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
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Paisano’s Creates Pizza Meal Kit Contest For Homebound Families
Washington D.C. chain Paisano’s, headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, has given pizza kits a new twist with a contest that offers free pizza for life as the grand prize. The stay-in pizza-making social media competition runs through April 23. Paisano’s $10 pizza kits come with dough balls that can be stretched … More
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Donate a Pizza to ‘Front Line Heroes’ and Get Your Name on the Box
Little Pops NY Pizzeria Trattoria, located in Naperville, Illinois, has partnered with its customers to keep local healthcare workers, police officers and other first responders fed and ready to soldier on in an initiative called the Front Line Heroes Pizza Relief Mission. To get pizzas sent to these local heroes, … More
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Curing the Quarantine Blues: Get Marijuana Delivered With Your Pizza
It’s hard to imagine a better time for a service like this one: Marie Jane’s Cannabis Connection, located in Corvallis, Oregon, is now delivering housemade pizza along with marijuana, an ideal arrangement for customers with little else to do during the coronavirus quarantine. In a press release, Marie Jane’s said … More
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Fred Rosati, Patriarch of Rosati’s Pizza, Passes Away at 102
Fred (Ferdinand) Thomas Rosati, co-founder and patriarch of the multi-state pizza restaurant group Rosati’s Pizza, passed away on Monday, March 30 at the age of 102 in Cave Creek, Arizona, the company announced today. Mr. Rosati was active in the business well into his 90s. He placed a strong emphasis … More
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California Pizza Kitchen Selling Groceries Through New CPK Market
In response to changing consumer needs and dining habits during the coronavirus pandemic, California Pizza Kitchen has introduced CPK Market, a new offering that will provide specialty meal kit solutions and individual pantry, fruit, vegetable and meat items to customers across the country. Select locations will even deliver the pantry … More
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Pizzeria’s ‘Pizza Relief Package’ Offers 14-Inch Pies for Just $1
Dollar slices are easy to find, but Sandbox Pizza and Pints, located in the laidback Pacific Beach neighborhood of San Diego, cut prices on its 14-inch pies to just one buck as a show of support for the city’s workers facing layoffs due to the coronavirus pandemic. “In a world … More
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Chicago Pizzeria Sets Up Post-It Note Wall for Free Slices as Donations Pour In
A pizzeria in Chicago now offers customers two ways to give back to their community during the coronavirus pandemic: They can pre-purchase and donate free slices to people facing food insecurity or pitch in to send complimentary pizzas to beleaguered hospital workers. Jaime Gamez, owner of Big G’s Pizza in … More
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This Pizzeria Owner is Ready to Go into Debt to Protect His Workers
Sports columnist Steve Politi of the Star-Ledger and NJ.com cast journalistic objectivity aside and made it clear which team he’s rooting for—the crew at Federico’s Pizza & Restaurant in Belmar, New Jersey. Even the headline of his March 23 column about Federico’s owner Bryan Morin betrayed Politi’s bias, urging readers … More
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Pizza vs. Pandemic Boosts Local Pizzerias While Serving First Responders
Slice, a New York-based company that offers online and mobile ordering for pizzerias, is a driving force behind a new initiative that’s helping both independent pizza shops and first responders during the coronavirus crisis. Pizza vs. Pandemic, also backed by nonprofit organizations Slice Out Hunger and Pizza to the Polls, … More
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Is This Café Conning Customers With Costco Pizzas?
A wine bar/eatery in Charleston, South Carolina, is suspected of buying cheap frozen pizzas from Costco and reselling them as gourmet Roman-style pies at a 700% markup, the Post and Courier reports. Coquin, which has been open for five months, started touting its “gourmet Roman-style thin-crust pizza with housemade marinara … More
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Yelp’s Attempt to Raise Funds for Restaurants Backfires
A Yelp campaign to raise funds for restaurants and other small businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic just made some owners irate, forcing Yelp to hit the pause button. Yelp announced last Tuesday that it had partnered with GoFundMe “to provide a fast and simple way for independent businesses to … More