January 2025

Published: December 30, 2024Denise Greer

Read the January 2025 Issue of Pizza Today Magazine

Check out Pizzerias to Watch. We highlight standout pizzerias to watch in 2025. Explore how to use Growth Avenue SWOT Analysis and S.M.A.R.T. Goals to increase sales. Get a pizza dough systems check. Secure your customer and employee data from cyber threats. Find out how to build better vendor partnerships this year. Discover non-traditional sausages to use on your pizza menu.

You can check out the full Digital Edition — Pizza Today January 2025.

Topics Industry News

Expo Spotlight: Sarah Minnick, Chef and Owner of Lovely’s Fifty Fifty Is Coming to Pizza Expo!

Sarah Minnick, Chef and Owner of Lovely’s Fifty Fifty to be Tuesday Keynote Speaker at Pizza Expo in Las Vegas In the past, Pizza Expo keynote speakers have included some big names in business and food. This year is no exception: Sarah Minnick will...

Topics People & Pizzerias

Brian Zepsa, Zepeddie’s Pizzeria, Charlotte, North Carolina | Conversation

A Quick Q&A with Brian Zepsa, co-owner of Zepeddie’s Pizzeria, Charlotte, North Carolina zepeddies.com instagram.com/zepeddies/ Concept: Neighborhood pizza joint focused on high quality ingredients and customer service. Trying to offer somethin...

Topics Industry News

Commentary: Pre-Party

It was a pleasure putting together the pre-show workshops for this year’s International Pizza Expo. The event runs March 23-27, 2025, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. While the Expo show floor will be open March 25-27, I highly recommend you mak...

Topics Dough

Pizza Dough Systems Check | Knead to Know

The KEY to consistent pizza lies in your dough management systems Of all my years in cooking I have never met a more passionate person than a pizzaiolo/a. At times that passion may look like an argument with loud and fast talking and hand gestures ga...

Topics Finance & Growth

The Cost of Doing Business | Building Blocks

What does it really cost to run your pizzeria? “Build your business on fixed costs.” — Jeff Bezos When you start to pull data about failing businesses, there are many reasons why they don’t make it. A lot of people will blame sales, or employ...

Topics Finance & Growth

Credit Card Fees | Mike’s Monthly Tip

Gaming CC Fees Credit card fees seem minor but they add up quickly for restaurant operators. Navigating these costs has only gotten more complex, as POS providers partner with credit card companies. Today, restaurants have more transparency into thei...

Topics Menu Development

Serving Alternative Sausages in Your Pizzeria

Wurst Case Scenario: Explore fresh sausage ideas and recipes There have been many different sausages that have made their mark in history. In ancient Athens, Greece, hog puddings and sweetened sausages were all the rage and “the stuffed paunch of...

Topics Operations

Setting Up Strong Vendor Partnerships

Make building better vendor relationships a priority this year. As we head into Pizza Expo 2025, it’s a great time to look at an often-overlooked part of restaurant success: vendor relationships. Treating your vendors as true partners rather than a...

Topics Operations

Explore steps to secure your customer and employee data

Data Secured: Secure your customer and employee data from cyber threats Of all the things that we have to think about as pizzeria operators, cybersecurity probably falls somewhere near the bottom of the list of priorities. Yet, the threat of a cyber ...

Topics Finance & Growth

How to Grow Your Pizzeria Sales

Realities of Growth: Using Growth Avenue, SWOT Analysis and S.MA.R.T. Goals to increase pizzeria sales Stability is a false promise. In the pizza business you are either growing or decaying. But striving for growth is risky if you choose the wrong av...

Topics People & Pizzerias

2025 Pizzerias to Watch

Standout Pizzerias to Watch in 2025 Each year, we ask pizzeria operators to submit their businesses for consideration in our Pizzerias to Watch feature sharing their total operation, from menu, sales and employee programs to community outreach and ma...

January 2025

Read the January 2025 Issue of Pizza Today Magazine

Expo Spotlight: Sarah Minnick, Chef and Owner of Lovely’s Fifty Fifty Is Coming to Pizza Expo!

Brian Zepsa, Zepeddie’s Pizzeria, Charlotte, North Carolina | Conversation

Commentary: Pre-Party

Pizza Dough Systems Check | Knead to Know

The Cost of Doing Business | Building Blocks

Credit Card Fees | Mike’s Monthly Tip

Serving Alternative Sausages in Your Pizzeria

Setting Up Strong Vendor Partnerships

Explore steps to secure your customer and employee data

How to Grow Your Pizzeria Sales

2025 Pizzerias to Watch

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