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Industry News
Papa Johns deepens strategic partnership with the Bajco Group to expand presence in North America with 50 new stores by 2028
Papa Johns continues to expand the company’s North American footprint with plans to open 50 new restaurants in partnership with longtime franchisee Nadeem Bajwa ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr. 9, 2024– Papa John’s International,...
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Dough Production/Development
Pizza Dough Recipes for Top Trending Pizza Styles
Learn how to make the year’s biggest pizza styles: Detroit, New York, Grandma, Sicilian, Chicago Thin We’re predict which pizza style will be the year’s trending pizza style. During our recent pizzeria operator survey, we asked which pizza styl...
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People & Pizzerias
Pizza Destinations: Hot Pizza Cold Beer, St. Louis; Bestia, LA, Fat Olives, Flagstaff
A Look at Pizzerias Across America: Hot Pizza Cold Beer, St. Louis; Bestia, LA, Fat Olives, Flagstaff Each month in Destinations, we highlight great pizzerias that have hit our pizza radar. These pizza places may have just opened to rave reviews, hit...
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Industry News
Official International Pizza Challenge 2024 Best Pizza Winners are…
See who won world’s best pizza in Pan, Non-Traditional, Traditional, Neapolitan, Cheese Slice Pizza and Partner Competitions at Pizza Expo Pizza makers from pizzerias around the world went head-to-head to find out who makes the best pizza in the wo...
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Dough Production/Development
Knead to Know: What Does pH Do to Pizza Dough?
A Pizza Today Reader asks: I add old dough to new dough but have noticed it’s more acidic. When is it too much and what makes it ‘too much’? What does PH do to dough? You asked so you shall receive! Let’s talk about pH or acidity in dough. No...
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Industry News
5 Ways to Bring Spring onto your Restaurant Menu
Spring is a time of renewal. Let’s give your menu a spring spruce up. After sparse winter offerings, spring ushers in new and exciting produce to try on your menu. There are so many new vegetation “popping up” from the ground. Why not turn the ...
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Industry News
Total Solar Eclipse, April 8, is Your Business in the Path of Totality?
Plan for a Big Day on Monday, April 8, 2024 — Total Solar Eclipse On Monday, April 8, a Total Solar Eclipse will cross parts of the U.S., giving communities in the Path of Totality an economic boost. A recent Forbes article indicated that the U...
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Menu Development
Building Blocks: Build Guides and Recipes Create Consistency
“Consistency is what transforms the average into excellence” – Tony Robbins Whether you have one pizzeria or 10, two of the biggest keys to success in the pizza industry are duplication and consistency. Often times, you will hear operators ...
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Brand & Marketing
Mike’s Monthly Tip: ROI Rebrand
In 2012, once we opened our second location in the heart of Tulsa, we started seeing a higher-end clientele. The Family Fun brand we had started with in 2005 didn’t match us anymore, and we needed to redo our whole package. We kept the name the...
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Operations
Backing Causes on the Menu
Pizzerias are creating limited-edition pies to support local causes and generating buzz in the process Bill Jacobs’s voice fills with energy as he discusses the 2024 Slice to Meet You campaign at Piece, his Chicago-based brewery and pizzeria. Start...
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Menu Development
Create a Dessert Menu that Customers Can’t Resist
Sweet Sensation: Scratch-made Dessert Ideas Desserts are a tough sell. Diners have filled themselves up on your main attraction, pizza. That is why it’s so important to put the idea of having dessert into their minds before they even begin filling ...
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Menu Development
Spring’s Bounty is Ripe for Your Pizza Menu
Spring Fling: Add spring flavors to your pizza menu It was another muddy spring but here I was again, lurking into my favorite “Ramp Holler”, (local vernacular for “hollow.”) This little valley was my favorite foraging spot for the first ...