October 2023

Published: September 27, 2023Denise Greer

Read the October 2023 Issue of Pizza Today Magazine

It’s the Pizza & Pasta Northeast Show Issue. We kick of National Pizza Month at PPNE in Atlantic City. All the details in this issue. Find strategies on dealing with employee theft and recharging your sales when you’re in a slump. Get eggplant and calzone recipes. See why ham is so great on pizza. Lean more about limited time offers and jumpstarting your business by doing.

You can check out the full Digital Edition — Pizza Today October 2023.

Topics People & Pizzerias

Conversation: Anita Craig, 2 Dough Girlz Pizzeria Birmingham, Alabama

A Q&A with Anita Craig, 2 Dough Girlz Pizzeria Birmingham, Alabama Concept: We fuse food, fashion and hip hop together to create a fun approach environment. Taking an artisanal approach, we create food that is flavorful, fresh and clean. We use a...

Topics People & Pizzerias

Pizza Destinations: Silly Al’s Pizza, Quartzsite, AZ; Slice and Dice Pizzeria Albuquerque, NM; Bird Pizzeria Charlotte, NC

A Look at Pizza Places around the U.S. Silly Al’s Pizza | Quartzsite, Arizona Robbie Robertson helped his father Al build the restaurant in 1987. “We believe our continued success is because of our consistency,” Robbie says. “We are open ever...

Topics Operations

Building Blocks: POS System, Change is Constant

Long gone are the days of writing every order and check by hand. Point-of-Sale (POS) systems are as essential to the pizza business as a dough mixer or an oven. One could argue that the POS is the most important piece of equipment in the whole buildi...

Topics Menu Development

Man on the Street: Soft Serve Ice Cream Explosion

Pizza is clearly my number one food, but my second favorite is ice cream. They’re both simple on the surface but much deeper upon examination. Ice cream brings us back to our youth, just like pizza. It’s not uncommon to see ice cream or gelato in...

Topics Operations

Mike’s Monthly Tip: Science over Perfection

Every day we seek “Perfect.” The perfect dough, the perfect menu name, the perfect workflow, and sometimes we seek perfect before anything launches. Striving for perfection is commendable, but it can hinder progress. Today, I’d like...

Topics People & Pizzerias

Leveling Up Your Business

One pizza maker’s journey into the business after “analysis paralysis” I opened up a pretzel vending business in 2017 after finding a gourmet pretzel from San Diego Pretzel company. I acquired an old school pretzel cart from the guy who used to...

Topics Brand & Marketing

Make Limited Time Offers Work for You

The Limited Time Offer Limited time offers or LTOs can be a great way to test the viability of new menu items, move inventory that may be close to its expiration date, or increase sales on a particular day of the week, enter “Doppio Frico Tuesdays�...

Topics Menu Development

Calzone Crush! 3 Killer Calzone Recipes

For years I wasn’t really on the calzone train. Sure, I enjoyed them. But, to be honest, I always thought: “Why not just eat pizza? Same ingredients and I don’t need a fork.” And then one day I asked a friend who had an extensive calzone line...

Topics Menu Development

Ham on Pizza: 3 Delicious Ham Pizza Recipes

When it comes to pizza sales, ham is a top pizza topping contender Ham doesn’t get the fame and notoriety that other pizza toppings do these days. But don’t discount ham. When it comes to pizza sales, ham is still a top contender. In our State of...

Topics Menu Development

Eggplants: Classic ingredient brings profits to menu

Fall Favorite: Eggplant Recipes Eggplant has always been a favorite of mine. And it should be a favorite of yours, too! It’s a low-cost ingredient that brings both panache and profits to your menu! Throw in that it’s easy to work with, and the qu...

Topics Operations

Beverage Station Sanitation

If you’re in the restaurant business, you’re also in the cleaning business Sure, you may have a lot more passion for your wood-fired Neapolitan pizza Margherita or your chewy, crunchy rectangles of Detroit-style, but you need to take sanitation a...

Topics Finance & Growth

Taking Steps to Alleviate Flat or Declining Sales at Your Pizzeria

Hitting Walls or Ceilings with Growth From routine seasonal slumps to a global pandemic, there are many reasons for restaurant sales to flatten or decrease occasionally. Whether it’s due to the initial excitement of a grand opening wearing off, or ...

Topics Industry News

Pizza & Pasta Northeast 2023 Preview

Kicking off National Pizza Month Together Pizza & Pasta Northeast 2023 October is a big month in the pizza business. It’s National Pizza Month and we end the month with Halloween, one of the biggest pizza sales days of the year. This year, we k...

Topics Operations

4 Preventative Steps Against Employee Theft

Like it or not, employee theft happens. Here’s how to curb it. Last year, a female employee of a Pizza Hut in the southern Illinois town of Cahokia Heights halted her shift – and employment at the eatery – by snatching money from the registers ...

October 2023

Read the October 2023 Issue of Pizza Today Magazine

Conversation: Anita Craig, 2 Dough Girlz Pizzeria Birmingham, Alabama

Pizza Destinations: Silly Al’s Pizza, Quartzsite, AZ; Slice and Dice Pizzeria Albuquerque, NM; Bird Pizzeria Charlotte, NC

Building Blocks: POS System, Change is Constant

Man on the Street: Soft Serve Ice Cream Explosion

Mike’s Monthly Tip: Science over Perfection

Leveling Up Your Business

Make Limited Time Offers Work for You

Calzone Crush! 3 Killer Calzone Recipes

Ham on Pizza: 3 Delicious Ham Pizza Recipes

Eggplants: Classic ingredient brings profits to menu

Beverage Station Sanitation

Taking Steps to Alleviate Flat or Declining Sales at Your Pizzeria

Pizza & Pasta Northeast 2023 Preview

4 Preventative Steps Against Employee Theft

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