Tribecca Allie Café of Sardis, MS won the first annual SEC Pizza Championship held in Oxford, Mississippi during the annual Oxford Craft Beer and Food Festival. Six pizzerias competed from SEC towns. Damian “Dutch” Vanoostendorp, owner of Tribecca Allie Café competed with his specialty wood-fired pizza including ricotta cream, whole … More
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U.S. Pizza Team wins big in Italy
The US Pizza Team had a strong showing at the 23rd Annual World Pizza Championships in Parma, Italy April 7-9, 2014. The US Pizza Team represented the United States with 17 competitors this year, the largest team assembled in recent history. Jamie Culliton of Grimaldi's Pizzeria in Florida was named … More
US Pizza Team
Meet the U.S. Pizza Team
The U.S. Pizza Team (USPT) will be returning to Parma, Italy to compete in the 23rd annual World Pizza Championships April 7th-9th. The team will consist of 16 pizzaiolos from Indiana, Kentucky, California, West Virginia, Illinois, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Florida, Arkansas and Massachusetts. The World Pizza Championships bring hundreds … More
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St. Louis Pizza Chain Boosts Its Own Minimum Wage
The owner of a pizzeria in St. Louis is getting national recognition for doing what he felt was right: boosting his employees’ starting wages to $10.10 an hour. Pi Pizzeria, a small chain with five stores and a mobile unit in the St. Louis area, plus a sixth store in … More
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PMQ Exclusive: Neapolitan Express goes brick-and-mortar this spring
The popular, eco-friendly New York pizza truck, Neapolitan Express, is adding brick and mortar to the mix. They announced today that they have signed a long-term lease at 40 Wall Street, the Financial District tower owned by the Trump Organization. Set to open in spring , the pizzeria will serve … More
Business & Marketing
Turn a slow night into a moneymaker with these 5 promotional ideas
Some days—and nights—are slower than others. For most pizzeria owners, this is just a given, but innovative operators look for ways to transform slow nights into moneymakers or, at the very least, to create fundraising opportunities that endear them to the community and generate buzz. We checked around and came … More
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PMQ Exclusive: CEO of Minsky's Pizza explains why restaurants should take gluten-free needs seriously
The restaurant business is demanding. A successful eatery requires a consistently high-quality product served by a professional wait staff in an inviting and clean environment. Combined with a good location and a lot of hard work and dedication, the ultimate reward is happy and loyal repeat customers — and a … More
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The Pizza Plunge: Everybody's buzzing about Domino's bungee delivery promo
There has been a lot of talk in the United States and Britain about drone-based pizza delivery, but down in New Zealand, everybody’s buzzing about bungee delivery. PMQ talked with Fleur Revell, Impact PR Managing Director and Stunt Creator for Domino’s, about the pizza giant’s bungee jump delivery last month. … More
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New Yorker spreading good cheer to Twitter pals – one pizza at a time
In the spirit of giving this holiday, we wanted to introduce you to one good Samaritan who uses pizza to spread joy—and he does it via Twitter. Meet Sam Howe, known as @melip0ne on Twitter, a pie-loving philanthropist who found that giving pizza to hungry tweeters could bring people from … More
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Meet the ultimate pizza band: The Pizza Underground
PMQ Pizza Magazine heard the news and immediately had to reach out to Macaulay Culkin’s new band, The Pizza Underground, to talk pizza. The band consists of Culkin on the kazoo, Matt Colbourn on guitar, Deenah Kreutz on the glockenspiel, Deenah Vollmer on the pizza box (yes, the pizza box—we’re … More
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Love of pizza brings kids and social activists together in new web series
Recently we discovered a new web show, Pizza With an Icon, which brings teenagers together with an iconic figure for wide-ranging discussions while eating pizza. The show was created by Bonnie Abaunza, who co-produces it with Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer. John Prendergast, a human rights activist and the co-founder … More
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Hungry Howie's Pizza ad parodies Van Damme
When DBA Worldwide, the ad agency for the Hungry Howie’s Pizza chain, spotted a viral video featuring Jean Claude Van Damme and two Volvo trucks, they instantly realized that the ingenious Youtube spot was ripe for parody. The video depicts Van Damme standing rigidly, arms crossed, between two Volvo trucks … More