PMQ Pizza Magazine would like to thank all 490 pizza operators, suppliers and distributors who participated in our recent PMQ readers survey that measured the pizza industry’s COVID-19 disposition. Of those 490 respondents, 97% were pizzeria operators, 81% were independent operators, 11.4% were franchises and 4.5% work in chain management. … More
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Pizza Power Report 2020: Taking Advantage of Digital Disruption
The pizza industry is undergoing a radical transformation, but there will be no shortage of new moneymaking opportunities for operators who can adapt to change in the coming year.
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The 2019 Pizza Power Report: A State-of-the-Industry Analysis
When compiling this year’s Pizza Power Report, three themes kept appearing again and again: quality ingredients, technology and the youth culture. Consumers are increasingly insisting on the freshest, healthiest ingredients, a trend driven largely by younger segments of consumers, who also demand the highest technology available to … More
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The 2018 Pizza Power Report: A State-of-the-Industry Analysis
This year’s Pizza Power Report practically wrote itself. As we combed through the numbers and reviewed the year’s leading and trailing trends, the same buzzwords and brands kept appearing. It became crystal clear that pizza consumers want their pizza the way they want it and as fast as they can … More
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Pizza Power 2017 – A State of the Industry Report
Pizza makes everything better, but the world’s greatest food had to work overtime in 2016, which will long be remembered as the year we’d rather forget. Atrocities, natural disasters, the Syrian refugee crisis and the nastiest presidential election in recent memory left us all crying out for comfort—and pizza, … More
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The 2016 Pizza Power Report: A state-of-the-industry analysis
Pizza is like sex, the old joke goes: When it’s good, it’s great, but when it’s bad, it’s still pretty darn good. Then there are those free thinkers who, all joking aside, say pizza is better than sex. In a 2015 survey by gluten-free crust purveyor Smart Flour Foods … More
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The 2015 Pizza Power Report
Hamburgers may still be America’s No. 1 restaurant food, but make no mistake: Pizza is a whole lot cooler. When pop superstar Katy Perry got hungry in the middle of a concert in Kansas City, Missouri, this summer, she didn’t dial up the local Wendy’s. She ordered a pepperoni … More
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The 2014 Pizza Power Report
There’s an invasion under way in the pizza industry. Everyone from baristas to burger chefs, it seems, wants a slice of the action. The founders of Wetzel’s Pretzels, for example, put their own twist on pizza last year with Blaze Pizza (blazepizza.com), while Chili’s Grill & Bar rolled out a … More
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Pizza Power 2013 State of the Industry Report
It’s time again for PMQ’s yearly wrap-up of the state of the industry as well as our forecast for 2013. Each year since it began in 2000, our goal has been to continually enhance this annual report. This time around, in addition to data from key industry sources such as … More
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Previous Pizza Power Reports
2011 Report – Page 52 2010 Report – Page 56 2009 Report – Page 46 … More
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Pizza Power 2005
The pizza industry in the U.S. has reasons to celebrate this year and reasons to be concerned. After collecting data on the past year, PMQ brings you the 2005 Pizza Power report with some interesting results. Pulling data from InfoUSA, Technomic, NPD Crest, the National Restaurant Association and Leading Edge … More
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Pizza Power Report 2002
Well, the numbers are in for 2001 and what a crazy year it was. In 2001, the pizza industry felt the effects of cheese that approached $2 a pound, skyrocketing gas prices last summer, the fallout from the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, not to mention the frozen … More