Are We Getting Closer to Self-Driving Pizza Delivery Cars? ? ?

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Are Americans ready for pizza delivery via driverless cars? Domino’s has partnered with Ford Motor Company to find out. The two corporate giants are running an unusual study in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to find out if customers are cool with receiving their pies from a pimped-out set of wheels—minus any human interaction.

The study focuses on “the last 50 feet of the customer experience.” Read more at PMQ.com.

The Swiss Army Knife of Pizza Boxes (Sponsored)

Spotlighted on ABC’s Shark Tank, Ecovention’s flagship GreenBox product is a multifunctional, eco-friendly pizza box that transforms into four plates and a compact storage container for leftovers, eliminating the need for wasteful materials such as plastic wrap, aluminum foil and disposable plates. It’s a pizza box…reinvented for the 21st century and beyond.

Watch a GreenBox demo here.

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Recipe: Sausage, Beef and Arugula Pizza

From tofu to tempeh, alternatives to beef and pork abound, but to diehard carnivores—i.e., the vast majority of your customers—there is no substitute for meat. Here’s a great-tasting recipe combining two popular proteins, with some peppery arugula thrown in for good measure.

Check out the recipe at PMQ.com and give it a try!

Online Restaurant Equipment Auction Takes Place Today (Sponsored)

Restaurant Auction Marketing will host an online auction for restaurant equipment through 8 p.m. (EST) tonight, Wednesday, August 30, at numberoneauctions.net. Items up for bid will include a triple-stack stone deck pizza oven, Hobart mixers, dough shooters, prep tables, refrigerators, freezers and more.

Review the items and submit your bids here.