The NakedPizza team has established a clear mission: to deliver a delicious, convenient and affordable pizza that fits into a healthy lifestyle. The franchisor is debuting in Miami this month – the first location of over 300 stores under development nationwide.

In the Northeastern United States where locally owned pizza shops are abundant, Little Caesars Pizza has been growing with its unique business model and operating system. Little Caesars’ concept offers menu items such as pizza and Crazy Bread® at a great price that are ready when the customers walk in without the need to wait or call ahead. Franchisees who own Little Caesars restaurants in the Northeast feel confident that local customers appreciate the quality, value and convenience offered by the international pizza brand.

According to the Queen’s Gazette, “On Thursday, September 2, Pizzeria Uno restaurants will help support the Queens office of the American Red Cross in Greater New York by donating a portion of the day’s receipts through its ‘Dough Raiser’ program.”

According to USA Today, “Vice President Biden defended eliminating tax cuts for the wealthy in a lunchtime visit today to Pete’s New Haven Style Apizza in Washington.”

According to The Independent, “Pizza Hut UK suffered hefty losses for the third consecutive year in 2009, as it continued to struggle in the face of fierce competition.”

According to Nation’s Restaurant News, “Contract feeder Aramark Corp. has unveiled a wellness and nutrition education program designed to improve the health and academic potential of students throughout the country.”

ACI Worldwide, Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!aciw/quotes/nls/aciw (ACIW 19.39, +0.24, +1.25%) , a leading international provider of electronic payments software and solutions, today announced that Domino’s Pizza, Inc. has partnered with ACI to consolidate payments processing, add more features and improve personalization for customers ordering online. The new system enables Domino’s to accept new payment types in the future, and will be available across all locations.

Typically thought of as a hearty, sandwich-style dish, Nella Pizzeria Napoletana in Lincoln Park is giving the calzone a sweet new twist. While calzones are usually packed with pizza toppings, Nella’s new chef, Chef Alfredo Colle, is filling his calzones with dessert ingredients.

Cooked white turkey meat, or deli meat, distribution in the marketplace grew 6 percent in 2009 to more than 467 million pounds, according to National Turkey Federation’s (NTF) 2009 Marketplace Survey, with nearly half (43%) being distributed to foodservice operations.

Visits to U.S. restaurants are forecasted to grow less than one percent a year over the next decade, slower than the 1.1 percent a year growth in the country’s population, according to recently released foodservice market research by The NPD Group, a leading market research company.