13 Pizzeria Menu Trends from the Pizza Industry Trends Report

Key Menu Takeaways from the 2024 Pizza Industry Trends Report We have spent months pouring over last fall’s Pizzeria Operator Survey results. The extensive 2024 Pizza Industry Trends Report is a lot to digest and hits on many facets of pizzeria ope...

Hot Oil is a Great Pizza Topping and Condiment

The Stinger — Trending Hot Chili Oil Hot oil is the answer to what all your pizzas have been missing. Looking to add extra flavor to a basic cheese pizza? Hot oil. Looking for a fun condiment to keep on the tables? Hot oil. Does your Italian su...

When does a pizza become a regional pizza style?

Hairy Styles: Classifying Pizza Styles If you feel like you’ve been experiencing Regional Pizza Style Fatigue lately, you’re not alone. Not long ago, the vast majority of Americans categorized all pizza into just a few broad categories: New York ...

Think differently about how you use bell peppers on pizza

Bell Peppers on Pizza: Ring the Bell It’s time to ring the bell. Bell peppers, of course. Bell peppers ranked as the No. 8 most popular pizza topping in America, according to our pizzeria operator survey published in our 2025 Pizza Industry Trends ...

What makes a great pizza?

Walk through the Pizza Process Everyone’s ideal pizza will look, taste and feel differently. The key to building your perfect pie is understanding how to utilize different dough methods and how they will change your final product, picking the right...

The evolution of Traditional American Pizza

Traditional American Pizza Styles: States of Play Explaining what an American style pizza is to anyone is like showing them a what an American looks like. The breadth and depth of diversity of pizzas in this country is peppered with differing dough m...

Unconventional Pizza Toppings: Beginner’s Guide

Serhan Ayhan shares his approach to unconventional pizza toppings There’s no denying that the classics like pepperoni, mushroom, and sausage are tried and true. But earlier this year, New York Times Cooking called Brooklyn’s Cuts & Slices oxt...

Hottest of Hot Pizza Topping Trends 2024

New Pizza toppings to add right now So, what are the big pizza topping trends you will see this year? If you know me, you know I love analyzing and talking trends and industry change and evolution. For the past decade, it has been my mission to be ab...

What do you do with Canned Vegetables?

Canned Veggie to Pizza Topping Star Writing this article brought me back to the R&D days of Wholly Stromboli. I had many pie-in-the-sky ideas about which products I would and would not use in my restaurant. Settling for canned roasted red peppers...

The versatile Pesto sauce can be used as topping, base, marinade, dressing

Magical Pesto Pesto is one of those magic pizza toppings that can turn the most basic pie into something really special. The classic recipe is comprised of just a few ingredients but there’s no limit to putting your own unique spin on it. While mos...

On Deck: The Humble Onion

Get The Humble Onion Pizza Ideas When I was thinking of what to make next, I could not take my mind off onions. The most humble of all ingredients… always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Think about all the dishes that an onion is in to elevate th...

Wintertime Tomato Soups

Add the coziness of tomato soup to your specials menu Nothing says warmth in the winter like a hot bowl of soup. The choices of cozy soups are endless. As a pizzeria, go with your strengths and that is the tomato. Not the fresh tomatoes you feature i...
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