Month: March 2010

California Pizza Kitchen Coming to Tuscon, Arizona

According to the Arizona Daily Star, “California Pizza Kitchen appears ready to make the leap into the crowded Tucson restaurant market, which already has 49 pizzeria businesses and dozens more individual pizza outlets.”

Laureate Education Names Christopher Koetke Vice President of Culinary Arts

Laureate Education has named Christopher Koetke vice president of culinary arts programs for Laureate International Universities. Koetke is the dean of the School of Culinary Arts at Kendall College in Chicago. In his new role, Koetke will also be responsible for strategic leadership of Laureate International Universities’ culinary arts programs, which are offered at nine institutions in nine countries.

Biddees.com Adds California Pizza Kitchen and Jamba Juice to Money-Saving Website

Biddees.com, the first reverse auction site offering brand-name retail store cards at a guaranteed discount, today announced the availability of cash cards from fan-favorite food chains. Now visitors to Biddees.com can save at gourmet juice bar Jamba Juice and legendary pizza brand California Pizza Kitchen (CPK). With guaranteed savings per card and free shipping on every purchase made on Biddees.com, consumers can buy prepaid cards to some of their favorite casual restaurants at a discount.

Dominos Expects India to Be Pizza Makers Fifth-Largest Market

According to Business Week, “Domino’s Pizza Inc., the second- largest U.S. pizza maker, expects India to be among the company’s five largest markets in the next three years as business in the South Asian nation expands 42 percent annually.”

Dominos Pizza Opens 9,000th Store

Domino’s Pizza (NYSE: DPZ), the recognized world leader in pizza delivery, added to that distinction today by opening its 9,000th store. To celebrate, the company conducted symbolic opening events at two stores, a world apart: the first in New Delhi, India’s thriving capital city, and the second in New Orleans, Louisiana, in a neighborhood rebuilding itself after being ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Eagle Boys Eyes Expansion After 300th Store Opening

Eagle Boys Pizza will open a record 50 new stores across Australia this year, as part of a $20 million expansion strategy which will cement the company’s position as the country’s second largest pizza maker