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Pizza delivery driver mugged, but tracks crooks to hideout
March 8, 2004
SWISSVALE, Pa.—Swissvale police credit a Vocelli Pizza delivery driver with helping them catch two juveniles and an adult who attacked and robbed her.
read nowLoop Pizza Grill wants 20 Charlotte locations
March 8, 2004
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Southern Slice Inc. plans to open 20 Loop Pizza Grill restaurants in North Carolina by 2010.
read nowMr. Jim's Pizza to add 30 units in Houston
March 8, 2004
HOUSTON—Addison, Texas-based Mr. Jim's Pizza plans to expand into Houston by opening at least 30 new units over the next decade.
read nowOPERATIONS: Top five operational trends for 2004
March 3, 2004
Jim Moran illustrates the five best trends he sees developing in the pizza business this year.
read nowQuality Restaurant Ventures grabs slice of Westshore Pizza
March 1, 2004
HEATHROW, Fla.--Quality Restaurant Ventures, Inc., franchisor of Sobik's Subs restaurants in Central Florida, has signed a letter of intent to acquire 1…
read nowPanago adds new low-carb pizza crust option
March 1, 2004
VANCOUVER, British Columbia--Panago, a 155-unit Canadian chain, has joined the low-carb movement by adding a new crust to its menu.
read nowVilla Pizza signs 10-store deal in Kuwait
February 29, 2004
MORRISTOWN, N.J.--Villa Pizza has signed a development agreement to open 10 stores in Kuwait.
read nowDaydots offers new line of small, color-coded portion-control bags
February 26, 2004
FORT WORTH, Texas—Food safety products manufacturer Daydots is introducing a new line of small portion-control bags.
read nowPolice believe 7 Pa. pizzeria robberies are connected
February 26, 2004
FALLS TOWNSHIP, Pa.—Police believe a string of robberies at seven pizzerias in the suburbs of Philadelphia is the work of a single pair of thieves.
read nowDeliveries by Air?
February 26, 2004
Holy high-tech, Pizza Man! Future pizza delivery vehicles may float on a cushion of air. Meantime, back on the ground, pizza operations—particularly those…
read nowHat trick! Three pizza delivery drivers robbed in 3 hours at same address
February 25, 2004
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Three pizza delivery drivers were mugged at gunpoint within three hours at the same New Haven address.
read nowBetter sales, better retention at Papa John's
February 25, 2004
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Better results are yielding better moods among the leadership at Louisville, Ky.-based Papa John's.
read nowPizza Hut to deliver Fresh Express salads nationwide
February 24, 2004
DALLAS—Pizza Hut will begin delivering pre-packaged, family-size salads nationwide on Feb. 28.
read nowPapa John's 2003 was down, but '04's pizza sales are up
February 24, 2004
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Papa John's International, Inc. reported that revenues for full year 2003, ended Dec. 28, were $917.4 million, a decrease of 3 percent from…
read nowReality TV stint humbles California Pizza Kitchen co-CEOs
February 23, 2004
LOS ANGELES--For California Pizza Kitchen co-founder and co-CEO Rick Rosenfield, the two hours he spent scrubbing pans and dishes in one of his chain's…
read nowPizza Magia to launch new low-carb pizza
February 23, 2004
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Pizza Magia will join the low-carb pizza wars when launches its "Real, Low-Carb Pizza" on March 1.
read nowNabbed! Miami police ambush would-be pizza delivery driver muggers
February 22, 2004
MIAMI—A gang of teens hoping to lure a pizza delivery driver into an ambush wound up surrounded by police officers on the night of Feb. 19.
read nowTomanetti's parbaked crusts help pizza operators leap into take and bake
February 18, 2004
OAKMONT, Pa.--Parbaked crust manufacturer Tomanetti's Pizza is gearing up production to meet what it calls the next mega-trend in the pizza industry…
read nowUPDATE: Murdered Detroit pizza delivery driver not employed by pizzeria
February 18, 2004
DETROIT--John Dean Anderson has been identified as the pizza delivery driver shot to death while delivering pizzas for Steve's Pizza Island on the night of…
read nowPizza delivery driver shot dead in Detroit
February 17, 2004
DETROIT—A pizza delivery driver was found shot in a car in southwest Detroit at 11:30 p.m., Feb. 17.
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