According to the Dallas Morning News, “Pizza Hut has sealed a deal to move its corporate headquarters from Addison to Plano and is planning to break ground next week, the company said Tuesday.”

Domino’s Pizza (NYSE: DPZ), the recognized world leader in pizza delivery, raised $2 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital during the 2009 Thanks and Giving campaign. This marks the largest single charitable donation in the history of Domino’s Pizza.

Golden Knights Pizza
(http://www.goldenknightspizza.com) in Orlando, Florida is a
local success story that can be appreciated anywhere in the
USA today. The key to their fame is their Facebook fans and
friends! After starting with Facebook
(http://www.facebook.com/GoldenKnightsPizza) and then
linking in BigHoller Restaurant Online Ordering
(http://www.BigHoller.com), Golden Knights Pizza was able to
generate over 2,000 fans and 1,500 friends in their first
sixty days.

The team at Nick-N-Willy’s Pizza in Park City, Utah is proud to have broken the record for the most pizzas ever tossed, baked and delivered by a single restaurant in the franchise company’s 21 year history. The record was broken during a 19 day period when the Park City fast casual restaurant prepared meals to feed close to 3,000 Sundance Film Festival volunteers. The initiative was part of the franchise company’s in-kind sponsorship agreement to support the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

According to the DeMoines Register, “Ankeny Fire Department officials are offering Papa John’s Pizza coupons as an incentive for residents to clear snow from around the fire hydrants in their neighborhoods.”

The seventh-annual North America Pizza & Ice Cream Show (NAPICS) will be held Feb. 21 and 22, 2010, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. The event is projected to attract a national audience of approximately 5,000 pizzeria and ice cream shop operators.

According to Nation’s Restaurant News, ” Beginning this summer, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health will require restaurants in the state to be more proactive in addressing potential reactions to food allergens.”

Phillips Foods, Inc. is inspiring innovation with authentic Steve Phillips World Cuisine Thai Red Curry and Thai Green Curry sauces. Simple solutions that bring an Asian twist to any menu, these easy to prepare finishing sauces deliver consistent, authentic flavors that celebrate the Thai culture. Fiery red chili peppers blend with coconut milk, garlic, lemongrass, sweet basil and kaffir lime to create the smooth and spicy Thai Red Curry Sauce. In the Thai Green Curry Sauce, coconut milk gives the sauce a rich taste, while small Thai eggplant adds texture to this traditional combination of spicy green chili peppers, galangal, lemongrass, sweet basil and kaffir lime.

NakedPizza, the high profile, New Orleans-based carry-out and
delivery pizza concept backed by billionaires Mark Cuban and
Robert Kraft of The Kraft Group, has awarded a 10 unit area
development contract for Louisville, KY and surrounding counties to
an investment group led by David Lawyer. Louisville is home to the
corporate headquarters of industry leader Papa John’s. The area
development award is the latest in NakedPizza’s 2010 national
expansion. In January, the company made awards of 50 units in
Florida and 8 units in Colorado with a total of 92 units under
development.

For years, Stevi B’s Pizza has received request after request from franchisees and customers to serve up another unique specialty pizza – one that combines breakfast, a beloved meal at anytime of the day, with pizza, one of America’s most beloved food choices. Time of day is usually irrelevant when you want pizza or breakfast, so Stevi B’s once again captures the hearts of pizza lovers everywhere by rolling out the best of both worlds – a fresh, piping hot breakfast pizza.

Jimano’s Pizzeria, a Chicago-based pizza franchise, brings the famous Chicago Deep Dish Pizza to the Lone Star State! Serving more than a perfect pizza Jimano’s also serves delicious salads, pastas, baby back ribs & sandwiches! Plano is in for the real deal!

According to the Boston Herald, “A New Hampshire company that makes organic pizza crusts has acquired the rights to a Vermont frozen pizza brand.”

According to QSR Magazine, “Anthony Russo, owner of Russo’s New York Pizzeria, will exhibit at the 2010 Gulfood Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the region’s largest and most important industry event. The food, drink, foodservice, and hospitality exhibition will take place February 21-24, taking up one million square feet of dedicated space at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Center.”

According to Star-Telegram.com, “Papa John’s Pizza delivered some dough to raise some dough for a fallen police officer.”

After winning an informal taste-test by the US Naval Academy, 7 Vocelli Pizza stores will work together to fill a 3,000-pizza order placed with Eric Chadwick and Mark Broadhurst’s Annapolis-area Vocelli Pizza franchises. 1,500 cheese and 1,500 pepperoni 14 inch pizzas will be delivered to the US Naval Academy at 4:30pm this Sunday, to feed the thousands of midshipmen cheering on their favorite Super Bowl contenders.

It’s love at first bite at Nick-N-Willy’s this Valentine’s Day. The pizza franchise company is bringing back its popular heart shaped pizzas for the fourth year in a row to celebrate the most romantic day of the year. This time, however,Nick-N-Willy’s is pleased to offer the pizzas at the “heart”-y discounted price of just $6.00 each, for a savings of over 50 per cent per pie. The large, one to two topping heart-shaped pizzas will be available from February 8th to the 14th at all 40 franchise locations throughout the country with a valid coupon, available in store or online at www.nicknwillys.com. The offer applies to all Nick-N-Willy’s convenient dining options – dine-in, baked pick up, take-n-bake, and delivery.

Daimer Industries, Inc.®, known in North America for its 60 Hz carpet cleaner systems, announced 50 Hz configurations of 5 of its popular unheated XTreme Power® XPC series carpet cleaners. The new machines include walk-behind floor models, mobile upholstery cleaning units, and powerful carpet shampooers.

Sandella’s Flatbread Café, known for its oven grilled flatbreads and fresh made-to-order panini sandwiches, wraps and salads, announced today it will celebrate Carnaval Brazilian-style with a FREE small soft drink give-away with every purchase of their signature oven grilled flatbread, the Brazilian Chicken Grilled Flatbread or their new Brazilian Chicken Ipanema Salad beginning February 9th and continuing through Fat Tuesday, when Mardi Gras and Carnaval celebrations are typically held in Brazil, February 16th,2010.

According to GetGreenLiving.com, “New Yorkers have gotten pretty good at finding new places to grow plants: rooftops in Brooklyn, abandoned rail lines in Manhattan, and now they’re conquering the tops of old shipping containers.”

According to CBN.com, “A Chicago pizzeria wants to make sure U.S. troops overseas have everything they need for a perfect Super Bowl party Sunday.”

Flippers Pizzeria is expanding its passion for pizza to the residents of Lake County. The Orlando-based pizzeria opens its Clermont Crossings doors-located at U.S. 27 and Steve’s Road-on Monday, February 8 at 4 p.m.