Automation, robots and artificial intelligence are making inroads into the pizza industry—and changing it in unexpected ways. Never mind Domino’s and Pizza Hut—retail chain Costco, which has pizza serving food courts at most of its 482 domestic locations, has been cited by Business Insider as one of the nation’s … More
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Product Spotlight-March 2019
Portion PeeL The Portion PeeL has it all: accuracy, consistency and a return on investment. It gives wood peel users a more accurate and consistent way to stretch dough. Its laser-etched measuring circles are custom-made to each customer’s pizza sizes, preventing overstretching dough, ensuring more accurate and consistent crusts, … More
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Maintain a Good Relationship With Your Oven to Avoid Later Heartache
Pizza makers don’t just depend on their ovens to make money—it’s practically a love affair, a relationship based on tender care, patience and understanding. Pizzaioli know their ovens like they know their wives or husbands. But ovens, like spouses, don’t live forever. And some ovens just don’t deserve you. … More
Pizzerias & Pizzaioli
Jason Samosky: The Benefits of Building Your Own Oven From Scratch
Jason Samosky, of Samosky’s Homestyle Pizzeria in Valley City, Ohio, has been a member of the U.S. Pizza Team (USPT) since his first competition and win in 2005 at Pizza Pizzazz in Columbus, Ohio. Jason recently built his own wood-fired oven to serve his operation. Here, Brian Hernandez, PMQ … More
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Product Spotlight: September 2018
Innovative Consumer Solutions Innovative Consumer Solutions has developed a patent-pending disposable pizza spatula and cutter, which can be integrated into a corrugated box and used as a serving and cutting tool. The spatula sits flat on any pizza box and has perforations around the device allowing the consumer to easily … More
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Product Spotlight: January-February 2018
San Benito Pear Tomato Strips New from Neil Jones Food Company, the San Benito Pear Tomato Strips are 100% fresh-packed from vine-ripened California pear tomatoes. Hand-picked, fresh basil enhances the strip’s already amazing flavor, and the soft texture (no added calcium chloride) provides a handcrafted look and feel that’s perfect … More
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Get off to a successful start in 2018 with a social media calendar
A pizzeria’s content calendar should be designed to make scheduling social media posts easy. It doesn’t matter how large or small your business is—planning is key, and it all starts with a calendar. Here are five important factors to think about when developing your 2018 social media calendar: … More
Pizzerias & Pizzaioli
The Robots Are Coming: Zume Pizza May Be the Sci-Fi Pizzeria of the Future
If robots ever conquer the world, Julia Collins will be ready. They might even be her robots, in which case there’s no reason to panic: It will be a friendly takeover. Collins and her partner, Alex Garden, have developed a “cobot culture” at their single-unit pizzeria, Zume Pizza, in … More
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Product Spotlight – May 2017
Turkey That’s Fresh, Lean and Clean Jersey Mike’s has rolled out its popular #7 sub sandwich (and other subs) with 99% fat-free turkey raised without antibiotics. Consumers are looking for cleaner labels, and this offering meets that demand. For 60-plus years, Jersey Mike’s has served up authentic, fresh-sliced and … More
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Product Spotlight – April 2017
How to Create Giant-Sized Buzz The Giant Pizza Cutter doesn’t just slice pizza. It will be the focal point of your restaurant or food truck and can make your place the talk of the town. Handmade to order, it lasts a lifetime, not to mention it’s fully customizable and … More
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Increase your food and beverage (or bar and restaurant) sales by implementing the Menu-Caddy program at your establishment.
From recipe guides to dessert menus, food and beverage messages are a natural for THE MENU-CADDY ® THE MENU-CADDY ®is the ideal merchandising and promotion aid for restaurants and bars because it conserves space, cleans up easily and holds up under heavy use. Full color THE MENU-CADDY ®cards deliver appetite appeal to stimulate … More
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Product Spotlight – October 2016
The Chopping Board of Choice Chop-Chop Food Service Flexible Cutting Boards come in four colors to help prevent cross-contamination. Extra-thick, non-porous, non-absorbent and commercial-dishwasher safe, they will not dull your knives and are made in the U.S. with FDA-approved virgin food-grade plastic and feature Microban anti-microbial product protection that … More