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Employee Management
The Pizzeria Manager of 2020
A look at the leadership role in the new decade Jeremy Galvin acknowledges this isn’t the pizzeria business he entered more than two decades ago, particularly as it relates to the role of manager. While the foundational basics of the manager’s po...
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Employee Management
Don’t Get Burned
Workers’ compensation insurance protects operators and employees Even the most careful and skilled workers can injure themselves through cuts, burns and falls. Accidents happen, and the good news for employers and employees is that workers’ compe...
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Menu Development
Cauliflower Dreaming
Cauliflower comes from a large family of many different colors and shapes that grows in tropical and temperate climates around the world. Until lately, the last place you would find cauliflower is in a pizzeria, but with customers new non-gluten/keto...
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Operations
Five Digital Ordering Necessities
To capture the benefit of digital ordering through a Web site or mobile app, pizzerias must nail the basics Kevin Myers sees it clear as day. The chief marketing and information officer at Ohio-based Donatos, Myers says the pizza delivery business ha...
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Finance & Growth
Retirement Planning: Walking into the Sunset
Retirement requires setting a plan, saving and installing systems that promote growth Though most pizzeria owners hope they can at some point retire and soar into their golden years, many will remain grounded by the realities of funding a stable, com...
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Brand & Marketing
Mike’s Monthly Tip: Set for Success
Your box is so much more than a box If you are still buying the generic blank pizza box or the one that has some cliched Italian version of a pizza maker on it, you’re saying: “I’m Anytown, Pizza Place USA. Nothing special here, move along folk...
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People & Pizzerias
Destinations: Bad Dad Brewing, IN; Gusto Pinsa Romana, CA; Angelo’s, PA
A Look at Pizzerias Across the U.S. Bad Dad Brewing Co. | Fairmount, Indiana Originally opened as a brewery in 2017, Bad Dad added a full-scale pizzeria operation a year ago. “We live by the mantra that ‘quality ingredients and attention t...
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Dough Production/Development
Knead to Know: Pizza Dough Questions on water temperature and sticking pizza peels
Dough Doctor discusses water temp and pizza peels Q: Does the temperature of the water matter that much when making pizza dough? A: The temperature of your dough is vitally important because it sets the stage for everything else that will happ...
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Industry News
Conversation: Joe Sheena, PizzaPapalis Detroit, MI
PizzaPapalis Detroit, Michigan PizzaPapalis started in 1986 in an area of Detroit known as the Greektown District. The concept started with a road trip to Chicago to watch Michigan play Illinois and the Lions play the Bears on the same ...
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Industry News
Meet the Maker: Paul Cataldo, Antonio’s Italian Ristorante, IN
Q&A with Paul Cataldo Antonio’s Italian Ristorante — Elkhart, Indiana How did you get your start with pizza? I started working in my uncle’s pizzeria when I was 15 on the weekends. Why Pizza? We are immigrants. I was born in Ital...
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Brand & Marketing
Mike’s Monthly Tip: Gift Wrap Your Pizza
I love the night before Christmas. I’ve loved it since I was a little kid. I love gifts wrapped under a tree waiting to be opened. The anticipation of what’s inside of these perfectly wrapped boxes leads the mind to wander to a happy place of wha...
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People & Pizzerias
Destinations: Coda di Volpe, IL; The Wylder, ID, Licari’s Sicilian Pizza Kitchen, MI
Explore pizzerias around the U.S. Coda di Volpe | Chicago, Illinois VPN-certified Coda di Volpe joined Chicago’s ever-expanding pizza scene in 2016. It’s located in the Southport Corridor, not far from Wrigley Field. The restaurant is led ...