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Brand & Marketing
Answering your pizza fans’ APP-etite
Build out your restaurant ordering app to engage with your customers Third-party ordering apps have found enormous success and restaurant apps can too. It may be time to develop or update your first-party channel to capture app users. The reason? Foo...
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Industry News
Kevin King, President and CEO of Donatos Pizza, is Coming to Pizza Expo Columbus!
Donatos Pizza President and CEO Kevin King tapped to give Keynote Address at Pizza Expo Columbus We’re excited to announce that Kevin King will be the keynote speaker for the inaugural Pizza Expo Columbus, which will take place Oct. 26-27 at The Gr...
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Industry News
Pizzeria of the Year | Mattenga’s Pizzeria! | Commentary
I want to take this opportunity to be the first to congratulate Matt and Hengam Stanfield. The co-founders of Mattenga’s Pizzeria in San Antonio are a pizza power couple like no other. They have steadily grown their Texas-based pizza company into a...
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People & Pizzerias
San Antonio, Texas-based Mattenga’s Pizzeria: Pizza Today’s 2025 Pizzeria of the Year
Mastering the Mattenga’s Playbook Hengam and Matthew Stanfield set out to work side-by-side to build a restaurant business and prioritize their family. A decade later, that business has grown tenfold into an impactful local restaurant chain in San ...
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Operations
Launching a Mobile Pizzeria: Auto Insurance (Part 10)
(Editor’s note: This is the tenth installment in a series about opening a mobile pizzeria by Jason Cipriani, co-owner of Sips & Pies. You can read the other articles here.) Admittedly, out of all the aspects of opening a mobile pizzeria, ins...
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Menu Development
Why Your Pizzeria Needs Limited-Time Offerings
Picture this: You’re scrolling through your social media feed when a local pizzeria’s post stops you cold. They’re featuring a truffle honey pizza that’s only available for one week. Suddenly, you’re planning your dinner around trying this ...
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Finance & Growth
The Hot-selling Move | Building Blocks
“Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time.” – Henry Ford As a very young manager, I learned the importance of marketing. I was a 22-year-old manager working for one of the big pizza companies. Once per month, ...
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People & Pizzerias
Lover’s Deli, Merced, California | Pizzeria Destinations
Learn How Lover’s Deli Uses ‘Hispanic flavors’ on Its Pizzas in California’s Central Valley Inspired by classic mom-and-pop shops portrayed on screen, Lover’s Deli was created to look like it’s always been there, says co-owner Eli Torre...
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Operations
Soda: The No. 1 Pricing Decision You’ll Make | Mike’s Monthly Tip
You know what people notice most on your menu? Your highest-priced item. If the pizza is over $30 – even if it feeds eight – the average customer thinks, “Oh, wow, that’s an expensive pizza.” That’s the one they talk about, compare and cr...
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People & Pizzerias
Mona Lisa and Michael Sharp of Sharpiros Pizzeria | Conversation
Q&A with Mona Lisa and Michael Sharp, who were presented with a $50,000 check by TikTok sensation Keith Lee to recognize their community outreach in Convers, Georgia Concept: Mona Lisa Sharp: Our pizzas originate from Buffalo, New York, and inclu...
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Operations
Standing Out in a Strip Mall | Restaurants & Pizzerias
Eight ways to draw positive attention to your business in a commercial hub With more than half of all U.S. adults living in suburban areas, strip malls – or “strip centers,” as they are called by real estate developers – are popular real es...
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Brand & Marketing
Doubling to Tripling a Restaurant’s Slow Day Sales
How one pizzeria operator increased sales on slow days at his restaurant Uncle G’s Pizza crushes sales on Fridays and Saturdays in Birmingham, Alabama. What about the rest of the week? Owner George Gilliam faced a common pizza restaurant issue, the...