Chain: CiCi's Pizza

Cicis Celebrates 2nd Mesa Opening in Superstition Springs

Mesa, Arizona’s second Cicis restaurant opened its doors last week in the Mesa Pavilions Shopping Center in Superstition Springs and is celebrating with an official grand opening event on Saturday, July 21. During the grand opening celebration from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., guests can enjoy complimentary prize giveaways, face painting and a balloon twister, […]

Cicis Launches New York-Style Pizzas for Limited Time

Cicis is inviting guests to grab a slice of New York with the launch of two New York-Style Pizzas and a New York-inspired dessert with Cheesecake Brownie Swirl, all part of its famous unlimited pizza, pasta, salad and dessert buffet. Available for a limited time, Cicis’ New York-Style Pizzas feature a larger 16-inch crust—just right for folding like […]

Cici’s Launches Create-Your-Own Personal Pizzas Nationwide

Cicis’ best kept secret is out. For decades, the famous all-you-can eat pizza, pasta, salad and dessert buffet restaurant has been quietly honoring dine-in guests’ special pizza requests, but now it’s official with the launch of Personal Pizzas, the new custom-ordering program available in all Cicis locations nationwide. The move comes in response to the […]

Cicis Adds New Pizzas Inspired by Wings

Just in time for football season, Cicis introduces all-new, fan-friendly pizzas inspired by wings in three craveable flavors: Sweet Honey BBQ, Zesty Garlic Parmesan and Fiery Buffalo. “We created a whole new category of pizza at Cicis for wing lovers who don’t want to choose between their favorite flavors, and who love to try new […]

Cicis Breaks Ground on Two Birmingham Restaurants

Pizza lovers in Birmingham have reason to celebrate with two new Cicis restaurants opening in the area. The brand known and loved for its unlimited pizza, pasta, salad, soup and dessert buffet recently broke ground in two different areas of the city: at 1851 Montgomery Hwy., Suites 107-111 in Hoover; and at 800 Greensprings Hwy. […]

Cicis’ Revitalization Strategy is Paying Off

Cicis has experienced consistent sales growth—including 16 consecutive quarters of same-store sales growth through Q1 of 2017—as a result of the company’s revitalization strategy launched in 2013. When Cicis CEO Darin Harris joined the company in August 2013, he immediately embarked on a listening tour, collaborating with franchise partners and guests, Cicis Support Center, and […]

Bacon Stuffed Crust Pizza is Back at Cicis

Cicis, the nation’s top family-friendly pizza buffet restaurant company, known for its unlimited pizza, pasta, salad, soup and dessert offerings, kicks off summer with its fun and flavor-packed new Stuffed Crust Trio, available for a limited time. The new Stuffed Crust Trio lineup builds on Cicis’ popular Original Stuffed Crust with an encore of the […]

Cicis Names Billie Jo Waara Chief Marketing Officer

Cicis, a leading family-friendly pizza buffet restaurant company known for its unlimited pizza, pasta, salad, soup, and dessert offerings, named brand marketing veteran Billie Jo Waara to the position of chief marketing officer. Waara most recently served as CMO at Cheyenne, Wyoming-based Taco John’s, leading the chain’s 400 restaurants through a comprehensive brand transformation that […]

Cicis Helps Spread Gratitude with Gift Card Promotion

Cicis is always looking for new ways to show its guests how much they are appreciated, so the popular restaurant chain known for its unlimited buffet has started a chain reaction of appreciation through the act of giving. Beginning Friday, guests who purchase $25 worth of gift cards will receive a ree adult buffet or […]

Cicis Hires Former Taco Bell Exec as New COO

Cicis announced Tuesday the hiring of Jini Foust as its new Chief Operating Officer, responsible for overseeing franchise and corporate operations, operations service, and training. Foust brings more than 30 years of multi-unit restaurant experience with a proven history of driving operations strategies that increase sales and deliver elevated guest experiences. “Jini adds incredible depth […]

Cicis Goes Upper Crust with Its Own Bacon-Stuffed Version

Not only is Cicis rolling out its all-new Bacon Stuffed Crust Pizza on Monday, May 23, but it’s also introducing the all-new Pretzel Stuffed Crust Pizza at the same time. Those are in addition to its already-popular Original Stuffed Crust Pizza, introduced last summer. Between Pizza Hut’s Bacon Stuffed Crust Pizza and Cicis three Stuffed […]

