Stranger Things 3 is premiering on July 4, and fans everywhere might be debating what snack(s) to gorge on while binging the show. Baskin-Robbins teamed up with Netflix to bring the summer of 1985 in Hawkins, Indiana to ice cream lovers everywhere. And pizza fans won’t be left out … More
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USA Today Readers Choose UNO as the Best Chicago-Style Pizza
USA Today readers have spoken and have resoundingly chosen UNO Pizzeria & Grill, the inventor of deep dish pizza, as the best Chicago-style pizza throughout the state of Illinois. Founded in Chicago in 1943, Pizzeria Uno is the birthplace of the UNO Deep Dish Pizza and, along with Pizzeria Due, topped … More
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What to Do When You Catch a Pizzeria Employee Stealing
As a pizzeria owner or manager, what should you do if you catch an employee stealing? Your first instinct may be to fire the employee on the spot. You should stop and think, however, before doing this. Analyze each situation individually. Was the employee stealing cash or goods or offering … More
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Patriotic Pizzeria Makes Guinness-Record Flag out of Pizza
A pizzeria in Westfield, New Jersey has tackled the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest flag-shaped pizza this past Saturday. The aptly-named Outta Hand Pizza created a Sicilian pizza measuring nine feet by four feet in the shape of the U.S. Star and Bars to kick off city’s … More
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Seagull Steals Pizza, Ends Up Stealing the Show at Wrigley Field
New York City may have the infamous “Pizza Rat,” but last Friday at the Mets v. Cubs game, Chicago revealed its own famous pizza thief: a seagull. In the fourth inning with Mets in the lead, the seagull suddenly appeared on Wrigley Field scarfing down a half-eaten slice of pizza. … More
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Ellis Island Exhibit Traces History of Pizza through Immigration
The National Park Service and Evelyn Hill Inc., the food service concessionaire at the Statue of Liberty since 1931 and Ellis Island since 2009, cooked up a way to celebrate pizza. The organizations invited five purveyors of one of America’s favorite foods to share their crusty craftsmanship and their founder’s … More
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Pay Using Facial Recognition in China
Are you tired of reaching all the way into your pocket to pay? Well now you can pay with the twinkle of your eye. Customers dining at KFC’s healthy spinoff KPRO in mainland China no longer need to whip out their wallet. Just order at the touch screen, look into … More
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French Robotics Company Receives $10M Investment for Fully-Automated Restaurant
A pizza robot company, PAZZI, recently received €10 million ($12,760,000 USD) in anticipation of opening a fully-automated pilot restaurant with pizza robots. The investment is from Singaporean fund Qualgro along with French fund Eutopia and investors Partech and Daphni. “The autonomous restaurant concept offered by PAZZI is meeting a growing … More
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MIT Teaches AI to Configure Recipes from Pictures of Pizza
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created an AI network that reverse-engineers pizza by deconstructing a scanned picture of the pie to its basic ingredients. The scientists at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and the Qatar Computer Research Institute (QCRI) created a neural network which … More
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ESPN3 Gears Up to Broadcast Third U.S. Pizza Team Event This Year
For the third time this year, pizza athletes will test their mettle under the gaze of TV cameras as the U.S. Pizza Team (USPT) holds its Summer Trials in Haverhill, on June 25. Talented pizza makers from far and wide will gather at the New England Pizza Conference to compete … More
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41 Percent of Americans Seek Clean-Label Foods
More than 40 percent of Americans—including both millennials and consumers older than 55—actively seek food products with the clean-label designation, according to a recent poll conducted by Charleston|Orwig, a Hartland, Wisconsin-based strategic communications agency that serves brands across the food system. Charleston|Orwig worked with two research partners, Maeve Webster of … More
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Domino’s to Test Driverless Delivery in Houston This Fall
Domino’s is famously known as the tech company that delivers pizza, and its latest innovation will feature driverless pizza delivery. The pizza chain has announced a partnership with Nuro, a robotics company founded by two former Google engineers, for a pilot program of self-driving cars delivering pizza throughout Houston, Texas … More