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Kitchen Automation!

From weighing ingredients to portioning dough, automations can save on labor costs and improve quality.

Adding Herbs, Spices and Other Elements to Your Pizza Dough

Adding Herbs, Spices and More to Your Pizza Dough

Incorporate flavors to your dough to give your pizza a delightful, textural crunch and flavor.

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Innovation, Trends from International Pizza Challenge

Discover pizza, dough and topping trends that shined at this year’s International Pizza Challenge during Pizza Expo.

 

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Pizza Today presents Immersive Top Pizza Styles Experience

Leading Pizza Industry Media Pizza Today Releases ‘Pizza Today’s Guide to the Top 10 Pizza Styles in the United States’ The Pizza Today team have launched an immersive and interactive experience to explore America’s most popular pizza styles. ‘Pizza Today’s Guide to the Top 10 Pizza Styles in the United States’ showcases the Top 10 […]

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Pizza Guys Opens 95th Location in Cypress, CA!

Cypress Welcomes Pizza Guys as the Brand Grows Its Golden State Footprint CYPRESS, Calif. – Pizza Guys – the Sacramento-based pizza franchise specializing in fresh, high-quality pizza creations – proudly celebrates the opening of its 95th store, now open in Cypress, CA, at 4143 Ball Rd near the edge of Orange County. The new Pizza […]

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

“Many competitors are pushing the limits of their toppings with marinades and infusion techniques. I look forward to seeing the Neapolitan and Classic divisions grow.” – Jeremy Galvin, president of Master Pizza and IPC lead coordinator Every year, the International Pizza Challenge is a study in the evolution of pizza in all its variations, themes […]

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Pizza Today presents Immersive Top Pizza Styles Experience

Leading Pizza Industry Media Pizza Today Releases ‘Pizza Today’s Guide to the Top 10 Pizza Styles in the United States’ The Pizza Today team have launched an immersive and interactive experience to explore America’s most popular pizza sty
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Connecticut Starts ‘Friendly Food Fight’ Pizza Tourism Campaign

When it comes to pizza, Connecticut is a drive-to state, not a drive-through state, according to Anthony M. Anthony, chief marketing officer for the state of Connecticut. Anthony is the mastermind behind Better Pizza in CT, a campaign designed to promote pride among Connecticut residents and drive tourism to the state’s independent pizzerias. This year, […]
Operations

Launching a Mobile Pizzeria: Brick and Mortar vs. Pop Up or Food Truck (Part 2)

(Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a series about opening a mobile pizzeria by Jason Cipriani, co-owner of Sips & Pies. You can read the first installment here.) Over about 15 months, my wife and I spent countless hours debating and talking about ways to make my dream of owning a pizzeria a […]
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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 integration of advanced technology in commonly used equipment, such as […]
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 commercial kitchen in Hopkins, Minnesota. “We thought it would be pretty […]
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 Spumoni was a best seller at the shop that ran from 1924 until 1959, but Mangieri […]
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 few other dishes. Add to that the number of dietary […]
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 commuting, working, running errands and, of course, ordering food. When visiting a restaurant, consumers might expect […]
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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. When James Beard Award-winning chef John Currence took an ownership stake in DeLuca’s, investing in a […]
Dough Production/Development

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

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 look at incorporating solid and semi-solid items into and atop our gluten matrix. […]

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261. Bouncing Back from Hurricane Helene in North Carolina

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259: Pizza Expo Series, Part 4: It’s a People Business

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Pizza Expo March 24-26, 2026

Now in it’s 42st year, International Pizza Expo remains unchallenged as the industry’s leading event. Join thousands of pizzeria professionals as they convene in Las Vegas for 3 days dedicated to all things pizza! With suppliers from across the globe, educational sessions taught by top industry professionals and national competitions, this event is one you simply cannot afford to miss.

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Pizza Expo Columbus, October 26-27, 2025

International Pizza Expo and Pizza Today magazine launch Pizza Expo Columbus. This new event, tailored for Midwest pizza industry professionals, will debut on October 26-27, 2025, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, OH.

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