According to WGNTV.com, “A Chicago area organization wants to ensure servicemen and women overseas enjoy the Super Bowl. Pizza for Patriots is sending the largest-ever big game care package to Iraq.”

According to the Chicago Tribune, “In the 1970s, Joe Perrino worked the dough, making the foundation for pizzas at Home Run Inn, the restaurant owned by his father, Nick. Back then, Home Run Inn made frozen pizzas, too, but they were a sideline. Nick Perrino’s passion was his pizzeria.”

As the teams from New Orleans and Indianapolis are huddling up to play the biggest game of the football season on Feb. 7 in Miami, the Pizza Hut team of more than 120,000 employees will be calling plays from the kitchens at over 6,000 restaurants across the country to fill pizza orders on the company’s busiest day of the year.

Pizza Inn, Inc. (Nasdaq:PZZI), an international pizza chain recognized for serving a variety of fresh, high quality products at affordable prices, announces the opening of its newest buffet-style restaurant at 1249 Sunset Boulevard in Jesup.

According to MailTribune.com, “Wild River Brewing & Pizza will donate a portion of its sales today and Wednesday to help find a cure for cancer.”

According to QSR Magazine, “Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the quick-service industry has become active in the relief effort. By Jordan Melnick”

With the economic downturn easing, the restaurant industry is expected to show gradual improvement in 2010, according to the National Restaurant Association’s 2010 Restaurant Industry Forecast released today. Industry sales are projected to reach $580 billion this year, a 2.5 percent increase in current dollars over 2009 sales. When adjusted for inflation, 2010 sales will be essentially flat, which is an improvement over the 1.2 percent and 2.9 percent negative growth in real sales that the industry experienced in 2008 and 2009, respectively.

According to NY1.com, “Manhattan’s Famous Famiglia Pizzeria held a candlelight vigil and prayer service Tuesday for the victims of the Haiti quake.”

According to the Chicago Tribune, “Hit by a recessionary drop in consumer spending, the parent company of pizzeria chain Uno Chicago Grill filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday as it pursues a $142 million debt-for-equity deal.”