Shooting suspect held on $800K bond

August 20, 2008

WSFA-TV (Montgomery, Ala.): Seventeen-year-old Michael Anderson is being held in the Montgomery County Jail on an $800,000 bond as a suspect in the shooting of…

Blue garlic bread recalled

August 19, 2008

Live News (Australia): Brisbane, Australia-based AGB International has recalled 13 brands of garlic bread it produces after reports that the bread turned blue…

PETA names top vegan pizzerias

August 19, 2008

MINNEAPOLIS -- The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has voted Pizza Luce in Minneapolis as the top vegan-friendly…

NPD: Breakfast drives foodservice industry in China

August 18, 2008

CHICAGO — Market research firm The NPD Group has found in a study that breakfast is the foodservice industry driver in the People's Republic of China. Half of…

R&I names top Consumers' Choice chains

August 18, 2008

CHICAGO — Restaurants & Institutions has announced the winners of its 28th annual Consumers' Choice in Chains study. The award winners are selected by a…

Eagle Boys serves up 22% sales growth

August 17, 2008

WEST END, Queensland -- Comparable-store sales at Australian pizza maker Eagle Boys Pizza increased 13.9 percent for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008, the…

Salmonella outbreak not yet solved

August 17, 2008

Google/Associated Press: The nationwide salmonella outbreak linked first to tomatoes and then jalapenos is finally winding down, but federal health officials…

Commodities update - Week of Aug. 18, 2008

August 17, 2008

CHICAGO -- Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange remained fairly stable last week, averaging $1.77 per pound for the trading week ended Aug.

Study: Unhygienic restrooms turn off consumers

August 14, 2008

PHILADELPHIA — Restaurant patrons are far less likely to return to an eating establishment if they find restrooms that are unhygienic or poorly stocked with…

Pizza Capers kicks off expansion drive

August 13, 2008

BRISBANE, Queensland -- Australian pizza chain Pizza Capers has announced plans to operate a network of 100 stores in the next two years and establish a…

La Gondola AOL City's Best Chicago-style pizza

August 13, 2008

Chicago -- La Gondola Italian Restaurant has been named AOL's 2008 City's Best Italian Restaurant for offering the best pizza and homemade Italian specialties…

Candidates outline pizza policies

August 13, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: When Sen. Barack Obama dines out, he and wife Michelle stop in at a little pizza joint in a mini-mall near their home, he told…

Technomic study reveals more evidence of fewer dinners out

August 12, 2008

CHICAGO — More than one-third of consumers said they are eating or buying dinners out less frequently than one year ago, according to a new study released by…

Uno Chicago Grill squeezed by debt

August 12, 2008

Wall Street Journal: Uno Restaurant Holdings Corp., the parent of the 200-unit Uno Chicago Grill chain, will skip a bond payment on Friday as it tries to…

Poll: Californians oppose 'menu labeling' mandate

August 12, 2008

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new statewide poll conducted by the Peter D. Hart Research Associates found that 62 percent of Californians prefer to have nutritional…

Noble Roman's net off 44 percent

August 11, 2008

INDIANAPOLIS –- Revenues at pizzeria franchisor Noble Roman's Inc. were $2.4 million for the company's second quarter ended June 30, 2008, off 23 percent…

Pizza Fusion pursues organic-restaurant certification

August 11, 2008

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Organic pizza chain Pizza Fusion plans to pursue independent, third-party organic-restaurant certification for all of their locations…

Beyond the bottle

A variety of serving options can help fortify wine sales

Sbarro loss widens

August 10, 2008

MELVILLE, N.Y. –- Comparable-stores sales at pizzeria chain Sbarro Inc. were flat for the first six months of 2007 compared with an increase of 3.7 percent for…

Pizza Hut franchisee seeks bankruptcy protection

August 10, 2008

Louisville Courier Journal: Independence, Ohio-based Midland Food Services, which operates Pizza Hut restaurants in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia, has filed…