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SBA Announces First-of-Its-Kind Technology Initiative for Restaurant Revitalization Fund
WASHINGTON –The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today the first round of technology partners participating in a new initiative for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) – a program that will allow eligible restaurants and ...
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The Restaurant Labor Shortage Survival Guide
Essential resources to help you find, hire and retain employees Just when restaurants are beginning to see an influx of indoor dining, a labor shortage strikes. Timing couldn’t be worse. Let’s look at the employment numbers, though. The Bureau of...
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Pizza Expo 2021: What to Expect, Health & Safety
We’re bringing the pizza industry back together. Here’s how… Pizza Expo 2021 is just around the corner. As we get closer to the nation’s best known gathering of pizza professionals, August 17-19 in Las Vegas, we’ll be updating our ...
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Domino’s and Nuro Launch Autonomous Pizza Delivery with On-Road Robot
Select Houston customers can have Domino’s delivered via R2, Nuro’s custom, autonomous vehicle, starting this week  ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 12, 2021 – Domino’s (NYSE: DPZ), the largest pizza company in the world based on global retail sales,...
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Congratulations to our Winners of the 365 Pizza Challenge
Chef Heinz Lauer, Former Executive Chef of Le Cordon Blue College of Culinary Arts, has reviews and tested tall of the pizza recipe submissions and has made his final decision on the winner of the 365 Pizza Challenge! And the overall winner is...
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People & Pizzerias
Destinations: Dragonfly Tavern, Rochester, NY; Nella Pizza e Pasta, Chicago; White Pie, Denver;
Dragonfly Tavern | Rochester, New York This neighborhood gathering spot is reminiscent of a ski lodge. The full menu features appetizers, chicken wings, pizza, salads, burgers and brunch items. “I think what defines our pizzeria is that we put so m...
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Finance & Growth
Ghost Kitchen?
A primer on the concept and how it’s being used in the pizza space Over the past year, the term ghost kitchens has popped up frequently. They’re also called virtual restaurants and cloud kitchens. In fact, when we asked leading operators during a...
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Menu Development
Roll Out: Maximizing a New Menu Item Launch
Lightning has struck, and you’ve come up with a great new menu idea. You’ve tried it out, tweaked it a few times, and you know that it’s pretty solid. You’ve had people that don’t mind offending you tell you they love it too. When this happ...
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Finance & Growth
Pizzeria owners extend their brand reach with private labeling and licensing products
Bottling a Brand with private labeling and licensing products Pizzeria owners who want to package their signature sauce, dough or whole pies to sell in stores or online might find the process is not easy, but the extra exposure and revenue are a plus...
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Operations
Maximizing Outdoor Dining
Setting up Al fresco dining post-pandemic As of spring 2020, Peel Wood Fired Pizza, with two locations in Illinois and one location in Missouri, had outdoor dining available for some guests. “Two of the locations had a dining patio, but one did not...
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Dough Production/Development
New York-style Pizza: New York State of Mind
My Take on the Quintessential Classic: New York-style Pizza John Updike famously said, “The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding.” In my lifetime of visiting New York City, and ...
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Menu Development
Presto: Add versatile pesto to your menu
Most pizza shops have two categories of pies. Red or white. But what about that illusive third option? Green. Pesto can be a replacement for sauce or used as a topping. It can be made vegan or extra cheesy. There are endless ingredients that you can ...