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Do Call It a Comeback: How Brands Are Building Buzz Through Nostalgia
By Tracy Morin As a magazine editor, I get a lot of press releases—and only a select few really catch my eye. One that did recently wasn’t even pizza-related. It was from Java Factory, announcing its Flavor52 promotion, which involves introducing 52 flavors of coffee over 52…
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Pizzeria Owners Must Take C-Store Pizza Seriously or Fall Behind
We said it in PMQ’s Pizza Power Report 2026, and we’ll say it again: So-called “gas station pizza” doesn’t suck anymore. At least, many consumers don’t think so. Granted, pizza quality is always a matter of opinion, but the average American doesn’t have the refined palate of a…
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Major Chain’s Store Closure Rate Has Been Worse Than Expected in 2026
Pizza Hut has closed more stores than it originally projected earlier this year, with two months still to go in 2026. Yum! Brands officially handed over the struggling chain to LongRange Capital on September 1 for $1.5 billion. Prior to that, Yum! had said this past March that…
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The Next Labbate Up: Pizza Man’s Son Wins First Competition He Enters
By Brian Hernandez Giovanni Labbate knows what it feels like to compete on a big stage. Over the past 15 years, the U.S. Pizza Team member and owner of Tievoli Pizza Bar in Palatine, Illinois, has put his own pizzas in front of judges plenty of times—and heard his name called…
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Why Is This Casual Dining Chain Sending Out 25,000 “Apology Pizzas”?
By Tracy Morin Costa Mesa, California-based California Pizza Kitchen (CPK), the full-service dining pizza restaurant brand, is making amends—and creating buzz—with its fan base this National Pizza Month through its Apology Pizzas promotion. “California Pizza Kitchen has a…
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A Leading C-Store Chain Ventures into New Pizza Style Territory
Casey’s, the nation’s third largest convenience retailer, has ventured into pan-pizza territory—and hopes to take business away from pizza restaurants—as it continues to elevate its culinary game. Casey’s, which aims to be “a destination for pizza,” describes its first-ever pan…
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Dave Portnoy Saved His Pizza Shop. He Funded His Next Dream in 90 Minutes on Kickstarter
By Tracy Morin Will Fagg, founder and owner of Baltimore-based TinyBrickOven, is used to getting by with a little help from his friends. At the end of 2024, a visit from Dave Portnoy of One Bite Reviews turned around his business in a Christmas miracle of sorts, taking it from…
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Want to Sell Your Pizzeria? Here’s How to Position It for Maximum Value
By Bryan Vitagliano, Strategic Business Brokers Group Selling a pizzeria can be a complicated process because of the emotional attachment the owner feels for their business. Often treating their restaurant like an extension of themselves, owners generally look to sell to a party…
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Why DoorDash Is Nervous About This New, More Affordable 3rd-Party Competitor
A new third-party delivery startup appears to be making DoorDash and other major aggregators nervous—and could prove disruptive to the entire industry. Grubhub co-founder Matt Maloney came out of retirement to help launch Bites, a 10-person company headquartered in San…
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PMQ Cover Stars Win $15,000 Just for Doing Good in Their Community
Kira and Mark Zabrowski, PMQ’s October 2026 cover stars, captured the $15,000 grand prize in fifth annual Great Pizza Give Back contest from Hillshire Farm Brand, thanks to their support for local hunger-relief organizations and other community causes. The Zabrowskis own Much…