Fred (Ferdinand) Thomas Rosati, co-founder and patriarch of the multi-state pizza restaurant group Rosati’s Pizza, passed away on Monday, March 30 at the age of 102 in Cave Creek, Arizona, the company announced today. Mr. Rosati was active in the business well into his 90s. He placed a strong emphasis … More
Coronavirus News
California Pizza Kitchen Selling Groceries Through New CPK Market
In response to changing consumer needs and dining habits during the coronavirus pandemic, California Pizza Kitchen has introduced CPK Market, a new offering that will provide specialty meal kit solutions and individual pantry, fruit, vegetable and meat items to customers across the country. Select locations will even deliver the pantry … More
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California Milk Advisory Board Postpones Real California Pizza Contest
The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) today announced that it is putting the 2020 Real California Pizza Contest on hold due to the current COVID-19 situation and its effect on the foodservice community. The Real California Pizza Contest is the CMAB’s annual search for the best pizza recipes using Real … More
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Pizzeria’s ‘Pizza Relief Package’ Offers 14-Inch Pies for Just $1
Dollar slices are easy to find, but Sandbox Pizza and Pints, located in the laidback Pacific Beach neighborhood of San Diego, cut prices on its 14-inch pies to just one buck as a show of support for the city’s workers facing layoffs due to the coronavirus pandemic. “In a world … More
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Chicago Pizzeria Sets Up Post-It Note Wall for Free Slices as Donations Pour In
A pizzeria in Chicago now offers customers two ways to give back to their community during the coronavirus pandemic: They can pre-purchase and donate free slices to people facing food insecurity or pitch in to send complimentary pizzas to beleaguered hospital workers. Jaime Gamez, owner of Big G’s Pizza in … More
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This Pizzeria Owner is Ready to Go into Debt to Protect His Workers
Sports columnist Steve Politi of the Star-Ledger and NJ.com cast journalistic objectivity aside and made it clear which team he’s rooting for—the crew at Federico’s Pizza & Restaurant in Belmar, New Jersey. Even the headline of his March 23 column about Federico’s owner Bryan Morin betrayed Politi’s bias, urging readers … More
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Pizza vs. Pandemic Boosts Local Pizzerias While Serving First Responders
Slice, a New York-based company that offers online and mobile ordering for pizzerias, is a driving force behind a new initiative that’s helping both independent pizza shops and first responders during the coronavirus crisis. Pizza vs. Pandemic, also backed by nonprofit organizations Slice Out Hunger and Pizza to the Polls, … More
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Is This Café Conning Customers With Costco Pizzas?
A wine bar/eatery in Charleston, South Carolina, is suspected of buying cheap frozen pizzas from Costco and reselling them as gourmet Roman-style pies at a 700% markup, the Post and Courier reports. Coquin, which has been open for five months, started touting its “gourmet Roman-style thin-crust pizza with housemade marinara … More
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Yelp’s Attempt to Raise Funds for Restaurants Backfires
A Yelp campaign to raise funds for restaurants and other small businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic just made some owners irate, forcing Yelp to hit the pause button. Yelp announced last Tuesday that it had partnered with GoFundMe “to provide a fast and simple way for independent businesses to … More
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Pizzeria Owner Uses $2,000 Anonymous Gift to Help Employees Pay Bills
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Skyler Reeves, owner of Rosa’s Pizzeria in Prescott, Arizona, had plenty on his mind—laying off employees that he cares about, consolidating his three stores into one, suspending his catering service—when an unidentified woman walked into one of his shops on Tuesday and handed … More
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Grotto Pizza to Provide Weekly Food Allowance to Laid-Off Employees
Grotto Pizza, with 19 locations in Delaware and Maryland, is launching an Employee Food Credit Fund to support its kitchen staff, delivery drivers, counter staff and servers temporarily laid off amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The company announced it is providing a weekly Grotto food allowance to all employees to help alleviate the burden … More
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Yum Brands Has Closed Down 1,000-Plus Pizza Hut Express Units in the U.S.
Pizza Hut parent company Yum Brands has temporarily closed down more than 1,000 Pizza Hut Express units in the U.S. due to the coronavirus pandemic, the company said in a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission dated March 18. According to the filing, Yum Brands has shuttered 7,000 … More