It's a mess! Traffic is backed up on Main Street. Police officers are busily working to keep traffic moving. Neighboring businesses are complaining that their parking lots are filled; yet their stores have no customers. The commotion at 5151 Main Street is no accident, it's the long awaited opening of … More

quot;You have to want to give. When people see this, they will want to come to you and will support your business. Once you become familiar with the people, you create a family." Sometimes in the process of doing business, you lose focus of what's important. At the 2001 Pizza Expo in Chicago, I … More

The 2001 Southwest Foodservice Expo was held this year at the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. There were more than 27,400 attendees, 1,278 booths and over 760 exhibiting companies. The show alternates between Houston and Dallas, which was a good thing this year considering Houston was experiencing massive flooding … More

Congratulations Maine! You are the champion of pizza for the third year in a row. Your residents still support more pizza stores per capita than any other state. There are 4.14 pizzerias for every 10,000 of your residents. … More

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If you read my column in the last issue, you discovered a way to gain an unfair advertising advantage over your competitors; i.e., by using a professionally produced jingle. The next logical step, in my opinion, is to advise you use clever ad copy that is professionally produced to work … More

And the winner is . . . Scott Hack of Peeweeville KY is the winner of the PMQ contest. He won an Inflatable Walk-Around Pizza Slice created by Signs & Shaped and valued at $4,200. Scott plans on opening his first pizza store in October. PMQ has created an award … More