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…

Garlic Jim's inks Mile High expansion deal

March 4, 2007

EVERETT, Wash. — Garlic Jim's Famous Gourmet Pizza has inked a sub-franchise agreement for 25 locations in Denver and Colorado Springs, Colo., by 2011.   The…

NRA disappointed in latest legislative ruling

March 4, 2007

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Restaurant Association has expressed disappointment following House passage of H.R. 800, the Employee Free Choice Act…

Glacier buys MacKenzie River Pizza

March 1, 2007

Great Falls Tribune: MacKenzie River Pizza, a 12-restaurant chain based in Bozeman, Mont., has been acquired by Whitefish, Mont.-based Glacier Restaurant…

NAPICS: A feast for the senses

by Valerie Killifer — senior editor, NetWorld Alliance

Pizza and gelato industry players test, bake and taste their way through the two-day North American Pizza & Ice Cream Show.

The Loop deploys NCR POS system, Menusoft's Digital Dining

February 28, 2007

ATLANTA – A Kernersville, N.C.-based Loop Pizza Grill franchisee has deployed a point-of-sale solution from NCR Corporation that includes Menusoft's Digital…

Ohio town plagued by pizza-driver robberies

February 28, 2007

Vindy.com (Warren, Ohio): A pizzeria operator in this town southeast of Cleveland is considering shutting down her pizza-delivery business after one of her…

NRA show debuts celebrity bookstore

February 28, 2007

CHICAGO — The National Restaurant Association will debut its celebrity bookstore during the NRA Hotel-Motel Show, May 19-22, in Chicago.   Celebrity chefs and…