2020 Menu Guide
Find innovative appetizer, pizza, main dish and dessert recipes to take your menu into the 2020s. Explore rad appetizer ideas. Learn more about the Baby Boomer employee and get tips on POS system training.
December 2019
Published: December 1, 2019
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Brand & Marketing
Mike’s Monthly Tip: Gift Wrap Your Pizza
I love the night before Christmas. I’ve loved it since I was a little kid. I love gifts wrapped under a tree waiting to be opened. The anticipation of what’s inside of these perfectly wrapped boxes leads the mind to wander to a happy place of wha...
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People & Pizzerias
Destinations: Coda di Volpe, IL; The Wylder, ID, Licari’s Sicilian Pizza Kitchen, MI
Explore pizzerias around the U.S. Coda di Volpe | Chicago, Illinois VPN-certified Coda di Volpe joined Chicago’s ever-expanding pizza scene in 2016. It’s located in the Southport Corridor, not far from Wrigley Field. The restaurant is led ...
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Industry News
Conversation: Joe Mialki, Giuseppe’s Steel City Pizza, FL
Giuseppe’s Steel City PizzaPort Orange, Florida My concept is nothing new just something that’s been long forgotten to most of my generation and the generation before me even. For 40 years our goal as a business was to create a place that was so ...
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Menu Development
Appetizers: Let’s Get It Started
Introduce new wow starters When Pizza Today’s 2019 Independent Pizzeria of Year chef/owner Nick Strawhecker of Dante presented us with a spread of shareable delicacies, I knew we were in for a special treat during a visit to sister restaurant, Forn...
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Menu Development
2020 Menu Guide
Get appetizer, pizza, main dish and dessert recipes to take your menu into the 2020s. Browse Pizza Today’s 2020 Menu Guide: Summertime Pie Get the Summertime Pie recipe. Parmesan Zucchini Sticks Get the Parmesan Zucchini Sticks re...
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Operations
Seven Ways to Get Employee POS Training Right
Mastering the POS System Nils Kravis has big plans for Rad Pizza. A long-time restaurant executive who began his career with Pizza Hut in Canada before becoming the chain’s director of operations in Australia, Kravis has been involved in more than ...
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Dough
Knead to Know: Soft Sell
The Dough Doctor answers question about soft crusts, seafood pizzas and breakfast pies Q: My pizza dough gets too soft to hand toss after only two days in the cooler. What do I do? A: Your dough formula likely contains too much oil. Keep in mind that...
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Brand & Marketing
Man on the Street: “The Power of Words”
I’m done with the word “good.” I hear it every time I ask people what kind of pizza they like. They say things like “I want a good sauce,” and “I like a really good crust,” but I have no idea what they mean. Everybody has an idealized v...
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Employee Management
Five Benefits to Reap from Older Workers
The Baby Boomer Workforce “I’ve been shocked by how many skills have crossed from my former to current profession,” says Richard Williams, founder and owner of Luna Pizza Café in Greenville, North Carolina. Prior to being a restaurant owner, W...
