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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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Menu Development
Meat Combination Pizzas: We Meat Again
Meat combination pizzas remain menu mainstays Meat and I have a funny relationship. I once took a butchery course and found it to be incredibly therapeutic. Maybe it was the connection with the animal you’re about to cook, or the focus it ta...
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Returning Customers: Go Where Everybody Knows Your Name
The recipe for increasing guest frequency and earning returning customers Dan Costello understands regularly returning customers remain the lifeblood of any restaurant business. “If you’re one and done with customers, then it’s not a sustaina...
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People & Pizzerias
Peer-to-peer relationships make you better
Steel & Velcro Steel sharpens steel. Being around the best makes you better. Knowing great people helps you become a part of their greatness. If you want to have a restaurant with no competition, I suggest you open a pizzeria in the middle of a d...
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Pizza Today On the Road: Woodstock’s Pizza, San Diego, CA
San Diego-based Woodstock’s Pizza strikes balance of legendary and relevant status In November 2019, San Diego-based Woodstock’s Pizza became the highest performing independent pizzeria in the U.S., moving up to No. 1 on Pizza Today’s Hot 100 I...