Gas ovens were once the standard at pizzerias and restaurants across the U.S., but electric ovens are gaining ground For decades, gas ovens dominated restaurant kitchens, including pizzerias. These days, however, electric ovens are cutting into that ...

Pizzeria owners can take steps to prevent damage when power, technology or the supply chain falters From large-scale weather disasters to local outages, there are many events that can cause a pizzeria to pause operations. Businesses are technology de...

The right merchandise can be a smart marketing play There is nothing better than shopping at a local store and seeing someone wearing a hat or a shirt from your restaurant. Right!?! Or someone pointing at your shirt or hat when you are out running er...

Learn to Flex Your Buying Muscles It is one of the many challenges for independent pizzerias. You are competing for the customer’s pizza dollar with franchises of large corporations who can purchase the same ingredients for less money. Let’s face...

A Q&A with Odie O’Connor, owner of Boxcar Pizza, Portland, Oregon Concept: The concept for Boxcar was created in the early summer of 2020. I had temporarily closed my first business, Baby Blue Pizza, due to the pandemic. So with the extra time ...

Serhan Ayhan shares his approach to unconventional pizza toppings There’s no denying that the classics like pepperoni, mushroom, and sausage are tried and true. But earlier this year, New York Times Cooking called Brooklyn’s Cuts & Slices oxt...

Congratulations to the 2023 Pizza Industry Excellence (PIE) Awards Winners By Pizza Today Staff In 2023, Emerald Expositions, the parent company of Pizza Today, launched the Pizza Industry Excellence (PIE) Awards. The PIE Awards were designed to hono...

Iconic St. Louis-style pizza company marks occasion by launching a commemorative pizza box and specials throughout the year PRESS RELEASE ST LOUIS (Jan. 8, 2024) – 60 years ago a thin-crust, Provel-covered legend was born in St. Louis and pizza has...

Iconic American pizza brand’s growth marks significant milestone in Middle East’s culinary landscape NEWS RELEASE DALLAS (January 3, 2024) – Pizza Inn today announced a major franchise agreement with Blessings Basket Company for Serving Foo...

Operator Anthony DeSousa offers this commentary on the riddle of the employee rollercoaster The cycle repeats. Not with the regularity of earth’s orbit, instead more like a comet impacted by changes in gravity breaking apart in time. I’m describi...

35 Pizzerias to Watch in America in 2024 We asked independent pizzeria owners to submit their businesses for consideration in our Pizzerias to Watch list. We received hundreds of outstanding submissions and have painstakingly whittled them down to th...