Operations News & Media

Incredible Pizza swallows up 96,000 square-foot abandoned Kmart

March 25, 2004

TULSA, Okla.—Springfield, Mo.-based eatertainment outlet, Incredible Pizza Company, is turning a former Kmart store here into its second outlet—using all…

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Pizza delivery driver knifed in Montreal

March 24, 2004

MONTREAL—Montreal police are investigating a March 22 robbery that left a pizza delivery driver hospitalized with stab wounds.

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Pizza Pizza offering trans fat-free and whole-wheat pizza menu

March 23, 2004

TORONTO—Pizza Pizza, a 450-unit chain based here, announced it has eliminated trans fats from all its pizza dough and soon will roll out a new whole-wheat…

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Gunned down! Pizza delivery driver hospitalized after shooting

March 18, 2004

GREENSBORO, N.C.--A Domino's Pizza delivery driver was shot during an apparent robbery on March 18.

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Pizza profits to get a pounding as cheese price may exceed $2

March 17, 2004

In only nine trading days, the block cheese market rocketed an astonishing 32 cents, and at least one analyst believes it will exceed $2 before turning around.

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Caught on tape

March 16, 2004

Is buying a video surveillance system for your pizzeria a way to deter criminals from coming in, or a means of catching the ones on your staff?

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True Value

March 16, 2004

When selling or buying a pizza business, these rules of thumb will help you pay--or receive--a fair price.

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Jacent Technologies intros automated phone ordering for Pizza Hut franchisees

March 16, 2004

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Jacent Technologies Inc. announced the availability of a new telephone-based pizza order-taking and speech-recognition device customized…

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Thailand's The Pizza Company expanding to China, Vietnam

March 16, 2004

BANGKOK, Thailand--Minor Food Group's The Pizza Company said plans to expand into Vietnam and China, where it wants five restaurants by the end of 2004.

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Dairy analyst says 'cheese shortage' real, block hits $1.93

March 15, 2004

LYNDEN, Wash.--An anticipated cheese shortage--expected to occur months from now--has arrived early, driving block prices to $1.93 on March 16.

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Cassano's Pizza adds single-number call center

March 14, 2004

DAYTON, Ohio—Forty-one unit Cassano's Pizza and Subs has added a single-number call center to its operations headquartered here.

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SpeedLine intros SpeedLink Enterprise for multi-unit pizza companies

March 10, 2004

LYNDEN, Wash.—POS maker SpeedLine announced the launch of its new online management information service for multi-unit pizza operators called of SpeedLink…

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Pizza delivery driver mugged, but tracks crooks to hideout

March 8, 2004

SWISSVALE, Pa.—Swissvale police credit a Vocelli Pizza delivery driver with helping them catch two juveniles and an adult who attacked and robbed her.

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Loop Pizza Grill wants 20 Charlotte locations

March 8, 2004

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Southern Slice Inc. plans to open 20 Loop Pizza Grill restaurants in North Carolina by 2010.

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Mr. Jim's Pizza to add 30 units in Houston

March 8, 2004

HOUSTON—Addison, Texas-based Mr. Jim's Pizza plans to expand into Houston by opening at least 30 new units over the next decade.

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OPERATIONS: Top five operational trends for 2004

March 3, 2004

Jim Moran illustrates the five best trends he sees developing in the pizza business this year.

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Quality Restaurant Ventures grabs slice of Westshore Pizza

March 1, 2004

HEATHROW, Fla.--Quality Restaurant Ventures, Inc., franchisor of Sobik's Subs restaurants in Central Florida, has signed a letter of intent to acquire 1…

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