Standing Tall With the initiation of the Little Caesar’s Veterans Program, honorably discharged vets can get $10,000 off startup fees, while disabled vets can receive up to $68,000 for startup fees. See how Staff Sgt. Robert Doughty helped pioneer this pizza dream.

	Pizza’s Next Act has a New Stage: A Pizza Show within a Major Restaurant Show PMQ Pizza Magazine’s New York Pizza Show drew in restaurant and pizzeria owners from across the world. From the U.S. Pizza Team Trials and the America’s Plate to the helpful seminars and workshops, pizza’s new act now reaches across the board in the food industry.
	Marketing into the Wild Blue Yonder with Flyers Pizza Flyers Pizza of Columbus, Ohio, just finished celebrating their 30th anniversary. As part of our 10th anniversary, we’re revisiting this pizza icon with more innovative ideas such as a priceless menu boards, bundling with Pepsi for television ads, and how to handle your anticipated grand opening.
	Angie’s Pizza: Making Friends for 55 Years After 55 years in the pizza business, Angie’s Pizza in Dickson City, Penn., explains how to treat customers to a ‘Customer Appreciation Night’ in a formal fashion.
	Holding Strong in the Eye of the Storm See how Todd Duvio of Brooklyn Pizza in Metairie, Louisiana, held his ground during Hurricane Katrina…right in the middle of the flood-ravaged scenes you saw on TV.
	Pizza Dock’s Mission of Mercy Mike Amheiser, owner of the Pizza Dock in Fredericktown, Ohio, has raised money and food and spent his time helping victims of AIDS and calamity in Kenya and Kiwawa, Africa.
	Pablo’s Pizza: A Marketing Masterpiece Pablo’s Pizza in Grand Junction, Colorado, was the 2005 winner of ‘Best of the West’ for pizza. See how email clubs, an attractive website, mobile pizzerias, and new resident mailers add up to a pretty picture.

	From the Publisher Steve Green offers some advice for the pizza industry and also what to expect in this issue of PMQ Pizza Magazine.
	The Pizza Press A roundup of interesting, useful and sometimes quirky pizza news spanning the globe and the world of pizza.
	Letters to the Editor Read what other operators are writing about to PMQ. If you have a comment, suggestion, complaint, or question, send it to PMQ’s editors.
	PMQ’s Idea Forums More products and ideas and how they can benefit you and help you sell more pizza.

	In Lehmann’s Terms Tom “Dough Doctor” Lehmann describes the various types of mixers and their functions, giving you a good idea of what you need in your store.
	Ask Joey: Commodity Forecast and Price Increases La Nova Pizzeria’s Joey Todaro’s suggestions on price increases and how to let them work with you instead of against you.
	The Greenback Guru: That’s Priceless David Scott Peters, restaurant consultant, offers ideas on running a profitable restaurant and keeping a positive atmosphere amongst employees.
	The Direct Route: A Guide to Direct Mail Menu Program Michael D’Agostino of Takeout Printing explains how to take advantage of the postal system by marketing your menu through direct mail.