Systematize your pizza business

December 5, 2005

I love history, so when I get to dig into pizza history, hobby and career cross paths and life gets fun.

VoIP provides Pizza Pizza with virtual call center

December 1, 2005

SearchCRM.com: When Pizza Pizza customers in Canada phone in orders, their calls never go to an actual store, and sometimes not even to one of the company's…

Donatos Pizza chooses WebFOCUS for sales, customer info reporting

November 30, 2005

NEW YORK — Information Builders, an enterprise business intelligence (BI) provider, announced Donatos Pizza has selected its WebFOCUS product as its…

Perishable Cash

It looks, smells and tastes like food, but in reality, inventory on your shelves is perishable cash. Manage it tightly, and you could add profits to your…

Domino's Pizza rolls out voice-activated cell phone ordering in Oz

November 28, 2005

BRISBANE, Australia — Pizza eaters in Australia can now order pizza from their mobile phone through the Domino's Pizza's new mobile phone ordering system.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: A pizzeria's crystal ball

November 22, 2005

The ability to forecast sales, labor and production schedules makes POS systems must-haves for modern pizza operations.

California Pizza Kitchen accelerating rate of new openings

November 20, 2005

Reuters: California Pizza Kitchen's co-chief executives want to step on the growth accelerator over the next few years. After two years of working to get the…

OPERATIONS: POS system: Time saver, money maker

Time slaving becomes time savings with an electronic point-of-sale system.

Keep good records for when disaster strikes

November 18, 2005

This year's spate of natural disasters should make pizza operators think seriously about protecting and duplicating their vital business records. Should…

SpeedLine systemizes labor planning for pizzerias

November 15, 2005

LYNDEN, Wash. — An innovative labor planning system from pizza POS maker SpeedLine helps restaurant operators control labor costs proactively.

Pi Star and Revention to partner on GPS pizza delivery management software

November 10, 2005

HOUSTON and LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Pi Star Communications, a leader in on-demand mobile point-of-delivery handheld applications, announced in a news release it is…

Rudino's Pizza & Grinders installs Revention POS in all locations

November 10, 2005

HOUSTON — Rudino's Pizza and Grinders is completing a 15-unit rollout of the Revention POS system.

Intura Vision POS software intros Vision 3.0

November 6, 2005

ARLINGTON, Texas — Intura Solutions, a supplier of point-of-sale and management software for delivery and quick-service restaurants, announced the release of…

Food safety a priority on CiCi's Pizza buffets

November 2, 2005

Nation's Restaurant News: Buffet-centered CiCi's Pizza treats food safety as a top priority in its 565 units. To enforce standards and spread the word about…

Papa John's and Blockbuster offer pizza-movie combo through online orders

November 2, 2005

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Papa John's and movie rental giant Blockbuster Online have partnered to offer movie-and-pizza combo deals through their Web sites.

SpeedLine POS 5.5 upgrade includes new loss prevention controls

October 31, 2005

LYNDEN, Wash. — Pizza POS provider SpeedLine announced its new version 5.5 includes new capabilities focused on loss prevention.

The decline of free delivery

October 28, 2005

Slowly and steadily, crushing cost pressures are forcing pizza operators to charge for delivery. Does this change mark the death of free delivery?

Pizza Inn selects DiamondTouch POS system

October 26, 2005

THE COLONY, Texas — Pizza Inn has made DiamondTouch the exclusive POS system for all its new corporate restaurants. In addition, DiamondTouch was reconfirmed…

Pizza sales could rise with softening economy

October 25, 2005

Restaurant researcher Dennis Lombardi predicts high energy costs and discretionary spending cutbacks could play favorably into the hands of pizza operators…

Pizzeria lets Vietnamese customers make their own pies

October 24, 2005

The Saigon Times: Since pizza is a relative newcomer to the culinary scene in Vietnam, owners of California Pizza Works are giving citizens of Ho Chi Minh City…