Boboli® Pizza has teamed up with party professional and football fanatic, the Hostess with the Mostess, Jennifer Sbranti, to help home entertainers make the most of their sport soirees. Jennifer has created 10 fun and simple get-together guidelines and a custom Boboli pizza recipe, perfect for putting the pep into your party just in time for the big game.

According to ABC News, “‘Scandaloso!’ Italians were upset to discover that their favorite mozzarella cheese — Mozzarella di Bufala, made from buffalo’s milk — was being watered down with cow’s milk”

According to Nation’s Restaurant News, “Huntington Meat Packing Inc. is recalling 432 tons of ground beef shipped to restaurants, hotels and distribution centers in California because of possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination, federal officials said Monday.”

Central Restaurant Products’ 2010 Master Catalog will be in mailboxes this week, featuring 24 new pages and 1,922 new items from the industry’s top vendors.

Under the new restructuring plan recently announced by CiCi’s Pizza, CEO Michael R. Shumsky promoted Forbes Anderson to Chief Strategic Officer, Tim Alba to Chief Financial Officer and Chris Patterson to Director of People Development. The restructuring has resulted in new organizational re-alignments to better support the CiCis franchisees, provide an industry leading experience for its guests and ultimately own the value position in the pizza segment.

Pizza Fusion (http://www.pizzafusion.com), an organic pizza franchise based in Fort Lauderdale, was recently awarded LEED certification by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) for its North Miami Beach restaurant. This recognition makes Pizza Fusion the first LEED certified restaurant in Miami.

Pizza Inn (Nasdaq:PZZI), an international pizza chain with more than 310 restaurants in 10 countries, announced today a new financing agreement with Amegy Bank of Texas. The agreement provides Pizza Inn with improved financial flexibility to execute its long-term strategic plan to develop new Company-owned restaurants.

Mandy’s Pizza, with locations in both the Northside and West View areas of Pittsburgh, PA., has developed what they believe is the best-tasting allergen-free pizza in the North.

Mocapay, a mobile experience platform, has developed a strategic relationship with zpizza, a national gourmet pizza, sandwich and salad chain. Through the relationship, zpizza will leverage the Mocapay platform to mobilize its gift and customer loyalty program to support its marketing and sales initiatives.

Nation’s Restaurant News has reached out to its sources and gathered numerous industry efforts from phone calls, e-mails, Twitter feeds, Facebook postings and published reports. They are listed here via region with contact information to encourage participation. This list will continue to be updated with new information when available.

According to LAist.com, “around three to four hundred hardcore Conan O’Brien fans braved the drenching rain to rally for the Tonight Show outside Universal Studios this afternoon. ‘Jay Leno sucks!’ the crowd chanted in between screaming at passing by cars as horns were honked. Packed to capacity, people spilled out onto Lankershim Boulevard before police calmed and spread the crowd out.”