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S5E1 Rising Star John Cesarano on Continuing a Legacy
Listen to John Cesarano on The Hot Slice Podcast King Umberto is a legendary Long Island, New York pizzeria. We sit down with one of its youngest partners, Giovanni (John) Cesarano. John is one of Pizza Today’s Rising Stars in the June edition of P...
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S4E12 From Food Truck to Brick-and-Mortar Pizzeria
Listen to Marcus Medina on The Hot Slice Podcast Listen to a rising star in the pizzeria industry Marcus Medina talk food truck beginnings and opening his carryout-only pizzeria, Hella Pie Pizza Co. in Tracy, California, in the midst of the pandemic....
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S4E11 The Pizza Today Team Talk Critical Industry Issues
Listen to the Pizza Today Team on The Hot Slice Podcast The team at Pizza Today gather to discuss what’s happening right now in the pizzeria industry. We’re tackling the worker shortage, a big push to switch to the Delivery and Carryout Only mode...
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S4E10 Life of a Seasonal Maryland Pizzeria with Brenda McDonnell
Listen to Brenda McDonnell on The Hot Slice Podcast Brenda’s Pizzeria sits in the mountains of rural Maryland. Owner Brenda McDonnell shares the inner workings of the business, as well as how it has fared during the pandemic. See how she rewards he...
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S4E9 Hiring & Retention
In the face of a quickly shrinking labor pool, Pittsburgh-based pizzeria owner extraordinaire and Pizza Today contributor Nick Bogacz is springing into action with an aggressive hiring and employee retention plan. Editor-in-Chief Jeremy White and Exe...
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S4E8 Piece Out with Bill Jacobs of Piece Pizzeria and Brewery, Chicago
Listen to Bill Jacobs on The Hot Slice Podcast Bill Jacobs of Piece Pizzeria and Brewery in Chicago sits down with Jeremy White and Josh Keown on this episode of The Hot Slice podcast. As Piece nears its 20th anniversary, Jacobs discusses New Haven-s...
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S4E7 Maggie Mieles: Growing Up in the Legendary Di Fara Pizza
Listen to Maggie Mieles, di Fara Pizza, on The Hot Slice Podcast Executive Editor Denise Greer sits down one-on-one with Maggie Mieles, daughter of Dom DeMarco who now operates the famed di Fara pizza in New York. Maggie shares stories of her father ...
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S4E6 Buddy’s Pizza, The Original Detroit Pizza
Detroit-style pizza has exploded across the U.S. Creative Director Josh Keown and Executive Editor Denise Greer ‘sit down’ with the Chief Brand Office at Buddy’s Pizza Wes Pikula. Wes takes us through Buddy’s past, present and future. Wes tal...
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S4E5 Leah Scurto – Making the Jump to Pizzeria Owner
Leah Scurto opened her Sonoma, California-area pizzeria, PizzaLeah, just four days before the COVID-19 shutdown. She talks candidly about the realities of operating a new business with Creative Director Josh Keown and Executive Editor Denise Greer. L...
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S4E4 Three Decades of Success
Listen to Dave Dombrowski on The Hot Slice Podcast Jeremy White and Denise Greer sit down with Dave Dombrowski, owner of PizzaMia in New Lenox, Illinois, for this week’s episode of the Hot Slice. An experienced operator, Dave will celebrate 30 ...
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S4E3 Hot Marketing Trends with Clayton Krueger
Listen to Clayton Krueger on The Hot Slice Podcast In this episode, Creative Director Josh Keown and Executive Editor Denise Greer introduce a one-on-one marketing trends talk with Denise and Clayton Krueger, Director of Marketing and Communications ...
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S4E2 A “sit down” with the Great John Arena
Listen to John Arena on The Hot Slice Podcast This episode, we tap one of the most brilliant minds in the pizza business John Arena. John owns Metro Pizza in Las Vegas. He is not only a successful pizzapreneur, but also a dough expert and mentor to m...