PMQ’s longtime Accounting For Your Money contributor, Michael Rasmussen of Hi Tech CPA, has been tracking down the facts and resources pizzeria operators need to take advantage of new funds available through the federal stimulus law. Rasmussen will explain how pizzeria owners can get their coronavirus money in an exclusive … More
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Eric Greenwald of Grimaldi’s: Use Instagram Live to Connect With Customers During Pandemic
Eric Greenwald, president of Grimaldi’s Pizzeria, helped launch the brand in 2003 and has steered its growth to more than 40 locations in Arizona, California, Nevada, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, South Carolina, Florida, Texas, Wisconsin and New York. Through fundraising initiatives, Grimaldi’s donated more than $192,000 to Share Our Strength’s No … More
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Why Pizzerias Should Double Down on Marketing – Mindfully – During the Coronavirus
By Darren Easton, Vice President & Creative Director, The Cyphers Agency Now that the COVID-19 pandemic has added “social distancing” to the vernacular and made in-home dining Americans’ only choice, pizzeria operators find themselves in an interesting position. On the one hand, they’re facing operational challenges and the unexpected loss … More
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How Will the Senate’s Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Benefit Pizzerias?
Editor’s note: This story has been updated as of 11:05 p.m., Wednesday, March 25, with quotes from a National Restaurant Association executive. A Senate bill with bipartisan support would provide relief for many Americans—including restaurant owners and employees—affected by the coronavirus health crisis in the form of substantial increases in … More
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Stoner’s Pizza Joint Franchisee John Stetson Shares Advice for Weathering the Coronavirus Storm
As schools have closed down across Florida due to the coronavirus pandemic, low-income Broward County children who depend on school lunches are getting treated to the best free food of all—pizza, courtesy of serial entrepreneur John Stetson, owner of four Stoner’s Pizza Joint franchises in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Savannah … More
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Relief Centers in 11 Major Cities Offering Food, Essentials to Laid-Off Restaurant Workers
In response to massive layoffs in the hospitality industry due to the coronavirus pandemic, Edward Lee, the chef/owner of multiple restaurants in Louisville, Kentucky, and cofounder of the nonprofit, The LEE Initiative, has partnered with Maker’s Mark to spearhead relief efforts for restaurant workers in major cities across the U.S. … More
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Ellis Island Exhibit Traces History of Pizza through Immigration
The National Park Service and Evelyn Hill Inc., the food service concessionaire at the Statue of Liberty since 1931 and Ellis Island since 2009, cooked up a way to celebrate pizza. The organizations invited five purveyors of one of America’s favorite foods to share their crusty craftsmanship and their founder’s … More
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French Robotics Company Receives $10M Investment for Fully-Automated Restaurant
A pizza robot company, PAZZI, recently received €10 million ($12,760,000 USD) in anticipation of opening a fully-automated pilot restaurant with pizza robots. The investment is from Singaporean fund Qualgro along with French fund Eutopia and investors Partech and Daphni. “The autonomous restaurant concept offered by PAZZI is meeting a growing … More
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MIT Teaches AI to Configure Recipes from Pictures of Pizza
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created an AI network that reverse-engineers pizza by deconstructing a scanned picture of the pie to its basic ingredients. The scientists at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and the Qatar Computer Research Institute (QCRI) created a neural network which … More
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ESPN3 Gears Up to Broadcast Third U.S. Pizza Team Event This Year
For the third time this year, pizza athletes will test their mettle under the gaze of TV cameras as the U.S. Pizza Team (USPT) holds its Summer Trials in Haverhill, on June 25. Talented pizza makers from far and wide will gather at the New England Pizza Conference to compete … More
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Domino’s to Test Driverless Delivery in Houston This Fall
Domino’s is famously known as the tech company that delivers pizza, and its latest innovation will feature driverless pizza delivery. The pizza chain has announced a partnership with Nuro, a robotics company founded by two former Google engineers, for a pilot program of self-driving cars delivering pizza throughout Houston, Texas … More
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Indiana’s First Restaurant Accelerator Taking Applications for Chef/Operators
The city of Fishers, Indiana, has launched a search for chefs who will become the first occupants of its restaurant accelerator, the Fishers Test Kitchen. The accelerator, the first in the state, will open this fall within the new Sun King Brewing in The Yard at Fishers District. The Fishers … More