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From VHS Tapes and Gumballs to Pepperoni Pies: The Story Behind the Largest Marco’s Pizza Franchisee

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New CEO to Take Over Pizza Hut’s Parent Company With Base Salary of $1.1 Million

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This N.J. Pizzeria Grew Revenue 15% By Adding a Ghost Kitchen

Food & Ingredients

This Rookie Pizzaiolo Thought He Was Being Scammed. Instead, He Got a Big-Time Book Deal

Pizza News

This photo shows a wide variety of Detroit-style pizzas offered by Emmy Squared Pizza.

Brooklyn-Born Detroit-Style Chain Keeps Growing, Adding New Store in Richmond, Virginia

&pizza Signs First Franchisee, Marking Start of National Expansion

Iconic Deep-Dish Brand Names New CEO: A Former Domino’s Executive

How Did a 3-Year-Old Pizzeria Make Food & Wine’s List of the Top 10 Must-Visit Pizza Spots?

Business & Marketing

This photo shows NBA player Julian Champagnie posing with the staff at 550 Pizzeria, with Janet Zapata in front.

‘It’s Fire’: Janet Zapata’s 550 Pizzeria Has a Famous New Fan After Visit from NBA Superstar

This photo shows the two brothers, one wearing a white button-down shirt and the other in a white T-shirt, standing outside in front of their pizzeria.

Brimming With Energy, Two Brothers Dream of Taking Their Bay Area Slice Shop Nationwide

This photo shows Maggie and Giovanni Canepa, arms around each other, standing in front of a colorful mural featuring Nikola Tesla, Janis Joplin and Mahatma Gandhi.

Flat Broke, These Soulmates Started a Small-Town Pizzeria Anyway. Here’s How They Made It a Hit

This photo shows a young woman, possibly a teenager, getting ready to take a bite of a pizza slice with one hand, a beverage in the other, and looking happy to be dining alone.

As Online Searches for ‘Cheap Eats’ and ‘Solo Dining’ Surge, Here’s How to Stay Competitive

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This photo shows a whole pie, cut into slices, of the Fantastic 4 in 1 pizza described in the article.

Little Caesars + the Fantastic Four: A Marvel Team-Up Stan Lee Could Never Have Imagined

This photo shows Matt Plapp with Brian Weevel and PMQ's Charlie Pogacar, all smiling with their arms around each other, on the floor of the National Restaurant Association Show.

Beating Self-Doubt as a Pizza Entrepreneur Part 2: Matt Plapp on Building Confidence and a ‘Vivid Vision’

Woman holds a close-up of a mobile phone with a pizzeria website on the screen while lying on a sofa in a room.

Restaurant Traffic from Loyalty Programs Doubled Over the Past Five Years, Study Shows

This photo shows a handwritten, makeshift sign promoting Doughboy's Sunny Sacks & Smiles program on the pizzeria's front window.

She Heard a Voice: ‘Give Back to the Community.’ Now the Owner of a Rural Pizzeria Feeds Kids for Free

Special Reports

The 2025 Dough Survival Guide by PMQ Pizza: Taming the Beast That Makes the Feast

PMQ’s Pizza Brands to Watch: Keep an Eye on These 15 Trailblazers and Innovators

Women in Pizza: These 10 Chefs Are Building a More Equitable—and Prosperous—Pizza Community

The 2025 PMQ Pizza DELCO Report: Are the Top Chains Living Up to Customer Expectations?

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Food & Ingredients

This photo shows a pizza topped with pork and beans set against a blue background with a small bowl of beans next to it.

Bean Freaks & Pizza Geeks: Chef “Tony Pepperoni” Dezutter Says Beans Belong on Any Pie

This photo shows a large flat tortilla bread pizza covered with green onions, beans and corn in cast iron pan cropped on one side

Topping Ideas: Healthy and Versatile, Beans Give Pizza Recipes a Fiber-Packed Flavor Dropkick

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The Bean Index: Believe It or Not, There’s a Bean Topping for Every Pizza

French Fry Crust? Frozen Pizza Brand ‘Not Here to Play It Safe’

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This photo shows a person's hand removing a slice from the croissant pizza with a nice cheese pull.

Food & Ingredients

Papa Johns’ New Croissant Pizza Mashup Now on Offer in Nine Global Markets

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Food & Ingredients

Pizza Freak Co. Partners With Bassetts Ice Cream on Turnkey Program for Clubs, Lounges and Breweries

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Food & Ingredients

California-Style Pizza Leader Puts Four New Salads Front and Center on Its Summer Menu

This photo shows Sean Dempsey, wearing a black T-shirt, biting into a hot dog and holding another one in the other hand.

