June 2025

Published: May 29, 2025Denise Greer

Read the June 2025 Issue of Pizza Today Magazine

This month, we focus on restaurant technology. See what’s hot in tech trends this year. Explore kitchen automation that can save labor costs and improve quality. See how digital menu boards can help you stay on top of menu prices in a fluctuating economy. After a record-breaking Pizza Expo and International Pizza Challenge, we explore pizza trends from the world pizza competition. Find summer dessert inspiration. Discover how to take your side salads to entree status.

Check out the full Digital Edition — Pizza Today June 2025.

Topics Operations

The Pizza Tech Landscape

Making smart technology upgrades can level up your business As I walked the show floor at Pizza Expo in March, it was clear that pizza has gone high tech. While there were “oohs and ahhs” over the latest robotic and AI technology, it was the inte...

Topics Menu Development

Pizza Ice Cream?

Pizza ice cream might have started as an April Fool’s gag, but it became the flavor of the week at A to Z Creamery, a luxury ice cream producer whose customers eagerly pre-order weekly ice cream drops and pick up pints from the creamery’s commerc...

Topics Menu Development

Cool treats and fresh flavors make summer the sweetest time for dessert

Long before he opened Una Pizza Napoletana – first in New Jersey and later in Manhattan – pizzeria owner and chef Anthony Mangieri grew up hearing about his grandfather’s chocolate and ice cream shop in Maplewood, New Jersey. Three-flavor Spumo...

Topics Menu Development

Salads make a perfect summer entrée

One of the most basic yet essential rules of owning a restaurant is: Have something for everyone. While many pizzerias have the capacity to offer a broad range of items, expanding the menu can seem intimidating if your shop is limited to pizza and a ...

Topics Industry News

2025 International Pizza Challenge filled with wall-to-wall pizza excitement

International Pizza Challenge emcee John Gutekanst reveals emerging pizza trends from this year’s world pizza competition “Many competitors are pushing the limits of their toppings with marinades and infusion techniques. I look forward to see...

Topics Operations

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...

Topics Operations

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...

Topics Dough

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

There 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 loo...