Customers of Venezia’s New York Style Pizzeria helped raise $72,000 for the Arizona chain’s employees in a single day, and that wasn’t the only good news. In a hugely successful Facebook post, Venezia’s also announced it would give raises to its hourly employees for the next two months. Since its … More
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7 Ways to Cut Your Takeout Costs and Boost Your Pizzeria’s Profitability
With takeout sales as the only option for hundreds of thousands of restaurants during the pandemic, it’s critical they operate their takeout programs as efficiently as possible. Restaurants already operate on razor-thin margins, and now the closure of dine-in services has reduced the margin for error to almost zero. Here … More
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Wisconsin Running Back Jonathan Taylor Scores Toppers Pizza Franchise
One of college football’s all-time best running backs has gone into the pizza business—even as he gears up for a promising career in the NFL. Former Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor, a projected first-round draft pick, has become a co-owner of four Toppers Pizza stores in Madison, Wisconsin, the company … More
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Revention POS Helps Little Pops NY Pizzeria Sell More Pizza During Pandemic
Revention, the industry-leading provider of restaurant management technology, is focused on continuous improvement by adding new features to keep restaurants operating and generating revenue during dine-in shutdowns due to Covid-19. Revention said it’s proud to see its customers, such as Little Pops NY Pizzeria in Naperville, Illinois, succeed in a … More
Coronavirus News
Corning, NY Pizzeria Gives Free Gift Card to Frontline Workers Every Day
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Atlas Brick Oven Pizzeria, located in Corning, New York, is celebrating local frontline heroes with a daily drawing for free food in the form of $50 gift cards. Atlas announced on April 16 that it would donate a $50 gift card every day for … More
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LaRosa’s Team Member Relief Fund Tops $300,000 in Three Weeks
LaRosa’s Family Pizzerias, with 65 stores in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, created a Team Member Relief Fund that has grown to more than $300,000 in less than three weeks, the company announced. LaRosa’s nearly 4,000 team members have all been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and related restaurant closures in … More
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Adopt a Shelter Dog, Get Free Pizza in Niagara Falls
Adopting a dog from the Niagara County SPCA in Niagara Falls, New York, isn’t just a good way to make a new best friend—it will earn you free pizza, too. An Amherst, New York franchise of Just Pizza & Wings partnered recently with the Niagara County Society for the Prevention … More
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Florida’s Sheriff Chitwood Delivers Pizzas to Support Small Business
The sheriff of Volusia County in Florida cracked down on a weakened economy by delivering pizzas for local restaurants struggling to stay open during the coronavirus crisis. As Fox News reports, Sheriff Mike Chitwood recently started delivering pies for local pizza shops and other restaurants to remind people of the … More
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Community Rallies to Support Small Independent Pizzeria During Pandemic
Phillip Imperi was feeling “kind of sad” as he gazed out the window of his restaurant, Sal’s Pizzeria 2 in Lakeland, Florida, in late March and saw customers lined up outside local chains while his own shop sat mostly empty. Worried that he would have to close his shop and … More
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Quarantine With a Vampire: Pizza Delivery Service Comes With Immersive Game
Vampires love pizza, too—hold the garlic, of course. And for Los Angeles-area consumers who love both, Vampire Pizza offers an at-home interactive dining experience they can really sink their fangs into, all while safely self-isolating during the coronavirus pandemic. Josh Sugarman, the chief experience officer for Ravel, developed the mysterious … More
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Remember the Elderly: These Pizzerias Send Free Pies to Isolated or Disabled Seniors
In another example of pizzerias doing good deeds in their communities during the coronavirus pandemic, two pizzerias in very different parts of the country are making sure to keep elderly and disabled people fed through customer-donated pizzas. The Fort Pierce, Florida location of Big Apple Pizza & Pasta, owned by … More
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Little Caesars Says It Will Donate 1 Million Pizzas to First Responders
Little Caesars is the latest major pizzeria chain to pledge free pizza to frontline heroes working to save lives during the coronavirus pandemic. The delivery/takeout chain announced on April 6 that it will donate and deliver 1 million pizzas to healthcare workers and first responders across the country in the … More