• GoFundMe for Indiana pizza man who saved five people from a burning house raises almost $500,000

    GoFundMe for Indiana pizza man who saved five people from a burning house raises almost $500,000

    As of Wednesday morning, nearly $500,000 had been donated to a GoFundMe for an Indiana pizza delivery man who saved four kids and their 18-year-old sister from a burning house last week.
  • Mikhail Gorbachev Made an Appearance in a Pizza Hut Commercial

    Mikhail Gorbachev Made an Appearance in a Pizza Hut Commercial

    A 60-second Pizza Hut commercial from more than 20 years ago may be the most powerful metaphor for capitalism's victory against the Soviet Union.
  • Papa John’s founder slices up ad firm’s $6M ‘extort’ attempt

    Papa John’s founder slices up ad firm’s $6M ‘extort’ attempt

    Papa John’s founder John Schnatter has claimed his spectacular ouster from the pizza chain last year was orchestrated by an advertising firm that was trying to extort $6 million from him — and now
  • Pepperoni prices are spiking thanks to COVID-19

    Pepperoni prices are spiking thanks to COVID-19

    Pepperoni prices are reportedly skyrocketing because of the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 has forced meat processors to “streamline” operations and hampered their ability to produce pepperoni, leading to higher prices for small pizzerias around the country, according to Bloomberg News. Charlie’s Pizza House in Yankton, South Dakota, for instance, is now paying $4.12 a pound for …
  • Pizzeria owner makes money placing orders for own store on DoorDash app

    Pizzeria owner makes money placing orders for own store on DoorDash app

    A Kansas restauranteur was able to make some dough placing orders at his own pizzeria through the food delivery app DoorDash, according to a report. The owner of AJ’s NY Pizzeria said he only learned that his business was on the delivery app after receiving complaints about orders, according to strategist Ranjan Roy, a friend …
  • I delivered Michael Jordan’s pizza and he’s wrong about food poisoning

    I delivered Michael Jordan’s pizza and he’s wrong about food poisoning

    Whatever was ailing Michael Jordan in the famous “Flu Game” wasn’t bad pizza, says the man who claims to have delivered the food to the Hall of Famer that night. Initially, it was reported at the time Jordan had “flu-like symptoms” in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals against the Jazz. Then during “The …
  • Chuck E. Cheese changes name to ‘Pasqually’s Pizza & Wings’ on delivery app

    Chuck E. Cheese changes name to ‘Pasqually’s Pizza & Wings’ on delivery app

    Is Chuck E. Cheese saying goodbye to their mousey mascot forever? Last year, the pizza-playground chain scrapped the anthropomorphic, animatronic animal band featuring their spokes-rodent Chuck. Now, according to eagle-eyed diners who spotted the change on GrubHub, the restaurant is now doing business as Pasqually’s Pizza & Wings — with an entirely redesigned and distinctly …
  • Papa John flaunts wealth on bizarre TikTok tour of his blinged-out home

    Papa John flaunts wealth on bizarre TikTok tour of his blinged-out home

    He’s still rolling in dough. Disgraced Papa John’s founder John Schnatter is serving up yet another slice of controversy with a bizarre series of TikTok videos that flaunt his massive collection of bling. The pizza baron was infamously ousted from his own company in 2018 for dropping a racial slur during a video conference and …
  • Papa John’s sales jump as coronavirus keeps deliveries moving

    Papa John’s sales jump as coronavirus keeps deliveries moving

    Papa John’s said sales are jumping as customers hunkered down amid the coronavirus crisis have been ordering up pizzas for delivery, even as they steer clear of its restaurants. The pizza chain said Tuesday that its comparable sales in North America rose 5.3 percent in the three months ending March 29 even as the pandemic …