Appetizers   Stuffed Poblano Pepper Twinkies   More appetizer recipes… Creamy Italian Pasta Salad Fried Stuffed Olives Grilled Chicken and Ziti Salad Pasta e Fagioli Pizza Pasta Salad Roasted Portobello Sal...

        Entrées   Vegetarian Lasagna   More entrée recipes… Penne Portobello Born on the  Bayou Lasagna Buffalo Chicken Lasagna Cheese and Prosciutto Manicotti Filling Chicken Marsala Fettuccine with Brie Homema...

        Pizzas   Boneless Buffalo Wing Pizza   More pizza recipes… BLT Pizza Classic Sausage Pizza Grilled Veggie Pizza Gorgonzola Chicken Pizza Thai Pizza Shrimp Marinara Pizza Chicken Fajita Pizza Pizza with Roas...

        Desserts   Scratch Chocolate Brownies   More dessert recipes… Chocolate Lava Cake Chocolate/Strawberry Pizza Fruit and Wine Sponge Cake Fresh Strawberries with Espresso Zabaglione, Cinnamon Cream and Shaved...

Identify potential franchisees from your own talent pool   Your employee has been with you for years, assuming ever-greater responsibility in your restaurant. He’s gained your trust as someone you can rely on. He’s also ambitious, hardworkin...

A look at pizzerias in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Nomad Pizza Company From its modest beginning as a food truck, Nomad Pizza has exploded into a three-unit operation — two in Philly, and one in Hopewell, New Jersey. A Princeton, New Jersey, spot is...

Cultivate top-notch leaders within your own staff Why is it so important to be a leader and not just the boss? A boss uses people. A leader develops people. Isn’t that what we really want in our businesses –– to develop people to reach their fu...

A successful pizza delivery can be thwarted by a number of roadblocks. There are the expected interferences of busy kitchens, slow cars and the frustration of navigating complicated subdivisions or downtown traffic. Then there are more high tech kind...

What’s happening with America’s largest pizza companies? Who added stores in 2015? Who pushed their sales to record highs? Who dropped off a bit? Last month, we published our list of the nation’s 100 most successful independent operations. Now,...

The Artist’s Touch Pizzicletta’s artisan pies good blend for Flagstaff diners [SlideDeck2 id=46169] Once considered a deep outpost, Flagstaff — nestled high in northern Arizona’s mountains — is a vibrant college town with an art...

Metamorphasis Chef Lisa Dahl on a quest to transform Sedona dining [SlideDeck2 id=46196] Sedona, Arizona, sits amidst a magical mountain backdrop that draws visitors from around the world to see the area’s famous red rocks. Home of some of America�...

 The Hot 100 Independents Each year, we mail out surveys to independent pizzerias across the nation. Using their responses, we compile our Hot 100 list — a ranking of America’s 100 largest independent pizza operations (based on sales). This issu...