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Of mice and men … and pizzerias
	Business ethics, or lack of them, apparently has made its way into the world of pizza in a Philadelphia suburb. A pizzeria owner had a problem with mice that, for whatever reason, he blamed on two competitors in the neighborhood. He visited one of …
Local: The ins, the outs and the details
	We hear the term local tossed around pretty loosely nowadays. While it's popping up on just about everything with a price tag (local business, locally owned, locally operated, locally whatever), there is no place more popular to tout the term local …
Is your restaurant required?
	Is your restaurant required by law to post nutritional information? As restaurant owners and managers you are accustomed to customers' inquiries for the ingredient and nutritional information on your menu. Until now, answering these questions was …
Pie Five Pizza Co. opens fifth unit
Pie Five Pizza Co. is celebrating the grand opening of its fifth location on North Dallas Parkway near Beltline and the North Dallas Tollway in Texas. To celebrate the opening, five guests will win free pies for a year. "We have redefined fast …
Fazoli's rings in 2012 with record sales year
Fazoli's wrapped up 2011 with record-setting sales increases, completing a 17-month streak in guest traffic and sales growth. "During the second week of December, Fazoli's overall same-store sales were up 18.1 percent – which set a new sales …
Pizza Inn appoints new CFO
Texas-based Pizza Inn Holdings Inc. has named Jerome L. Trojan, III as chief financial officer. Trojan previously served as chief financial officer for CLST Holdings, a publicly-traded company based in Dallas. Prior to that, he was the vice …
Uncle Maddio's opens third unit
Uncle Maddio's Pizza Joint has opened its third unit. The newest restaurant is located in The Highlands neighborhood in Louisville, Ky. The company's two other restaurants are located in Atlanta and Woodstock, Ga. According to the Louisville Courier …
Beautiful Brands launches new Italian fast casual concept
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) has announced a joint venture with Dean and Jill Bastian to develop and franchise Fresco Wood Fired Italian Kitchen. The agreement marks the first and only authentic Italian fast casual restaurant, created from …
Fazoli's posts best November sales in more than a decade
Fazoli's has reported positive comp store sales of 6.6 percent for the month of November, the chain's most successful November performance since 1998. With last November's 1.5 percent improvement factored in, Fazoli's has experienced a two-year …
Go Roma launches franchise effort
Go Roma will expand outside of the Chicagoland area in 2012 through franchising, having just completed its Franchise Disclosure Documents and state filings for 90 percent of the United States market. Go Roma was founded in 2004 by Drake, David …