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2014 Pizza Today Menu Guide — Fall
[SlideDeck2 id=26546] «Menu Guide Home «Winter «Spring «Summer «Fall More great fall recipes: Devil Fingers Jay Jerrier Cane Rosso, Dallas, TX 1 10 ounces pizza dough ball 3 ounces Nutella 2 ounces caramel 1 ounces powdered sugar For mor...
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Menu Development
The Magic of Marsala
You would never guess that just three basic ingredients lay the foundation for a high-end classic Old World dish. But that’s exactly the case of chicken or veal Marsala, which relies on cutlets, wine and mushrooms. In it’s simplest incarnation, a...
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Operations
Use benefits of phone system to increase sales, productivity
Investing in a call management system, whether simple or sophisticated, is money well spent when operators learn to take full advantage of the system’s features. Today’s call management systems have the capacity for multiple to unlimited phone li...
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Pizzeria Restaurant Closing Procedures Checklist
Jason Petro, owner of Red Star Pizza Company in Seymour, Indiana, borrows from a popular sales mantra in his approach to closing procedures: “Always be closing.” With a limited staff, it’s a method that has served his small pizzeria well. “Th...
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Tony Gemignani talks tips on buying wood-burning ovens
Q: Should I buy a wood-burning oven when I open my pizzeria? A: I get this question almost every day. I just had a course at the end of summer with three students, and all of them were in a frenzy over which oven to buy. Our course was based on two s...
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Perfect Pasta Prep
Many of you have contemplated adding pasta to your menu but may still be reluctant. Well it’s time to cast your worries aside. I’ve written about pasta in the past and have even lead demos at International Pizza Expo. My goal now is to bring you ...
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Employee Management
Employee Incentive Programs Help Control Turnover
Inside the Chicago-based corporate office of Home Run Inn, a wall features dozens of photographs of employees who have been with the 90-year-old company for more than two decades. For Home Run Inn president Dan Costello, the images not only celebrate...
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Operations
Dress for Success: Communication with staff is key when enforcing dress codes
There is something noticeable about the staff’s look at Cocco’s Pizza in Primos, Pennsylvania — expression of individuality and brand awareness. Employees sport graphic T-shirts with the pizzeria’s name and logo. Owner Michael Cocco says his ...
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People & Pizzerias
2013 Top 100 Pizza Companies List
Click here to view and download pdf version of Pizza Today’s Top 100 Pizza Companies. For the most recent Top 100 Pizza Companies list, visit: Rankings of America’s Top Pizza Companies and Independent Pizzerias. Pizza Today counts down the To...
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Il Pizzaiolo: Anthony’s Pizza & Italian Restaurant
When most folks think about Orlando, it’s the theme parks, conventions and tourism that readily come to mind. but for Bronx-native Johnny Markaj, the bustling downtown district is where he has carved a niche for his pizzeria, Anthony’s Pizzeria &...
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2013 Pizza Today Top 100 Pizza Companies
Last month, we published our list of the nation’s 100 most successful independent operations. Now, we present to you our yearly listing of America’s 100 largest pizza chains. Click here to view the list. SIX UP AND COMERS #12 Marco’s Pizza Tole...
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Il Pizzaiolo: Pizza Today travels to Lefty’s Chicago Pizzeria in San Diego, California
[SlideDeck2 id=576] Far from the midwest both geographically and culturally, San Diego isn’t exactly the place in which one would expect to find stellar Chicago-style pizza. But that’s exactly what we discovered this summer when our travels took ...