PMQ, Inc. The pizza industry's #1 business media source. View this email in your browser   When a pizzeria in Manhattan gave catchy new names to its pies as part of a rebranding effort, little did the owner know that he was courting PR disaster. The new moniker for Bravo … More

PMQ, Inc. The pizza industry's #1 business media source. View this email in your browser   A Portland, Oregon, pizzeria’s combo special called The Wall has been earning online press coverage worthy of the self-promotional whiz who inspired it: Donald Trump. Vinnie’s Pizza promoted its new offer with a flyer … More

PMQ, Inc. The pizza industry's #1 business media source. View this email in your browser   Pizza Hut execs admitted last December they’d rather focus on convenience than quality. After overhauling its menu in 2014 to include more artisanal recipes and top-drawer ingredients, the mega-chain got little love from customers … More

PMQ, Inc. The pizza industry's #1 business media source. View this email in your browser   The competition for the world’s craziest pizza is heating up, literally, in South Korea. An Italian restaurant in Seoul recently made headlines with an extreme pizza called the Bomb, a basketball-sized dome of dough, … More

PMQ, Inc. The pizza industry's #1 business media source. View this email in your browser   Pop diva Mariah Carey proved on Sunday that pizza and white, silky lingerie are all it takes to make the Internet’s collective head explode. In Italy for her “Sweet Sweet Fantasy” tour, Carey baked a pizza … More

PMQ, Inc. The pizza industry's #1 business media source. View this email in your browser   After two consecutive silver-medal performances at the World Pizza Championship in Parma, Italy, Jamie Culliton of the Groupon U.S. Pizza Team finally struck gold today. With a lively, sophisticated routine set to Maroon 5’s … More

  What kind of message are your employees sending out to customers when you’re not there? A Domino’s franchisee last week learned a hard lesson about his staff’s customer relations skills from nurses at a nearby hospital. When the nurses ordered a pizza five minutes before the shop’s closing … More

Do you feel like you’ve tried everything to speed up slow weekdays—and run out of options? Here’s an idea from marketing guru Tom Feltenstein. Set up a fake picket line in front of your store, with employees and friends waving signs bearing short, positive messages, such as “I Love … More

PMQ, Inc. The pizza industry's #1 business media source. View this email in your browser   Robots may have just moved one step closer to taking over the world, starting with pizza. Domino’s Australia insists its new pizza-delivering robot—called Domino’s Robotic Unit (DRU)—won’t replace human delivery drivers, but it can … More

Are you losing market share to the big chains in your area? Restaurant consultant Aaron Allen says it comes down to one word: technology. “A closer look at 2015’s sales figures shows that, while pizza might have been the year’s most photographed food item on Instagram, the pizza players … More

For a brief period in the 1970s, pizza-making was dangerous work at Little Italy Pizzeria in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Bombs exploded in the shop on three different occasions between December 1974 and October 1975, sparking rumors that the mob was targeting the restaurant. FBI investigations never established a Mafia connection, … More

Being successful and making great food doesn’t necessarily make your shop newsworthy. Most reporters look for a human-interest angle—a heartwarming or inspiring story about a person who has overcome adversity. Maybe that person is you or your pizza maker or a waiter. Maybe it’s an employee with special needs … More