Identify your staff’s talents to strengthen business, employee relations   Operators have an eye for seeing the potential in interview candidates. Armed with a resume, questions to ask and the most reliable tool — their gut –– operators ...

Should you monitor your employees’ social media use? Admit it: you’ve Googled people you know to find out more about them, and you’ve used Facebook to look up old friends without actually contacting them. You might even have used social med...

Is an independent or franchise operation right for you?   You’re an entrepreneur, one who starts a business and is willing to take considerable initiative and risk in order to make money. Entering into the restaurant business is certainly a ga...

[SlideDeck2 id=34302] How Minnesota’s Ann Kim conquered the world of pizza   The oven perches on its supports smack in the middle of the building. Central to the business as the sun is to the solar system, its magnificence is the clear and...

Katie’s Pizza & Pasta 9568 Manchester Rd. Rock Hill, Missouri 63119 (314) 942-6555 katiespizzaandpasta.com Katie’s showcases its uniqueness in expertly crafted videos, including how-to guides with owner Katie Lee. The wood-fired pizzeria make...

Indy of the year Instagram takeover Stop by @pizzatoday on Instagram to see some exclusive pics of Jeremy and Josh’s visit to the 2014 Indy of the Year, Pizzeria Lola in Minneapolis, Minnesota.   June Cover Featured on popular design site The ...

Gelato sales heat up summer profits   If you’ve been to a recent International Pizza Expo, your eye has probably been drawn to one of the many gelato companies who offer flavors ranging from pistachio and hazelnut to panna cotta and olive oil....

Many Americans wax poetically about one day owning a restaurant. Kim was no different.  But, what made her think it would work? “Basically, I love to cook,” she explains. “Growing up it was sort of a natural thing. I watched my mother and gran...

It all comes out of the oven that serves as the pizzeria’s burning beacon.  Kim admits that, initially, she was hesitant to let the piece of equipment steal the spotlight. “It was really our architect’s idea,” she says. “He really thinks o...

Hello Pizza   Hello Pizza is the sister restaurant to Pizzeria Lola. Owner Ann Kim recognized that the unique vibe at Lola would make it difficult to grow, but she also knew it would not be easy to keep many of her key employees around without a...

How did you introduce a new pizza style to your area?   Mike Spurlock, who owns Loui Loui’s Authentic Detroit Style Pizza in Louisville, Kentucky, answers this One-Minute Operator question. [jwplayer player=”3″ mediaid=”34009...

[SlideDeck2 id=33655] Spinato’s Pizzeria — family owned and operated for 40 years Meet Ken Spinato, patriarch of his family and president of Phoenix, Arizona-based Spinato’s Pizzeria, which will celebrate its 40th anniversary in November. On op...