Turns out Papa John’s can get along just fine without founder John Schnatter—even in the midst of a global pandemic. According to its current CEO Rob Lynch, April was Papa John’s best month in history, with an increase of nearly 27 percent in comparable sales for North America. And while … More
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Wise Guys Does the Cooking for Moms During Mothers Day Week
In honor of Mothers Day, Wise Guys Pizza & Deli has been doing the cooking for certain lucky moms in Meriden, Connecticut. The pizza shop, which opened in January, has awarded free food to mothers nominated by customers all week long. “A lot of moms are homeschooling, working from home, … More
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Pizzerias Are Outperforming Other Restaurants During Pandemic
Now is not a good time to own a restaurant, but pizzeria owners are faring better than most in the foodservice sector, according to market research company Sense360. The National Restaurant Association has predicted the coronavirus pandemic will hurt the restaurant industry to the tune of $240 billion in lost … More
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Rising Country Star Donates $5,000 Worth of Pizza to NYC Hospital
Kane Brown, a former Facebook-singer-turned-country-music-star, and his wife Katelyn stepped up to feed pizza to frontline heroes at a New York City hospital to the tune of $5,000. The donation allows Louie’s Pizzeria and Restaurant, located in Elmhurst, to feed the hospital employees for 11 days during the coronavirus pandemic. … More
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What if Restaurants Banded Together to Cut Out Third-Party Delivery Platforms?
Restaurant owners in Dubai have banded together to create their own food-delivery platform and cut out third-party aggregators entirely, according to The National. The goal is to save money on third-party commissions and earn higher profits. Like most of the world, Dubai’s dine-in restaurant business has been ravaged by the … More
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Pieology Rewards ‘Everyday Heroes’ for National Teachers and Nurses Weeks
In honor of National Teachers Week and National Nurses Week (May 4-8 and May 6-12 respectively), Pieology Pizzeria is asking customers to provide the names and stories of everyday heroes in their communities, many of whom will be rewarded with Pieology Care Packs and $250 cash prizes. “We want to … More
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Customers Boost Little Caesars’ Effort to Donate 1 Million Pizzas to Frontline Workers
After Little Caesars recently announced it would donate 1 million pizzas to healthcare workers and first responders dealing with the coronavirus crisis, customers stepped forward to boost the effort. So far, they’ve donated an additional 125,000 pizzas to the effort via the global chain’s ordering app and at LittleCaesars.com. Customer … More
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The Pizza Cupcake: A Big Idea in a Small, Fluffy Package
Sometimes big ideas come in small packages—and they don’t get much bigger (or smaller) than the Pizza Cupcake, a New York innovation that has caught the attention of some of the world’s trendiest corporations. Now the little mom-and-pop Brooklyn company behind the innovative food is going nationwide. Andrea Meggiato invented … More
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Pizzeria’s ‘Treat a Teach’ Promo Honors Nearly Forgotten Community Heroes
Community heroes on the healthcare front line have been getting their due nationwide since the coronavirus pandemic hit, but teachers—who have worked hard to keep our school system functioning in lockdown mode—have been nearly forgotten. But not by Leoni’s Pizzeria, with three locations in Naples Park, Bonita Springs and San … More
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This Pizzeria Offered Takeout for the First Time and Sold Out Before Firing Up the Ovens
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Antica Pizzeria & Ristorante in Niagara Falls, Ontario, offered takeout for the first time ever on Tuesday, April 28—and sold out of pizzas before they even fired up the oven. Antica announced on April 23 that it would start offering a full takeout … More
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Venezia’s Raises $72,000 for Employees in One Day, Then Gives Them a Raise
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