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Emerald Acquires PlumRiver LLC to Expand Digital Commerce Capabilities
Extends PlumRiver’s Elastic Suite B2B platform to thousands of Emerald customer brands NEW YORK, NY. (January 6, 2021) — Emerald Holding, Inc. (NYSE:EEX) (“Emerald” or the “Company”) today announced that it has completed...
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Globe and Varimixer Partner for North American Distribution
Globe Food Equipment Company (Dayton, Ohio) is pleased to announce a new partnership with Varimixer (Denmark), effective January 1, 2021. While both Middleby brands offer industry-leading commercial mixers, Globe’s fast shipping, award-winning ...
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Conversation: Que Wimberly, The Missing Brick Indianapolis, Indiana
The Missing Brick Indianapolis, Indiana Concept: The Missing Brick is a dope pizza joint, infusing hip hop music, inspiring art and dope pizza under one roof. Our goal was to create a space where urban professionals can hang out, share pizza, have a ...
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Dough Production/Development
Knead to Know: Having a standard operating procedure is necessary for consistency
All Systems Dough Your dough is the heart and soul of your menu. No question. When I opened Andolini’s, I made the dough alone every morning. If something went wrong, it was on me to figure it out. After a year of working every day and dealing with...
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Operations
Building Blocks: Three Bottlenecks, and How to Fix Them
After all the hard work, customers are flowing into your pizzeria, drawn by a unique menu and attractive marketing. However, are you seeing there are parts of your operation that are working great when you’re slow, but as soon as you get busy, they...
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Operations
How to conduct proper restaurant forecasting
AccuForecast Restaurant forecasting for your pizzeria is as vital to your restaurant’s health as your recipes or your customer service. To not forecast is as reckless as driving an 18-wheel truck with a blindfold on. It’s imperative not only to k...
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Menu Development
Menu Creativity in Small Markets
Biggeats Smalls “Normality is the great neurosis of civilization.” – Tom Robbins Owning a pizzeria in a small town is a matter of community. Your customers are neighbors, coaches, teachers, police, firemen and workers of all types. To stay ...
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Industry News
Commentary: Big Things Ahead
It’s starting to feel like there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. A vaccine for COVID-19 is making its early rounds, our Pizza Expo 365 platform is soon to launch and International Pizza Expo 2021 is now just five months away. While much remai...
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Employee Management
Mike’s Monthly Tip: The Few and the Proud Employees
Acquiring talent has never been more challenging than it is today. Developing solid, dependable employees is currently extremely hard. It’s not too dissimilar to how hard it was to recruit enlisted service members after the Vietnam War. After remov...
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Brand & Marketing
Man on the Street: The Art of Collaboration — Influencer Marketing
I just realized I’m getting old. Most people figure it out when they lose hair or experience back pain, but my red flag has been my reaction to the word “influencer.” Even typing it makes me cringe. My frustration is compounded when an “influ...
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Menu Development
Lasagna: Versatile Favorite
Lasagna aligns well with today’s menu needs Lasagna is not only a delicious and classic comfort food, it’s also easy to make, customizable and profitable. Bonus: it travels well in the right packaging. Take all this into consideration and it beco...
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Menu Development
Add trending chicken pizzas to your menu
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner Chicken deserves its rightful place on pizza menus. Did you know Americans eat nearly 65 pounds of chicken per person each year? In fact, poultry is the most consumed meat in the U.S. As pizza toppings go, chicken is a ...