May 24, 2012

Pizza Inn

Pizza Inn Adds New Unit in Houston

Pie Five, a new fast-casual pizza concept, has helped Pizza Inn's stock rise.

Fast Casual, Pizza Fuel Stocks

Quick-serve stocks beat rest of restaurant industry in 2011.

Pie Five Ready for Prime Time

Pizza Inn Unveils Grilled Cheese, Cinnasugar Pizzas

Look out, comfort food. Things just got a lot tastier thanks to the winners of the 2011 National Culinary Contest at Pizza Inn, Inc. The annual event that invites recipes from Pizza Inn franchise owners and employees is celebrating two new items to the lineup: the Grilled Cheese Pizza and the...

Credit Facility Keeps Pizza Inn, Pie Five Growing

Pizza Inn Holdings, Inc. announces an amendment and restatement of its term loan credit facility with Amegy Bank that expands the term facility by $4 million, providing additional capacity for continued growth of company-owned Pie Five Pizza Co. and Pizza Inn stores.

Pie Fives All Around

Pizza Inn is rolling out a new fast-casual concept, Pie Five Pizza Co., to appeal to an upscale, urban demographic by creating fresh, made-to-order pies in less than five minutes.

Company executives are hoping that Pie Five, which debuted in Fort Worth, Texas, in June and joins Pizza Inn...

Louisiana Resident Wins Pizza Inn Cruise Giveaway

“Get your sea legs ready!” That’s what national chain Pizza Inn told Ruston, Louisiana, resident Eugene Pangilinan, when it showed up on his doorstep Friday, August 12, to announce he had won a seven day, six night Caribbean cruise in Pizza Inn’s national “Boatload...

Pizza Inn Appoints Culinary Operations Manager

Pizza Inn, Inc., has appointed Andy Wittman as Culinary Operations Manager. Formally a Field Business Consultant for the company, Wittman brings more than 15 years industry experience to the roll.

“We’re extremely excited to have Andy join the culinary team,” says...

Pizza Inn Lands in Arkansas

Pizza Inn, an international pizza chain recognized for serving a variety of fresh, popular traditional and specialty pizzas, is now available in Springdale, Arkansas.

A new Pizza Inn delivery/carryout location opened at 1395 E. Henri De Tonti Blvd., and marks the fifth location for multi-...

Pizza Inn Unveils Fast-Casual Concept

Pizza Inn, Inc. is redefining the pizza dining experience with the launch of Pie Five Pizza Co., a new fast-casual concept that will offer more than five million combinations of custom-made, fresh-to-order individual pizzas baked in less than five minutes.

Pizza Inn Opens Doors on Largest Location

Pizza Inn, Inc., an international pizza chain recognized for serving a variety of fresh and popular traditional and specialty pizzas, has opened its largest U.S. restaurant in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, at 1473 Hunter Hill Road.

The new location set a company record for the biggest...

Pizza Inn Honors Top Franchisees

Pizza Inn recently hosted its 2011 National Franchise Convention in Tunica, Mississippi, where franchisees and team members were honored for their contributions to the company.

The three-day event was held April 10-12, and featured an awards ceremony, presentations, and...

Pizza Inn Opens Up in the Bull City

Pizza Inn Inc. is now open in Durham, North Carolina, at 3906 N. Duke Street.

The building at 3906 N. Duke Street had been a local pizzeria in the late 1960s, and after that was a...

NC Gets New Pizza Inn Locale

Pizza Inn's traditional and signature pizzas are now available in Pikeville, North Carolina. Franchise owner Tom Vail has opened the first Pikeville location at 110 South Goldsboro St.

"We're incredibly excited to welcome Pikeville to our restaurant family,"...

The Fall of Pizza

March 2011

What’s happened to pizza’s major players?

In 2000, the QSR 50 Report, this magazine’s annual ranking of the nation’s top quick-service brands, showed a robust American appetite for pizza, a category trailing only burger joints in representation. With pizza chains...

Rise of Interim CEOs

December 2010

In an economic climate full of uncertainty and change, many businesses have turned to interim executives to right the ship. The quick-serve industry is no different. In June, Denny’s Corp. named chairwoman Debra Smithart-Oglesby interim CEO after Nelson Marchioli left the company. In...

New Corporate-Owned Pizza Inn Opens in Texas

Pizza Inn is welcoming the holidays and capping off an aggressive year of growth as the company opened its newest location at 310 E. Round Grove Road in Lewisville, Texas, this week.

The restaurant is the latest of five corporate-owned stores following a design that has led to a wave of...

2010 in Review

December 2010

Reporting by Blair Chancey, Sam Oches, Daniel P. Smith, Robin Van Tan, Barney Wolf & Lori Zanteson

1. BK Sold to Brazilian Investors

Becoming the decade’s biggest restaurant buyout,...

Pizza Inn Sticks to the Meat and Potatoes

National Pizza Month features the Loaded Baked Potato Pizza, winner of the companywide 2010 Culinary Challenge.

Veteran Pizza Inn Franchisee Signs On for More

Thirty-year veteran Bob Singh of Greenwood, Mississippi, signs up for 20 more years of development.

Go BRIC or Go Home?

Experts believe Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC) are the smartest investments for quick-serve brands looking to go international.