St. Louis pizzeria owner preps for White House delivery

April 7, 2009

St. Louis Dispatch: Following a campaign rally last year in St. Louis, Barack Obama's staff ordered pizza from local restaurant Pi. Obama was so impressed with…

W.Va., Mass. town, quash menu labeling proposals

April 7, 2009

The Charleston Gazette: Members of the West Virginia House Government Organization Committee ate breakfast biscuits from Tudor's Biscuit World and McDonald's…

Papa Bello rolls out new menu

April 6, 2009

LAS VEGAS -- Papa Bello Enterprises Inc. has rolled out a new menu company-wide after experiencing a strong increase in sales during a pilot program in various…

Sbarro to host conference call

April 6, 2009

MELVILLE, N.Y. -- Sbarro Inc. has scheduled a conference call on April 9 at 10 a.m. Eastern time to discuss its results of operations for the fourth quarter…

N.C. pizzeria owners battle for AIG refund

April 6, 2009

WRAL-TV: Troubled insurance giant AIG owes Ruckus Pizza owners Robert and Ashley Royster $2,261 after they overpaid on their 2008 worker's compensation…

Food safety tightens under Obama administration

April 6, 2009

The New York Times: As evidenced by the recent pistachio recall despite no confirmed illnesses, the Obama administration is substantially changing the way the…

Boston's taps Current Energy for management system

April 6, 2009

DALLAS -- Current Energy, a Dallas-based provider of energy efficiency solutions for commercial and residential customers, will install its Energy and…

Former employees find franchise success

Spending time in the trenches can help an operator prepare for an ownership role.

Miss. Pizza Hut health dept. report inconclusive

April 5, 2009

The Greenwood (Miss.) Commonwealth: A state Department of Health laboratory analysis of a January incident at a Pizza Hut in Greenwood, Miss., yielded little…

Welltech Bistro launches menu consulting services Web site

April 5, 2009

Montclair, N.J. -- Welltech Bistro, a division of the consulting company Welltech Solutions, has launched its Web site, which provides menu labeling services…

British restaurant breaks longest pizza record

April 5, 2009

The Yeovil (England) Express: Tamburino Restaurant in Yeovil, England, has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records for making the longest line of…

Commodities update - Week of April 6, 2009

April 5, 2009

CHICAGO – Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were relatively stable last week, averaging slightly under $1.29 per pound for the trading…

N.Y. Restaurant Association closes 2 offices

April 2, 2009

The Business Review (Albany, N.Y.): The New York State Restaurant Association has closed its Rochester and Long Island offices due to a 10 percent decline in…

Hartman Group webinar to focus on building a better restaurant brand

April 2, 2009

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Consumer research firm The Hartman Group is hosting a free webinar April 16 that will explain its point of view on how customers' lives are…

NPD finds young adults a shrinking restaurant customer base

April 2, 2009

CHICAGO — In addition to a challenging economy, restaurant operators also are dealing with shifting customer demographics as parents decide to leave the kids…

Bronx pizzeria shut down in drug raid

April 1, 2009

New York Daily News: A Bronx pizza parlor that delivered drugs as well as pizza has been shut down and six people, including the store's manager, were…

Details emerge in Va. pizzeria slayings

April 1, 2009

Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Telegraph: A couple slain at a Virginia pizzeria died as a result of multiple wounds, police said. Officials believe robbery was the…

Pizzeria owner devastated after shooting robber

April 1, 2009

Akron Beacon Journal: A day after he shot and killed a shotgun-wielding robber, pizzeria owner John Hayes remains concerned about his business, his life and…

No restaurant-industry turnaround in '09, analysts say

April 1, 2009

Reuters: The U.S. restaurant industry is unlikely to turn around in 2009 as a deepening recession, credit crunch and rising unemployment gnaw at performance…

Will national menu labeling take hold?

Support grows for federal standards as more communities propose their own rules for calorie count postings.