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2020 Pizza & Pasta Northeast – October 7 & 8 – CANCELLED!
During these difficult and uncertain times, we are continually reminded what an important role the pizzeria community plays in each of our lives. Since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the United States this past March, our number one priori...
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Emerald Acquires Atlantic Bakery Expo
Integration of complementary businesses creates a premier events and media offering for the U.S. bakery and pizza markets NEW YORK, NY. (August 31, 2020) Emerald Holding, Inc. (NYSE:EEX) (“Emerald” or the “Company”) today a...
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Conversation: Joey Vanoni, Pizza di Joey Baltimore, MD
Pizza di Joey Baltimore, Maryland Concept: Pizza di Joey is a Veteran owned and operated small business serving authentic, NY-style brick oven pizza by the slice! We use traditional baking techniques and the best ingredients to show Mar...
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Bozzelli’s To Build New Georgetown Shop But Covid-19 Is Dramatically Changing How They Plan To Do Business
Washington, DC – August 12–Bozzelli’s announces that it has started construction at 3000 K Street, NW at the Washington Harbor in Georgetown. As this effort to expand to the Harbor began prior to the Pandemic, Bozzelli’s has had to re...
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People & Pizzerias
2020 Pizzeria of the Year: Via 313, Austin, Texas
Staying Humble The Hunt Brothers quietly built an Austin icon Brandon and Zane Hunt are humble and soft spoken when talking about their multi-million-dollar pizza company, Via 313 in Austin, Texas. “We just serve good pizza and try to take care of ...
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Commentary: Congratulations Via 313
This year’s Pizzeria of the Year is Texas-based Via 313. Owned and operated by Brandon and Zane Hunt, this Austin establishment has skyrocketed in both stature and sales since the brothers first opened with a pizza trailer in 2011. Nine years, a br...
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Finance & Growth
Mike’s Monthly Tip: Think big picture to prosper
Penny Wise, Pound Foolish My grandpa would analyze the price of a can of soup down to the penny. He would then compare cans and shave off two cents between brands. I think that’s what comes from being raised during The Depression. The irony is he w...
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People & Pizzerias
Man on the Street: NYC Pizzerias Checkup
Visiting New York pizzerias amid COVID19 It took a few weeks before I realized how much trouble NYC was in. I wasn’t watching the news and my social media usage was entirely devoted to putting out content to keep my audience (and myself) distracted...
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People & Pizzerias
Destinations: Juniper Pizza Café, UT, Rock City, MA, Wild Garlic, NV
A Look at Pizzerias from Around the U.S. Juniper Pizza Café | Price, Utah Juniper strives to balance ingredients’ flavors on every scratch-made menu item. There are a dozen pizzas on the menu. “The new favorite is our P3 pizza, which is a...
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Operations
How to Improve Ticket Times
Ticket Time Management A restaurant’s ticket times and speed of service are the heartbeat of that restaurant. Every time I walk on the line as I go from store to store, my first question to the person running the line is: “where are we at?” ...
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Employee Management
Employee Handbook Revamped
Best practices for creating, and then adapting worker guidelines During this time, it is going to take strong leadership and partners to work with staff, as wearing gloves and masks all day and working behind glass is very different than what their p...
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Menu Development
Bring scratch dressing to salads, apps and pizzas
Dressed to Impress One of the first kitchen jobs I had in San Francisco was at a gourmet salad restaurant. The place had just opened in the financial district and was booming. The chef/owner had previously worked at high-end places such as Gary Danko...