2021 Pizzeria of the Year: Razza, Jersey City, NJ
New Jersey’s Razza named 2021 Pizzeria of the Year by Pizza Today Magazine New Jersey operator takes a risk, turns Razza into our Pizzeria of the Year When Dan Richer’s first pizzeria was booming and his upstart second pizzeria struggling, up...
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Wood Stone Hires New Representation in Multiple Territories
New partnerships announced with Elevate Food Service Group, Premier Foodservice Solutions, and Greenfield World Trade Bellingham, WA, November 23, 2021 – Wood Stone Corporation, a leading manufacturer of stone hearth and specialty commercial co...
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Rosina Acquires Mama Lucia Brand
 Buffalo, NY – November 16, 2021 – Rosina Food Products, Inc., Buffalo, New York, has announced its acquisition of the Mama Lucia ® Brand of frozen retail Meatballs from Quaker Maid Meats, Inc. Mama Lucia Brand can be found predominately in the N...
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Restaurant Menus in 2022 will Focus on Healthier Planet and Healthier Consumers
National Restaurant Association releases annual What’s Hot Culinary Forecast survey revealing top menu trends for the year ahead Washington, D.C. – Restaurant customers can expect to see health taking center stage on restaurant menus in 2022. The ...
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Hot Rocks Adds Nick Valavanis as Business Development Manager
The hire will be will be an asset to the successful growth of the company Drummondville, QC, November 12, 2021 – Hot Rocks Pizza Ovens, manufacturer of the first stone conveyor oven, has hired Nick Valavanis to serve as Business Development Man...
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Chef Spencer Glenn Takes Two Categories and Grand Prize to Win $20,000 in Annual Search the Best Pizza Using Real California Cheeses
Napa, Calif. (October 29, 2021) – After nine chefs spent a competitive day crafting and working pizza dough, developing unique toppings and sauces, and combining innovative blends of California cheeses, on Oct. 20 the California Milk Advisory Board ...
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Knead to Know: Avoid an Undercooked Pizza and Unhappy Diners
The Raw Deal: How to solve the undercooked pizza crust problem I have been making pizza for over 15 years now, and I can proudly say that I have most likely eaten my weight in pizza. I have eaten pizza all over the world, and for the most part it has...
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New Ideas for Onions in Your Pizzeria
Onion Blings Onions. Yes, you know, those giant mesh bags that sit in your walk-in like a second-string quarterback? With a little imagination, it could be time to play this transformative vegetable to make pizzas and pastas more exciting. For cent...
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Destinations: Righteous Slice, Rexburg, ID; U Street, Pasadena, CA; Local Pizza, Osprey, FL
A Look at Pizzerias Around the U.S. Righteous Slice | Rexburg, Idaho This small-town pizzeria has created quite the buzz, performing well at the International Pizza Challenge in Las Vegas. “My wife Cheryl and I started Righteous Slice becaus...
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Do It Yourself Delivery: What Are the Costs?
Taking delivery in house Technology and convenience have spurred increases in food delivery outpacing dine-in by 300 percent since 2016. Still deciding whether to use a third-party service for your pizzeria delivery or to do it yourself? To help yo...
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Keeping pace with carryout and delivery technology
Order Up During the COVID-19 pandemic, delivery and carryout orders sustained Gino Shalaby and his upstart eatery, Memo’s Pizza in Zebulon, North Carolina. For nine months, the 24-seat dining room at Shalaby’s one-year old pizzeria sat empty. Tho...
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Warm up your winter menu with easy, low-cost soups
Easy, low-cost soups for winter menus I love soup. Always have. As a young child my winters were filled with my mother’s homemade chili and vegetable soup. Chicken noodle soup from grandma when you were sick. Taco soup in the fall. Tomato soup with...