Cicis Debuts ‘Maverick’ Design in Frisco, Texas

Three months after revealing its new brand positioning, contemporary logo, and prototype design vision, Cicis has unveiled the first location to feature its new “Maverick” restaurant design. The Cicis restaurant located at 5580 Preston Road, in the Lebanon Crossing Shopping Center in Frisco, Texas, recently reopened after being completely remodeled to conform with new prototype […]

Cicis Fires Up Three New Flatbread Pizzas

There’s even more flavor to explore with Cicis all-new Flatbread Pizzas, part of the unlimited buffet at more than 450 locations nationwide. Each of these three new flavors has a unique personality: Chicken Bacon Club – For those with a chill attitude, this flavor offers 100 percent real Cheddar cheese, premium chicken, crispy bacon, and […]

Cicis Sets Sales Record with 11th Quarter of Growth

Fresh on the heels of a major rebranding launch, Cicis announced its 11th consecutive quarter of system-wide same-store sales (SSS) growth and its highest annual average unit volume (AUV) in at least two decades—breaking the $1 million threshold and the highest weekly AUVs in the chain’s history. Cicis CEO Darin Harris pointed to a stronger […]

Cicis Rebrands Name, Logo, Store Design

On the heels of its 30th anniversary, Cicis announced that it is going “Beyond Pizza” with a refreshed brand identity. The popular chain, with nearly 450 restaurants across the U.S., unveiled its new branding—including a clean, simple, and contemporary logo—along with its newly identified core brand positioning of “Feeding Individuality.” The new logo, which removes […]

CiCi’s Partners with Punchh to Develop Brand Loyalty App

Punchh,a brand-centric mobile customer engagement platform for restaurants, announced a new partnership with CiCi’s, a Coppell, Texas–based, buffet-style restaurant famous for its unlimited pizza, pasta, salad, soup, and dessert. Punchh will develop a loyalty app that will allow CiCi’s fans to collect punches each time they visit and earn a free buffet at any of […]

CiCi’s Saves 80 Percent with Jobaline Mobile Recruitment

Jobaline announced that CiCi's Pizza, the leading kid-friendly quick-service restaurant corporation, reports faster hiring of its workforce while experiencing 80 percent savings in recruitment costs and man-hours thanks to Jobaline's mobile recruitment solution. CiCi's Pizza invented the Unlimited Pizza Buffet concept, driven by a belief in making life more flavorful by empowering guests to find […]

CiCi’s Exec Offers Advice on “Make Me a Millionaire Inventor”

CiCi’s Pizza is renowned for many innovations—most notably its endless pizza, pasta, salad, soup, and dessert buffet. So it’s no surprise that CNBC invited a CiCi’s executive to provide his expert analysis and feedback to an aspiring inventor with a novel idea for an Italian-style restaurant. On Wednesday, August 12, Brian Cassidy, CiCi’s vice president […]

‘Food Network Star’ Winning Pizza Featured at CiCi’s

CiCi’s Pizza recently challenged contestants on Food Network Star to create a pizza with “bold, kicked-up flavors.” As part of the show’s “Improv” episode, Food Network Star contestants were challenged to create a pizza using an array of unlikely ingredients. The winning selection, a special dessert pizza dubbed the Fiery Mango Tango, debuts at every […]

CiCi’s Hires Sonic, Jack in the Box Vet as CFO

CiCi's Pizza announced new chief financial officer Jim Lebs, who brings a 20-year track record of streamlining and implementing organizational structure, technology, and business processes to the company. Lebs comes to CiCi’s from Sonic Drive-In, where he drove a transformation of systems and processes as vice president of supply chain. He also served as the […]

CiCi’s Rebrand Gets Help from the Experts: Customers

A little over a year ago, CiCi’s Pizza realized it had a problem. Through its own research, help from third-party data, and consumer feedback, the Texas-based concept discovered it was in need of a rebrand. Executives wanted the rebrand to help return CiCi’s to the tried and true restaurant basics of quality, cleanliness, and service. […]