According to USA Today, “The Transportation Security Administration appears to be getting creative in its efforts to recruit new airport security workers. Promising “a career where X-ray vision and federal benefits come standard,” the agency has begun posting help-wanted ads on pizza delivery boxes in the Washington, D.C., area.”

According to NNBW.com, “A pizza restaurant that got its start as a prize-winning entry in a student business-plan competition opened its doors for real last week.”

“MJ’s Pizzeria got its start as a brainstorm by a team led by James Blood, a Truckee Meadows Community College student, during the annual Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Business Plan Competition in the spring of 2009. The proposal: A restaurant with a menu that would include vegan and gluten-free pizzas along with more traditional offerings. Judges thought the idea was good enough that the team won a $5,000 award for third place in the competition among collegians statewide. The money was helpful, Blood said last week, but the psychological boost from the award was even more powerful.”

According to ESPN.com, “It was late on my first night in Scotland when I grossed out Nick Faldo.”

Stevi B’s Pizza, the industry’s only national premium pizza buffet restaurant, announces its second annual Free Pizza Day on Thursday, August 19. A twist has been added to this year’s event. Instead of a “build your own†pizza, the giveaway will one of Stevi B’s surprise specialty pizzas To-Go.

A new era for pizza-by-the-slice has arrived, and it’s arrived in an attractive, one handed, mess free container. Pizza Scoopâ„¢ is an all new product that’s taking pizza-by-the-slice to the next level by allowing existing pizzerias to sell pizza-by-the-slice to busy people on the go in a way that works with their busy lifestyle.

Grapes, glorious grapes! Grapes from California are back in season and ready to star in an array of culinary creations. The growers of Grapes from California are challenging foodservice chefs to create the best grape recipes ever. The top winners – three in all – will each receive cash prizes and national publicity for their winning recipe.

Dallas-based Boston’s Restaurant & Sports Bar (Boston’s) today announced the nationwide rollout of a new menu at all 52 U.S. and Mexico locations.

PESI is proud to announce that despite rumors to the contrary, we are still in business.

According to PortWashington.Patch.com, “We all know about man’s best friend. But what about dog’s best friend?”

According to WashingtonCityPaper.com, “Spike Mendelsohn held a party last night at his forthcoming We, The Pizza on Capitol Hill. Y&H didn’t get an invite, but we understand. Some wounds take time to heal.”

In spite of the troubled economy, one local company is growing by leaps and bounds. Rotolo’s Pizzeria, the official pizza of the New Orleans Saints & the Louisiana Superdome is opening its thirteenth location this Saturday in Metairie.

Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza has received the San Diego County chapter of the California Restaurant Association’s Gold Medallion award for Best Pizza.

After a long and courageous battle with a number of health issues, William Burke Sr., founder of Burke Corporation and a pioneer in the fully cooked pizza topping industry, passed away on Friday, July 2, 2010, at the age of 81.

Hungry Howie’s Pizza, one of the nation’s largest pizza franchises with over 500 locations in 24 states and the originator of the Flavored Crust Pizza, is taking online ordering to the next level by offering customers the ability to place orders through their iPhone devices.

Giving customers the traditional pizza classics they have come to love and the unique flavors they desire is made easy with the new Bonici® Brand Recipe Collection, Volume 2. The new collection features trend-based recipes that operators can leverage to make their place an anticipated destination—not only expanding their menus, but also offering ideas for unexpected dayparts and combinations. By using many of the traditional flavors and ingredients inspired by pizza in nontraditional ways across the menu, the new Bonici Brand Recipe Collection helps create new menu ideas customers will crave.

As the old saying goes…“if the shoe fits…†And that’s just the case for Brandon, South Dakota’s 70-plus crew members, who will soon be sporting new, custom-made Nike shoes, valued at $125 each, as the winners of this year’s Pizza Ranch “Crew of the Year†award.

According to StarTribune.com, “Class-action status has been granted a federal lawsuit filed in Minnesota contending that Domino’s Pizza undercut delivery drivers’ ability to earn the legally required minimum wage because the company doesn’t reimburse them for travel expenses.”

According to EverythingSanDiego.com, “Flippin’ Pizza, the neighborhood pizzeria offering a slice of New York in Carlsbad, Encinitas, La Costa and Vista, will host a community celebration and surprise unveiling on Thursday, July 1, 2010 at its La Costa pizzeria (7662 N. El Camino Real). In addition to revealing the winner of its June Pizza Perks contest for Free Pizza for a Year, Flippin’ Pizza will also debut the newest addition to the brand that will expand its reach throughout San Diego County.”

(COPPELL, Texas) June 24, 2010‑CiCi’s Pizza and GameStop(NYSE: GME) are teaming up to give away more than $2.5 million worth of entertainment systems, gift cards and food prizes this summer in CiCi’s “Game Time Sip & Rip†promotion.

MONROE, Wis. – With the bounty of summer vegetables about to descend on kitchens around the country, Emmi-Roth Käse USA sought the advice of Coastal Sunbelt Produce, a leading produce distributor in the Mid-Atlantic, to develop a new seasonal veggie & cheese pairings program that offers tips and advice on creating tasty, healthy options for bringing vegetables and cheese to the center to the plate.

For the seventh consecutive year, foodservice operators ranked Tyson Food Service as the No.1 developer of new products in the foodservice industry, according to a nationwide study conducted by Cognitio. The study measures the new product performance of manufacturers, based on operator assessments of their efforts across several key business areas.

According to NilesStar.com, “Who says for the taste of wood fired pizza, one needs wood? Or a fire, for that matter?”

Walmart store brand pizza is now on the recall list. Following on the heels of the Kellogg’s cereal and Scope mouthwash recall this week, Great Kitchen’s Inc. has recalled the Marketside, 16-inch BBQ Recipe Thin Crust Chicken Pizza that is sold at Walmart stores nationwide.