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Driver arrested for stalking
March 18, 2009
New Orleans Times-Picayune: A Westwego, La., man has been arrested charged with stalking after a woman said he delivered a pizza to her home, and then kept…
read nowPizza Pizza same-store sales slow in Q4
March 18, 2009
TORONTO, Ontario -- Same-store sales at Canadian pizza chain Pizza Pizza increased 1.7 percent in 2008 compared with the previous year, the company has…
read nowPizzeria owner charged with trying to destroy the competition
March 18, 2009
Pocono Record: Mumun (Marty) M. Barbaros, owner of the Continental Grill in Canadensis, Pa., has been charged with 35 counts, including assault, burglary…
read nowMan gets 32 years in beating of pizza deliverywoman
March 18, 2009
CBS2Chicago: Keith Hawkins, 18, has been sentenced to 32 years in prison after admitting to a brutal attack on a pizza delivery driver. Samantha Wilson-Sayre…
read nowArmed robber targeting South Philly pizzerias
March 17, 2009
MSNBC: South Philadelphia pizzeria operators are on guard following a string of armed robberies. Four shops have been robbed at gunpoint in the past month. …
read nowNEXTEP continues 100 percent annual growth
March 17, 2009
TROY, Mich. -- NEXTEP Systems, a developer of intuitive touch-screen ordering, digital menu boards and online ordering solutions for the foodservice industry…
read nowTyson introduces Bonici pizza brand
March 16, 2009
SPRINGDALE, Ark. -- Tyson Food Service has launched a line of pizzeria products under the brand name Bonici, the company has announced. The new line of…
read nowGoodfella's Pizza of Staten Island wins 'World's Best Pizza' contest
March 15, 2009
NEW YORK -- Goodfella's Brick Oven Pizza of Staten Island, N.Y., won two championship titles at the International Pizza Expo 2009 in Las Vegas, the company has…
read nowOregon proposes menu labeling legislation
March 15, 2009
Statesman Journal (Ore.): Oregon lawmakers have introduced a House bill that would require chain restaurants to post the calorie content of regular items on…
read nowLegendary Coney Island pizzeria Totonno's damaged in fire
March 15, 2009
New York Daily News: A famed Coney Island pizzeria is closed after its coal-burning oven caught fire over the weekend. The blaze at Totonno's broke out…
read nowNorth Korea acquires pizza technology
March 15, 2009
The Telegraph: After nearly 10 years of work, North Korea has launched the nation's first "authentic" Italian pizzeria. In the late 1990s, North Korean…
read nowPizza Fusion opens first LEED certified pizzeria
March 15, 2009
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Pizza Fusion was recently awarded Gold and Silver certifications by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) for its first two…
read nowCommodities update - Week of March 16, 2009
March 15, 2009
CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange averaged slightly under $1.18 per pound for the trading week ended March 6, up 6 cents from…
read nowDelivery driver acted in self defense
March 12, 2009
The State (Columbia, S.C.): A pizza deliveryman acted in self defense when he shot and killed a teenager who was assaulting him during a robbery last week…
read nowTexas police chief fired over pizza delivery job
March 12, 2009
Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas): Rio Hondo, Texas, city commissioners fired longtime Police Chief Sam Martinez after they found out he works a second…
read nowMiss. Pizza Hut franchisee sued after patrons fall ill
March 11, 2009
Greenwood (Miss.) Commonwealth: Patrons who fell ill while dining in a Greenwood, Miss., Pizza Hut restaurant have filed suit against the shop's owners. The…
read nowBoston Pizza announces February fund distribution
March 11, 2009
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Same-store sales at Canadian pizza chain Boston Pizza grew 5.8 percent for the period from Jan. 1 through Feb. 28, the company…
read now"Recipes for Restaurateurs" IACP award finalist
March 10, 2009
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -- Duke Marketing, Publishing LLC has announced its recently published book, "Four Star Restaurant Marketing Cookbook—Recipes for…
read nowCiCi's conference draws over 300 attendees
March 10, 2009
COPPELL, Texas -- CiCi's Pizza drew more than 300 business leaders, entrepreneurs and CiCi's team members to its Restaurant Business Conference, held March 4-…
read nowGelato shop eyes national pizza cone distribution
March 9, 2009
IslandPacket.com (Hilton Head, S.C.): The owner of Pino Gelato has formed a joint venture with Cono Italiano, the North American subsidiary of Pizza Hands, to…
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