begun.

Papa John's CEO lays out roadmap

March 7, 2007

Fortune: Less than 10 percent of Papa John's sales come from outside the United States. CEO Nigel Travis hopes to ramp that up to 25 percent over the next…

Mozzarella Fresca sold to Lactalis American Group

March 7, 2007

CONCORD, Calif. — Mozzarella Fresca Inc. announced March 7 its sale to Buffalo, N.Y.-based Lactalis American Group Inc., the U.S. holding company of Group…

Polish pizza chain expanding to Romania

March 7, 2007

Portal Biznesowv (Warsaw, Poland): Pizza Dominium, a 50-unit Polish pizza chain, plans to expand into Romania this year. The chain also plans to add 15 new…

Australian pizzeria celebrates 20 years

March 7, 2007

AUSTRALIA — Australia's largest privately owned pizza chain, Eagle Boys Pizza, is set to celebrate 20 years in the business.     Eagle Boys founder Tom…

Florida man sentenced in pizza driver robbery

March 7, 2007

Bradenton Herald ( Florida ): A Florida man was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading no contest to robbing and beating a pizza-delivery driver last…

WingStreet tops 1,000 restaurants

March 6, 2007

DALLAS — Chicken-wing delivery chain WingStreet has opened its 1,000th restaurant. The restaurant, in Hamburg, Pa., features a dining room equipped with…

Ci-Ci's Pizza to have carry-out venue

March 6, 2007

St. Petersburg Times: Cici's Pizza franchise owner Georgio Bertrand will open a CiCi's to-go restaurant in St. Petersburg, Fla., later this month. The concept…

Rat backlash: DOH closes John's of Bleecker St. pizzeria

March 5, 2007

Ny1.com: John's of Bleecker Street, a popular pizzeria among college students, was shut down over the weekend for about a dozen health code violations…

POS expenditures to reach $5.8 billion in 2007

March 5, 2007

FRANKLIN, Tenn. — The PC-based point-of-sale market in North America experienced an 8 percent shipment increase in 2006, according a new study released by IHL…

Papa John's adds some spice

March 5, 2007

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Papa John's International Inc. has partnered with Cholula Hot Sauce for a limited-time offering.   Now through March 25, every Papa John's…

Pizza Patron to continue pesos program

March 4, 2007

DALLAS — Pizza Patron, the Latino pizza brand that garnered national media attention when it began accepting Mexican pesos as well as U.S. currency at its 6…

Pizza franchise offering gluten-free food and beer

March 4, 2007

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Organic pizza franchise, Pizza Fusion, has started to offer gluten-free pizza as an alternative for those allergic to gluten or…