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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Gourmet is the way for take and bake, says Nick-N-Willy's CEO

April 29, 2003

Though Papa Murphy's is paving the way in the take-and-bake pizza market, owners of Nick-N-Willy's World Famous Take-N-Bake Pizza are carving their niche with…

Pizza delivery driver rolls into 30-foot hole

April 27, 2003

COLOGNE, Germany -- A pizza delivery driver drove into a 30-foot-deep hole after vandals rearranged road construction diversion signs and stole warning lights…

Pizza crew, detectives team up to catch driver robbers

April 27, 2003

COPIAGUE, N.Y. -- Quick-thinking employees at a Domino's Pizza in Copiague helped put three robbers behind bars on April 26.

Pizza Hut intros Italian Classic Pizza in Brunei

April 27, 2003

BRUNEI, Malaysia -- Pizza Hut has introduced a new Classic Italian Pizza in its Brunei operations.

Donatos Pizzeria CEO, Rose, retiring, replacement search underway

April 24, 2003

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Donatos Pizzeria CEO Bill Rose will retire this year from the 180-store pizza chain. He has held the post since Oakbrook, Ill.-based…

AIB hosting take-and-bake pizza seminar in July

April 24, 2003

MANHATTAN, Kan. -- The American Institute of Baking is hosting a two-day Take-and-Bake Pizza Seminar, July 15-16.

California Pizza Kitchen downgraded to ''market perform'

April 23, 2003

NEW YORK -- US Bancorp Piper Jaffray analyst Alan Hickok has downgraded California Pizza Kitchen, Inc.'s (CPKI) stock from "outperform" to "market perform,…