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Mike’s Monthly Tip: On with the Show

You are an entertainer, not just a restaurateur Facts are indisputable. They don’t care what you think about them, because they’re facts. It doesn’t matter if you agree or not. Here’s an indisputable fact: You and I are both in the entertainm...

Potatoes on the Menu: Starch Raving Mad

Potato Pizza Ideas Don’t hate … potate Potatoes are like life; they never cease to amaze and confuse me. These orbs that grow nestled in mother earth’s embrace give sustenance to most humans on our little orb and follow only wheat and rice in t...

Italian American Classics Reinvented

Find fresh new ways to makeover two traditional pastas In restaurant kitchens, as in life, sometimes you just need to mix things up. Traditional Italian American pasta dishes like spaghetti and meatballs and fettuccini Alfredo provide a classic found...
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How Pizzeria Owners Can Get Financial Help from the SBA

What You Need to Know About Getting Financial Stimulus Money  By Pizza Today Staff  Small business owners, pizzerias included, are eligible for SBA loans for two months of payroll, and repayment will be forgiven if the rules are followed....
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Pizza Expo Cancels June 2020 Event

During these difficult and uncertain times, we are continually reminded what an important role the Pizza Expo community plays in each of our lives. While the original reason for our coming together was to conduct business, over the years, the transac...
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COVID Owner Hustle

A Pizzeria Survival Guide We’re on day 7 of this incredibly unprecedented event known as COVID-19. Circumstances now will radically change the industry as well as society forever. I imagine a future with social distancing sections of restaurant...
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Pizza Industry Stands United to Help Feed Families and Communities

Washington, D.C. – March 20, 2020 – Members of the American Pizza Community (APC), which represents owners and operators of the nation’s largest pizza brands, stand united in their continued effort to bring pizza to families and communities ever...
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Pizzerias stay resilient amid Coronavirus pandemic — LATEST UPDATES

A look at ways pizza restaurants are responding to COVID-19 Restaurants are already feeling the impact of COVID-19 and from the latest news from the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization. The pizzeria industry has a history of...
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International Pizza Expo: POSTPONED until June 26-28

The health and safety of each and every member of our community and our staff is of theutmost importance to us. After closely monitoring the risk and impact of COVID-19 on a daily basis, and speaking at length with members of our community, Int’l P...
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Meet the Maker: Nicholas Franchi, Upper Crust Pizza, Akron, Ohio

  A Q&A with Nicholas Franchi, Managing Partner at Upper Crust Pizza in Akron, Ohio   How long you been making pizza? Approximately 11 years. Why pizza? When I was a teenager, I was looking for a job and the first opportunity given to m...
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Conversation: Michele Atkins, Mater’s Pizza & Pasta Emporium, Gadsden, Alabama

  Mater’s Pizza & Pasta Emporium Gadsden, Alabama   The Mater’s concept was to make a truly Southern pizza — generous, hearty, tasty and filling. A working-class family could have a nutritious meal without over-spending. The name ...
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Mike’s Monthly Tip: The Glorious Mea Culpa

How I righted a wrong I messed up huge. I over-promoted an event. I didn’t even know that was possible. Our 15th anniversary for Andolini’s Pizzeria was on January 8th of this year. Typically, our anniversary goes off with little to no fanfare. A...
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