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February brings Pizza Love Opportunities — February Observances and Food Holidays
Fill your February Calendar with Key Dates, Observances and Food Holidays February may be the shortest month of the year. It is also packed with observances, food holidays and one of the biggest pizza sales days of the year. Let’s look at some key ...
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Industry News
National Pizza Day, February 9th: 10 Ways Pizzerias Will Celebrate
National Pizza Day is Friday, February 9! Your customers are already getting excited for National Pizza Day on February 9 and so should you. Pizza Friday and National Pizza Day, Friday will be a HUGE day. Pizzeria operators have found creative ways t...
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2024 Pizza Expo Preview
Pizza Expo 2024 — 40 Years of Community The pizza industry is different than most. There is a strong bond, a sense of community and a helping spirit. It wasn’t always that way. What changed the industry was the first International Pizza Expo ...
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Menu Development
Think differently about how you use bell peppers on pizza
Bell Peppers on Pizza: Ring the Bell It’s time to ring the bell. Bell peppers, of course. Bell peppers ranked as the No. 8 most popular pizza topping in America, according to our pizzeria operator survey published in our 2024 Pizza Industry Trends ...
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What makes a great pizza?
Walk through the Pizza Process Everyone’s ideal pizza will look, taste and feel differently. The key to building your perfect pie is understanding how to utilize different dough methods and how they will change your final product, picking the right...
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The evolution of Traditional American Pizza
Traditional American Pizza Styles: States of Play Explaining what an American style pizza is to anyone is like showing them a what an American looks like. The breadth and depth of diversity of pizzas in this country is peppered with differing dough m...
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Operations
Gas Ovens vs. Electric Ovens: Heating Up
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 ...
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Operations
Product, Service Outage Protocol
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...
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Brand & Marketing
The Power of Merch!!
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...
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Finance & Growth
How Independent Pizzerias can buy like the Big Pizza Chains
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...
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People & Pizzerias
Conversation: Odie O’Connor, Boxcar Pizza, Portland, Oregon
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 ...
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Menu Development
Unconventional Pizza Toppings: Beginner’s Guide
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...