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Pizzeria Digital Menu Boards Best Practices

High-tech screens can help pizzerias promote specials, change prices and engage with customers People spend a lot of time staring at screens – and not just on their personal devices. Consumers face multiple screens throughout a typical day of commu...
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Pizza Kitchen Automation for Consistency and Efficiency

From weighing ingredients to portioning dough, automations can save on labor costs and improve quality Anthony Valinoti spent years making the dough at Hot Springs, Arkansas-based DeLuca’s Pizza by hand – and his elbows were not happy about it. W...

Knead to Know: What to Know When Adding Herbs, Spices and Other Elements to Your Pizza Dough

here are many ways to differentiate your pizza crust from others. Replacing water with flavorful liquids can make for some great variations, as discussed in the April issue of Pizza Today. Now, as we delve deeper into pizza crust flavor, we must look...

Building Blocks: Giving Back with a Purpose

“There could be no definition of a successful life that does not include service to others.” – President George H.W. Bush Having a purpose and a clear vision about giving back to the community is inherent to the success of any charitable ca...

Pizza Destinations: Peppi’s Pizza, Miami, Florida

Go inside Peppi’s Pizza in Miami, Florida Each month in Destinations, we highlight an up-and-coming pizza spot in the U.S. In Pizza Destinations, we showcase a pizza place that may have just opened to rave reviews, hit best pizza lists or have...

Mike’s Monthly Tip: Everything’s Changed and Nothing’s Changed

Twenty years ago, I was walking neighborhoods to place door hangers and blowing up the phonebook company to be listed first with our “A name,” Andolini’s. Today, I’m crafting Instagram reels and shooting out tons of e-mails. But here’s the ...
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Conversation: Jennifer Bimonte-Kelly, Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven, Connecticut

A Q&A with Jennifer Bimonte-Kelly, granddaughter of Frank Pepe co-owner Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven, Connecticut as the the famous pizzeria celebrates its 100th anniversary Concept: My grandfather, Frank Pepe, opened Frank Pepe Pizz...
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Little Caesars® Love Kitchen® Celebrates 40 Years of Service and its 4 Millionth Guest in its Hometown of Detroit

DETROIT, May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — In a milestone year marking four decades of community service, the Little Caesars Love Kitchen rolled through its hometown of Detroit, providing free, hot pizza slices to thousands of people in need over...
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Pizza Hut Debuts First-Ever BOOK IT!® App

The revitalized summer reading program, “BOOK IT! Summer of Stories™,” launches June 1, offering free Personal Pan Pizzas® to young readers during the summer months PLANO, Texas, May 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — For the first time...
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Launching a Mobile Pizzeria: Getting Started (Part 1)

(Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a series about opening a mobile pizzeria by Jason Cipriani, co-owner of Sips & Pies.) On April 17, a lifelong dream of mine came true: I sold my first pizza. Actually, we sold 76 of them. It ...
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How to Sell Your Pizzeria for Top Dollar

(Editor’s note: This column is based on the author’s presentation during Pizza Expo 2025.) If you’ve been running a pizzeria and are starting to think about your next chapter, this guide is for you. After successfully selling two pizzerias myse...
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Mountain Mike’s Pizza Expands National Footprint With Virginia Development Deal

Leading family-style pizza chain to bring three restaurants to Old Dominion Mountain Mike’s Pizza to Debut in Virginia with Three-Unit Development Deal  IRVINE, Calif. (May 20, 2025) – Mountain Mike’s Pizza, a leading family-style pizza chai...
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