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2009 June: Creating Consistency

In order for their staff to stand out, operators should consider what their staff is wearing. Are the employees easy to spot? Are their shirts clean and wrinkle-free? Are their shoes appropriate? Do they look professional? Are their clothes accuratel...

2009 June: Did You Know?

The restaurant industry employs 13 million people in the United States. According to Technomic 77 percent of consumers eat pizza more than once per month, and 35 percent eat pizza more than once per week. 2008-2009 In a recent Pizza Today.com poll, 6...

2009 June: Dough Doctor

Take-and-bake pizza is growing in popularity, and I constantly get questions on how to make it without preparing special dough. At one time or another, you may have been asked to prepare a par-baked pizza for a customer. What you actually did was mak...

2009 June: Five Questions

Tom Iannarino owns and operates Terita’s Pizza in the Northland area of Columbus, Ohio. Iannarino’s father, Gus, founded the restaurant in 1959, two years before Tom was born. The younger Iannarino grew up in the family business — which only of...

Commentary: A Customer Service Failure

The pizza arrived blackened. And by that I do not mean merely overcooked or even slightly burned on the bottom — I mean “end of times” black. We posted a picture of it on our Facebook page (search: Pizza Today) with a short caption and ...

Conversation with Juli Ghazi, Pure Pizza, Charlotte, NC

Pure Pizza Charlotte, North Carolina Pure Pizza, a farm-to-table pizzeria opened in Charlotte’s 7th Street Market in May 2012. The location allows Pure to source many of its ingredients at the market. What makes our pizza healthier is a combina...

My Turn: Michael Bausch — Andolini’s Pizzeria, Tulsa, Oklahoma

What movie would you rather see: one on the life and times of Babe Ruth or one about Barry Bonds? I think even the most ardent Giants fan wants to be in with the original. Think of other originals and their imitators: the Beatles to the Monkees, R...

2009 May: Success!

The state of the U.S. economy is no laughing matter, but pizzeria operators are serious about remaining profitable in the face of the recession. That’s the message that came out of International Pizza Expo 2009 this spring. Nearly 5,700 operators a...

2009 June: Commentary

This past spring wasn’t an overly joyous time for Domino’s Pizza. In April, an employee at a franchised store in Conover, North Carolina, used a video camera to document her co-worker in the act of violating numerous food safety measures. The piz...

2009 May: A Pizza My Mind

The pizza business is currently drifting in unchartered waters. The old model of making, baking and serving a praiseworthy pizza with a smile just isn’t enough to pay the bills anymore. What are we to do to prosper in the future? I’ve heard this ...

2009 May: Did You Know?

Americans spend approximately $1.55 billion a day dining out.” 58 percent of respondents to a recent PizzaToday.com operator survey say pizza accounts for 70 percent, or more, of their food sales. 91 percent of restaurants in the U.S. have fewe...

Dough Doctor: Preventing Bubbles on Pizza Crusts

How to prevent my pizza crust from bubbling in the oven? I hold a special place in my heart for bubbles and blisters on pizza crusts — because this was the first problem I ever worked on. To prevent them, what you need to concentrate on are dough t...
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