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Emmy Winner Eugene Levy Raises Eyebrows in Little Caesars Super Bowl LIX Ad
New Bacon & Cheese Crazy Puffs Steal the Show (and Eyebrows) in Star-Studded Commercial DETROIT, Feb. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Little Caesars, the third-largest pizza chain in the world and the Official Pizza Sponsor of the NFL, is featur...
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Via 313 Pizzeria Raises $32.5 Million to Double Footprint in Three Years
Savory Fund partners with Asilia Investments and Brightwood Capital Advisors to continue expansion of the award-winning Detroit-style pizzeria in five major markets LEHI, UTAH (Feb. 4, 2025) — Via 313 Pizzeria, which dishes up genuine Detroit-style...
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Chuck E. Cheese Announces Friendly Wager Between Philadelphia and Kansas City Fun Centers
Local Store Districts will Temporarily Name its locations to either ‘Chuck E. “Chiefs”’ or ‘Chuck “Eagles” Cheese’ based on Big Game Winner Irving, TX – February 3, 2025 — In the spirit of competition, the local management teams a...
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Dough Production/Development
Knead to Know: A Dough Emergency
What is your plan if your pizza dough fails? hat’s the worst thing that could happen in a pizzeria? We’ve got insurance for everything you can think of when it comes to the people, the physical building, our equipment, etc. But do you have a plan...
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Finance & Growth
Building Blocks: Negotiate Everything
“You don’t get what you want, you get what you negotiate.” — Harvey Mackey Last time around we spoke about leases and how important they are to your success. There are so many fixed costs associated with doing business. Most of the time...
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Operations
Mike’s Monthly Tip: The Tactical Pause
A tactical pause could save you time, money, and sanity Proper restauranting (it’s a verb) means working at a nonstop breakneck speed, right? It means chaotic lines with crazy speed of service, constant demands, and the make line churning nonstop, ...
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Brand & Marketing
Sponsoring Youth Teams and Community Events
Pizzerias support their neighbors by feeding local athletes and donating pizzas for events Few actions generate better goodwill than feeding people. Pizza is the perfect food for bringing people together, and pizzeria owners that offer free or discou...
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Dough Production/Development
Apizza: New Haven Style Pizza
Try your hand at New Haven-style pie ew Haven Style Pizza was started by the mass immigration of Italian immigrants from Italy to the U.S. to chase the American dream and help the USA during the Industrial Revolution. Italians helped build railroads,...
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Dough Production/Development
Tackling the New Craze of Thin Crusted Pizzas
Crust Issue: Thin Crust Pizza Dough and Techniques The new trend of thin and cracker crusted pizzas has arrived and the options to integrate thin crusts into your menu-mix are everywhere. When you do a deep dive into thin crust pizzas in the country,...
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Menu Development
Secrets to the Best Meatballs
Get a breakdown of what makes a perfect meatball n many pizzerias, meatballs are one of the most under utilized items on the menu. My own included. The ideal meatball is deeply flavorful and juicy with a tender bite that is somehow still cohesive. So...
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Brand & Marketing
Capture the Tourism Market for Added Revenue in Restaurants
Attracting The Travelers’ Dollars to Your Restaurant Each year, I load up my bicycle and ride hundreds of miles across as many bike trails in the U.S. as I can. In 2024, I ventured from Albany, New York to Buffalo by bicycle on the Erie Canal T...
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Brand & Marketing
Small-market Success: Marketing for the Small-town Pizzeria
Marketing Tips for Small Market Pizzerias Most restaurant marketing advice assumes you’re in an urban area. What about pizzerias in small towns? Can they succeed by the same rules? Or is marketing a different game when you’re located in low-popul...