Food & Ingredients

The Hot Dog King of South Dakota: Wieners Are Winners for Pizzaiolo Sean Dempsey

this is a photo of the Shaq-a-Roni pizza from Papa John's invented by Shaquille O'Neal

Food & Ingredients

‘A Slam Dunk’: Papa Johns Makes the Shaq-a-Roni a Permanent Menu Item

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Food & Ingredients

Is Your Thin-Crust Pizza Too Tough and Chewy? Here’s What to Do

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Paulie Gee's Ricotta Be Kidding Me pizza

Food & Ingredients

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Recipe of the Month: Paulie Gee’s Ricotta Be Kidding Me

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Recipe: This Chicken BBQ Pizza Features 2 Galbani Cheeses

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Recipe: Crispy Pepperoni and Egg Breakfast Pizza

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Food & Ingredients

Detroit-Style Pizza: Revisiting the Late Shawn Randazzo and His Recipe for the Detroit Twist

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Food & Ingredients

Recipe: Chef Leah Scurto’s Rosemary Sicilian Grandma Pie

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Food & Ingredients

Mastering Mozzarella: A Step-by-Step Process for Making Your Own In-House Mozz

This photo shows a pizza topped with sauerkraut, sausage, red cabbage and a rahm sauce.

Food & Ingredients

Recipe: Italy Meets Germany With the Sauerkraut, Sausage and Red Cabbage Pizza

Equipment & Technology

Power Up! Electric Cars Cut Fuel Costs and Attract Delivery Drivers for Sarpino’s Franchisee

The Future of Pizzeria Robotics Might Look Very Different For Indies vs. Chains

This photo shows a pizza going into a computerized pizza oven, with the high-tech control board next to the conveyor.

Pizza Power Report 2025

Pizza Power Report 2025: How Smart Technologies Can Ease Pizzerias’ Labor Problems

The entrance of the Pizza Tomorrow Summit.

Three Machines That ‘Never Call In Sick’: Notes from the Pizza Tomorrow Summit

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PizzaForno Brings Its Automated Pizzerias to 5 New Locations in Michigan

When Will the Pizza Robots Arrive, and What’s Taking Them So Long?

This photo shows Cassano's mascot, wearing a large crown and white chef's coat, shaking hands with Pete Rose, who's sitting next to the mascot and grinning.

Ohio-Based Chain’s New Store Receives $1.1 Million for Energy-Efficient Build-Out

Navigating AI’s Realities: Moving Beyond the Hype to Drive True Transformation

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Early Bird Registration For the Pizza Power Forum Ends Friday, June 14

How Pizza Baby is Fast Becoming One of the Most Unique Brands in the U.S.

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How to Attract Families to Your Pizzeria This Summer (Webinar)

The exterior of a Lou Malnati's storefront shown at dusk.

Lou Malnati’s CEO: How Innovation and Tradition Go Hand-in-Hand to Spur Growth

Shahpour Nejad poses behind the counter at Pizza Guys, the pizza franchise that he owns.

Meet the Iranian Immigrant Who Built a Booming Pizza Franchise (Podcast)

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Food & Ingredients

Behind the Scenes at Square Pie Guys, The Little Brand With a Big-Time Innovation Process

Food & Ingredients

In a Collision of Chicago Titans, The Tripping Billy is Coming to Pequod’s

A pizzeria owner uses a pizza cutter to slash through dough in the kitchen of her shop.

Pizzeria Owner Claims Her Shop Was Being Impersonated on UberEats

Khanh Nguyen and Zalat: Is This a Top 10 Pizza Brand in the Making?

James Beard Award Finalists Include Three People in the Pizza Space

How Two Brothers Built a Detroit-Style Pizza Brand From the Ground Up (Podcast)

At 21 Years Old, They Bought a Pizzeria. Here’s How They’re Scaling the Brand.

Three members of the LaRosa family pose in front of a LaRosa Pizzeria storefront.

How One Cincinnati-Based Pizza Chain Has Thrived for 70 Years

A group grabs slices from a communal pepperoni pizza.

Food & Ingredients

Who Invented Pepperoni Pizza? The Answer is Complicated.

This photo shows a billboard in New York City touting that reads "The Nation's Best Pizza - Not You, New York." It's placed above a coffee shop. New Yorkers are seen walking by while, in the foreground, a delivery person speeds past on a bicycle in a blur.

Food Fight: Connecticut’s CMO Boldly Brings ‘Pizza Capital of the U.S.’ Battle to Streets of New York

This photo shows Dr. Tuck with one of his church members eating a pizza.

Dough Boy Pizza Hires Dr. Jeremy Tuck as President and Director of Franchising

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Chef vs. Suit: Who Should Win the Tug-of-War in Your Head? George Taylor Has the Answer

This photo shows a side view of a pepperoni pizza placed in front of two Papa Johns delivery boxes.

Papa Johns Takeover Rumors Are Once Again Swirling

This photo shows Juan Perez, wearing a white 50 Top Pizza chef coat, standing in front of his restaurant's pizza oven with an unbaked pizza on a wooden peel.

Who Are the 100 Best Pizza Chefs in the World? Pizzaioli Will Gather in Milan to Find Out

The Guy in Orange: Inside Matt Plapp’s Approach to Building a Restaurant Brand