Wunder-bar 'spins' pizza saucer at NRA show

May 26, 2003

CHICAGO -- Foodservice equipment maker Wunder-bar showed off its new pizza sauce applicator at the recent National Restaurant Association Restaurant…

OPERATIONS: Everyone wins on the ''one per run' delivery system

May 26, 2003

According to Jim Moran, delivering more than one order per run should be the exception, not the rule.

Domino's Pizza and NSC expand store tech offerings

May 25, 2003

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Domino's Pizza and Chicago-based POS manufacturer National Systems Corporation have entered into an agreement to provide franchisees…

U.S. Pizza Hut sales drop 4% in April-May period

May 22, 2003

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Comparable-store sales at U.S. corporate-owned Pizza Hut units dropped 4 percent for the four-week period ended May 17, 2003. According to a…

Pizza Hut employees busted for drug sales at store

May 21, 2003

FREMONT, Mich. -- A police investigation that began last Christmas has culminated in a drug raid on a Pizza Hut store in Fremont.

Zachary's Chicago Pizza owners selling company to employees

May 20, 2003

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Two-store Zachary's Chicago Pizza will soon have new owners -- its employees.

Undercover officer 'stings' pizza delivery driver robber

May 19, 2003

CINCINNATI -- A local pizza company and an undercover police officer teamed up to nab a suspected delivery driver robber on May 17.

Business is rolling for Canadian pizza shops on wheels

May 13, 2003

OAKBANK, Alberta -- There's nothing like that new-car aroma, but Steve Moynes' trucks smell even better.

Pizza Hut's Philippines operations recognized for employee-first initiatives

May 12, 2003

MANILA, Philippines -- Pizza Hut operators here are demonstrating that chances for corporate success improve when employees are well trained and well rewarded.

Bemidji hotels drop pizza surcharge proposal

May 12, 2003

BEMIDJI, Minn. -- Hotel operators here won't assess pizzerias 50 cents for every pizza delivered to guests of their properties.

Nova Scotia pizza driver insurance rates cost thousands per year

May 11, 2003

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- Pizza delivery drivers and couriers here are forced to pay $5,000 to $8,000 (U.S. $3,590 to $5,740) a year or lie to their insurance…

Domino's Pizza selects EFS Network for supply-chain innovations

May 11, 2003

CHICAGO -- Foodservice supply-chain solution company EFS Network, Inc., announced that Domino's Pizza has selected its Order Management System to help automate…

BancBoston to sell Papa Gino's

May 8, 2003

BOSTON -- BancBoston Capital Inc., the private equity arm of FleetBoston Financial Corp., is selling Papa Gino's Holdings Corp., the Dedham, Mass.-based…

Pizza drivers deliver rebuttals to editor's critique

May 8, 2003

Not every delivery driver agreed with all of Editor Steve Coomes' recent suggestions for getting along better with operators. Operators were curiously silent.

Pizza shop worker turns tables on armed robber

May 7, 2003

CROYDON, England -- The manager of a Share Pizza restaurant got the best of an armed robber who threatened him with a hammer and demanded cash.

Domino's Pizza wins 'Stevie' from ABA

May 7, 2003

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Domino's Pizza received a Stevie Award for Best Human Resources Team in the first-ever American Business Awards, sponsored by Forbes.com…

Training program at Monical's Pizza nets zero management turnover

May 7, 2003

BRADLEY, Ill. -- Monical Pizza Corporation has achieved what many industry people felt was an impossible dream -- zero general management turnover at its more…

OPERATIONS: The secrets of running low labor

May 5, 2003

Good sales always affect profitability, but as Jim Moran reveals in his interviews with four operators, running low labor also builds the bottom line.

Workers launch mail campaign to boycott Tyson pepperoni at Pizza Hut

May 5, 2003

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) is launching a direct mail and e-mail campaign asking about a half-million American…

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