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Explore marketing, food, labor and business trends in Pizza Today's 2025 Pizza Industry Trends Report.

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Top Pizza Makers Weigh in on Best Trends

With 2025 almost upon us, we showcase new topping combinations, trends and predictions from the top pizza makers.

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Camporosso Wood Fired Pizzeria is Pizza Today’s 2024 Pizzeria of the Year

This prestigious award highlights Camporosso’s exceptional commitment to culinary excellence, innovative employee engagement, and unparalleled community involvement.

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2025 Pizza Industry Trends Report webinar

Sign Up for Pizza Today’s 2025 Pizza Industry Trends Report Deep-Dive WEBINAR on January 21

Join Pizza Today editors for a free webinar as we share insights from the latest Pizza Industry Trends Pizza Today to host a free webinar to share a deep dive of our 2025 Pizza Industry Trends Report on January 21, 2025, at 2 p.m. EST. Join us for this webinar where Pizza Today editors, Jeremy […]

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Slice Out Hunger Responds as Los Angeles Pizzerias Grapple With Wildfires

The U.S. pizza industry is working to support Southern California residents displaced by the wildfires near Los Angeles. Slice Out Hunger, a volunteer-based organization powered by independent pizzerias, is asking for direct donations and encouraging its 700 partner pizzerias to offer a California pizza special and donate 15% of sales from that item to the […]

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Pizza Hut releases its Pizza Trends Report: Key Takeaway for Pizzeria Operators

We reviewed Pizza Hut’s Trends Report and discovered some interesting findings On the heels of Pizza Today’s release of our 2025 Pizza Industry Trends Report, Pizza Hut has released its second annual Pizza Trends Report. Some of the key findings that Pizza Hut highlighted in its release include: “The U.S. eats the equivalent to 240,000 […]

Featured

How to Grow Your Pizzeria Sales

Realities of Growth: Using Growth Avenue, SWOT Analysis and S.MA.R.T. Goals to increase pizzeria sales Stability is a false promise. In the pizza business you are either growing or decaying. But striving for growth is risky if you choose the wrong av

People & Pizzerias

Conversation: Brian Zepsa, Zepeddie’s Pizzeria, Charlotte, North Carolina

A Quick Q&A with Brian Zepsa, co-owner of Zepeddie’s Pizzeria, Charlotte, North Carolina zepeddies.com instagram.com/zepeddies/ Concept: Neighborhood pizza joint focused on high quality ingredients and customer service. Trying to offer something a little elevated from the typical pizza joint. Pizza Style & Dough: We offer both a thin crispy crust as well as a thicker […]

Dough Production/Development

Knead to Know: Pizza Dough Systems Check

The key to consistent pizza lies in your dough management systems Of all my years in cooking I have never met a more passionate person than a pizzaiolo/a. At times that passion may look like an argument with loud and fast talking and hand gestures galore all over what seems like a miniscule detail. Most […]

Finance & Growth

Building Blocks: The Cost of Doing Business

What does it really cost to run your pizzeria? “Build your business on fixed costs.” — Jeff Bezos When you start to pull data about failing businesses, there are many reasons why they don’t make it. A lot of people will blame sales, or employees or even location. However, much of the time the failure […]

Finance & Growth

Mike’s Monthly Tip: Credit Card Fees

Gaming CC Fees Credit card fees seem minor but they add up quickly for restaurant operators. Navigating these costs has only gotten more complex, as POS providers partner with credit card companies. Today, restaurants have more transparency into their fees than ever — a big shift from a decade ago, when processors operated more like […]

Menu Development

Serving Alternative Sausages in Your Pizzeria

Wurst Case Scenario: Explore fresh sausage ideas and recipes There have been many different sausages that have made their mark in history. In ancient Athens, Greece, hog puddings and sweetened sausages were all the rage and “the stuffed paunch of an ass was a delicacy.” The early Romans added this to boiled barley and wheat […]

Operations

Setting Up Strong Vendor Partnerships

Make building better vendor relationships a priority this year. As we head into Pizza Expo 2025, it’s a great time to look at an often-overlooked part of restaurant success: vendor relationships. Treating your vendors as true partners rather than anonymous suppliers can drastically affect your costs, quality and ops. Vendors should be assets that help […]

Operations

Explore steps to secure your customer and employee data

Data Secured: Secure your customer and employee data from cyber threats Of all the things that we have to think about as pizzeria operators, cybersecurity probably falls somewhere near the bottom of the list of priorities. Yet, the threat of a cyber attack from a hacker or other bad actor can still keep us up […]

Finance & Growth

How to Grow Your Pizzeria Sales

Realities of Growth: Using Growth Avenue, SWOT Analysis and S.MA.R.T. Goals to increase pizzeria sales Stability is a false promise. In the pizza business you are either growing or decaying. But striving for growth is risky if you choose the wrong avenue or fail to have the correct resources. For this article, growth is defined […]

People & Pizzerias

2025 Pizzerias to Watch

Standout Pizzerias to Watch in 2025 Each year, we ask pizzeria operators to submit their businesses for consideration in our Pizzerias to Watch feature sharing their total operation, from menu, sales and employee programs to community outreach and marketing. We received so many amazing pizzeria responses. We have painstakingly whittled them down to our abridged […]

Pizza Expo March 25-27, 2025

Now in it’s 41st year, International Pizza Expo remains unchallenged as the industry’s leading event. Join thousands of pizzeria professionals as they convene in Las Vegas for 3 days dedicated to all things pizza! With suppliers from across the globe, educational sessions taught by top industry professionals and national competitions, this event is one you simply cannot afford to miss.

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Pizza Expo Columbus, October 26-27, 2025

International Pizza Expo and Pizza Today magazine launch Pizza Expo Columbus. This new event, tailored for Midwest pizza industry professionals, will debut on October 26-27, 2025, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, OH.

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