February 2023

Published: February 1, 2023Denise Greer

The Pizza Expo Pre-Issue

Discover all the excitement of Pizza Expo 2023, including insider tips. Get tips and strategies on PTO, POS upgrades, to-go liquor, and health inspections. See what goes into creating the best traditional division pizza in the International Pizza Challenge. Find menu ideas and recipes, including meatballs, pulled pork and chicken wings.

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

Topics People & Pizzerias

Pizza Destinations: Graziella’s Artisan Pizza, Sandwich, MA; Bricco, Westmont, NJ; SLAB Pizza, UT

A Look at Pizzerias Across America Graziella’s Artisan Pizza | Sandwich, Massachusetts Graziella’s Artisan Pizza is a second location of a popular Italian restaurant, Graziella’s. With the tagline “Neighborhood Pizza Done Right!”, Gr...

Topics Industry News

Pizza Expo 2023 Preview: Going for the Record

Let’s have the biggest Pizza Expo ever! We’re expecting more than 9,000 pizzeria owners and operators to converge on the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center on March 28-30. With so much packed into the week, we’re here to get you ready...

Topics Finance & Growth

Man on the Street: Popping the Pop-Up Pizza Concept Bubble

A few weeks ago, I ran into a friend who makes pizza for a living. She got her start about five years ago and has been busy running pop-ups at bars and events ever since. She told me about plans to shift up from running spotty pop-ups to something mo...

Topics Dough

Knead to Know: The Art of Focaccia

A guide to the versatile Italian Flat Bread Focaccia Oh, focaccia! How I love thee. Focaccia holds a lot of meaning for me. In the last two years, focaccia has been the one thing that has taught me the most. It has been the one item that I have gone ...

Topics Employee Management

Building Blocks: Bad Hire?

Don’t blame others for a bad hire. Look in the mirror. We all know the saying about subpar employees: One bad apple ruins the barrel. But if that’s true, why do we as pizzeria owners tolerate the bad apples on our staffs? Obviously, no one wants ...

Topics Operations

How to ace your next health inspection

What you need to know before your restaurant’s next health inspection It’s coming, though few pizzerias know when. The health inspection is a regular event on every restaurant’s calendar and while some of the nation’s restaurant operators...

Topics Operations

Offering Beer, Wine and Liquor To-Go

Pizzeria owners can still sell alcohol for takeout and delivery if they follow regulations Sales of beer, wine and liquor to-go helped many restaurant operators stay in business during the pandemic. These sales were made possible when state governmen...

Topics People & Pizzerias

Conversation: Lee Kindell, MOTO Seattle, Washington

MOTO Seattle, Washington Concept: MOTO “OddPizza” is a combined expression of all my pizza making experience, mostly inspired by my travels to the night markets in Asia and Europe, where I found unique, quality food from fast, efficient op...

Topics Employee Management

Mike’s Monthly Tip: The Value of a Leader

Why is it that you can have two people with relatively the same age, background and acumen have two vastly different outcomes from the same team? The straightforward and non-simple answer is leadership. Once you see them in action, is only when you s...

Topics Employee Management

A Framework for Paid Time Off

Proper PTO Paid time off, also known as PTO, isn’t easy for restaurant companies to navigate. It can enhance the likelihood of retaining top-tier talent, but it can also be easily abused. PTO is never fun when it leads to vital personnel gone when ...

Topics Brand & Marketing

Pizza Restaurant Creative Promotions for Visibility and Volume

The Sizzle Want to increase your volume? Strategic promotions can persuade both new and existing customers to pop in or to place a few orders. While coupons and discounts are tried and true, there are plenty of other creative promotions you can offer...

Topics Operations

What To Look For In A POS Upgrade

Next-Gen POS Think back to how restaurants were operated only 30 years ago. Many used handwritten order slips that were passed back to the kitchen. Customers were rung out on a cash register sitting on the counter. If you wanted to pay by credit card...

Topics Operations

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion In Practice

Applying your DEI principles into business operation Diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI as it is commonly referred to, is a practice that welcomes employees of all backgrounds to an open and equitable workplace. The restaurant industry has long ...

Topics Menu Development

Pulled Pork Barbecue Pizza is a Can’t-Miss Hit

Pulled to Perfection What do you consider the “taste of summer?” When the days are long and hot and the kids are out of school and thoughts turn to vacations and swimming pools and baseball … what foods do you typically enjoy? Burgers on the gr...

Topics Menu Development

Judgement Day: the Excitement of the International Pizza Challenge’s Traditional Pizza Competition

Nothing is more challenging than competing in the traditional pizza category in the International Pizza Challenge in Las Vegas. As a Pizza Expo competitor, your culinary perspective and craftsmanship is judged by chefs and professionals by comparing ...

Topics Menu Development

Keeping Chicken Wings on the Menu

Can You Wing It? The debate about whether to offer chicken wings is a hot topic among operators and not just a post-pandemic issue. Pricing and availability of chicken wings has been a long-standing issue for pizzeria operators. Chicken wings may ver...

Topics Menu Development

Meatball Madness: Creative Meatball Recipe Ideas

The versatility of meatballs Meatballs are one of those essential items at a pizzeria. Whether you make them in house or get them pre-made, a good meatball adds a lot to your menu. Often, the biggest issue we have with meatballs at my shop is making ...

Topics Brand & Marketing

Value Proposition: Elevate Your Elevator Speech

There are many unique terms used in the business world. It seems to me that many of these terms are jargon. ‘Jargon’ is defined as “special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to u...

February 2023

The Pizza Expo Pre-Issue

Pizza Destinations: Graziella’s Artisan Pizza, Sandwich, MA; Bricco, Westmont, NJ; SLAB Pizza, UT

Pizza Expo 2023 Preview: Going for the Record

Man on the Street: Popping the Pop-Up Pizza Concept Bubble

Knead to Know: The Art of Focaccia

Building Blocks: Bad Hire?

How to ace your next health inspection

Offering Beer, Wine and Liquor To-Go

Conversation: Lee Kindell, MOTO Seattle, Washington

Mike’s Monthly Tip: The Value of a Leader

A Framework for Paid Time Off

Pizza Restaurant Creative Promotions for Visibility and Volume

What To Look For In A POS Upgrade

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion In Practice

Pulled Pork Barbecue Pizza is a Can’t-Miss Hit

Judgement Day: the Excitement of the International Pizza Challenge’s Traditional Pizza Competition

Keeping Chicken Wings on the Menu

Meatball Madness: Creative Meatball Recipe Ideas

Value Proposition: Elevate Your Elevator Speech

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