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Menu Development
Burrata Pizza Ideas — Burrata Baby
It’s difficult not to fall in love with Burrata Explore 3 Burrata Pizza Recipes or as long as I have enjoyed pizza, pepperoni has been my favorite topping. I’m not alone — it’s the most popular topping in the United States, after all. There�...
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Menu Development
Increase check averages with irresistible garlic knots, garlic bread, garlic breadsticks
Tie the Knot Garlic Appetizers like garlic knots, garlic bread, garlic breadsticks are menu favorites Next to pizza, garlic appetizers are one of the top selling items at pizzerias. They are simple to make, and even if you don’t have excess dough t...
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Menu Development
How to source and prepare chicken for your Restaurant
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner Hot Tips on Serving Chicken in a Restaurant Chicken sandwiches are not the only poultry centered menu item soaring in popularity these days. And even though chicken has long had a presence on pizzeria menus, there has bee...
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Dough Production/Development
What you Need to Know About Dough Pre-ferments
When you enter through the back of most small independent pizzerias, one of the first things you see is flour. Stacks of it. The brilliant irony of entering the dragon through the back is that this is the place where your pizza is born. That flour is...
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Employee Management
Fundamentals and Next-level Steps for a Solid Restaurant Employee Training Program
You Get the Staff You Deserve Restaurant Employee Training is an investment The quality of your training directly correlates to your team’s potential success, which affects the quality of your food and the end customer dining experiences. Great...
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Operations
What You Need to Know When Buying or Upgrading a Restaurant Audio System
Craft Your Ambience with Audio When you operate a pizzeria, your product is much more than a delicious slice of pie. You’re selling an experience, a specific ambience. You can’t always rely on food alone to bring customers back, so cultivate the ...
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Operations
Serving Alcohol in Restaurants — How to add alcohol to the menu
Pizzeria owners that want to start serving beer, wine and spirits should consider rules, training and costs For pizzeria owners, adding alcohol to the menu can result in a boost in revenue. The markup on beer, wine and spirits is high, and pouring a ...
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Operations
Online Ordering Cuts Labor Costs and Increases Sales
Online ordering has grown exponentially in recent years, accelerated by the smart phone revolution that placed a high-powered computer in everyone’s pocket. Other contributing factors include peer-to-peer delivery like Uber Eats and Grubhub; a glob...
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Industry News
Plant-based Food Continues to Gain Traction in U.S. Restaurants
The plant-based foods found in 48% of restaurants across America New research points to plant-based continued growth in American restaurants. According to new data release by the Plant-based Foods Association and food and beverage market research pow...
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Industry News
Celebrate National Pizza Day with Five Fantastic Pizza Recipes
National Pizza Day is February 9th. While everyday is pizza day for the pizza industry, this food holiday is an opportunity to shine and stand out in your local community. Be sure you mark the occasion with something special. To get your creat...
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Industry News
Pizza Expo 2023 Preview: Going for the Record
Let’s have the biggest Pizza Expo ever! We’re expecting more than 9,000 pizzeria owners and operators to converge on the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center on March 28-30. With so much packed into the week, we’re here to get you ready...
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Finance & Growth
Man on the Street: Popping the Pop-Up Pizza Concept Bubble
A few weeks ago, I ran into a friend who makes pizza for a living. She got her start about five years ago and has been busy running pop-ups at bars and events ever since. She told me about plans to shift up from running spotty pop-ups to something mo...