
Sep 2 - By Ben Leubsdorf, Associated Press Writer
The Motor City Bowl was rechristened Wednesday as the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, with the Detroit-based pizza chain stepping up to sponsor the college football bowl game as two of the region's beleaguered automakers step down.
Jun 17 - By Associated Press
The parents of a murdered Domino's Pizza delivery driver have filed a $15 million wrongful death suit against the company in Massachusetts.

Jun 14 - By Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press Writer
Papa John's is betting the store on keeping its eye on the pie — even as two larger competitors load their plates with pasta with pasta or sandwiches to boost sales in the slumping economy.
Jun 13 - By Associated Press
A month after he fought off a knife-wielding man attempting robbery, a Troy pizza parlor worker has been shot in another apparent robbery attempt at the same restaurant.

May 30 - By Beth Harris, AP Sports Writer
In a chewy chow-lenge, Takeru Kobayashi outlasted Joey Chestnut when the eating titans faced off to see who could devour the most pizzas.
May 26 - By Associated Press
Domino's Pizza money may have helped build the new town of Ave Maria, but the first pizza place in the southwest Florida development will not be part of that chain.
Apr 10 - By Associated Press
The news is hitting Chicago deep dish pizza makers' eye like a big pizza pie.
Apr 1 - By Associated Press
The Domino's pizza chain has given away nearly 11,000 free pizzas because of a never-used promotion that a Web customer stumbled upon. Tim McIntyre, spokesman for Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Domino's, said Wednesday that the company had prepared an Internet coupon for an ad campaign that was considered in December but never activated.
Feb 27 - By Associated Press
In a Feb. 25 story about pizza company earnings in the fourth quarter, The Associated Press erroneously reported Yum Brand's share price movement. The stock price quoted was for Papa John's, not Yum Brands.
Jan 9 - By Associated Press
Employees at an Idaho pizzeria are using more than $115,000 earned from tips over the past 13 years to pay for a weeklong tropical vacation.
Dec 13 - By Associated Press
Police say a pizza delivery man fought back with the one weapon he had handy when a gun was pulled on him in a stickup: A large, hot pepperoni pizza.
Dec 11 - By Associated Press
Robbers might think twice about committing a crime when there's snow on the ground. Or at least not head right home. That's the lesson after police followed footprints from where a pizza delivery man was robbed to a house on the same block and arrested four teens late Tuesday.

Jul 8 - By NBC Nightly News
Brendan Fraser came to my apartment last night. He was on a Papa John’s pizza box. More accurately, an ad for his upcoming movie “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,” was on the box. It covered the whole box, too. The box flap read, “Awaken someone’s appetite!” and there’s a big photo of floppy-haired Brendan wielding two old-timey wooden swords.

May 7 - By Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press Writer
Sometimes during peak hours, the phones are silent in Andy Freitas' pizza restaurants, yet the cooks are busy keeping pace with hungry customers.
Nov 29 - By Associated Press
Police used a battering ram to break down an apartment door and arrest a woman they say grabbed food from a pizza delivery man but failed to pay him.
Nov 27 - By Associated Press
The owner of Spanky's Pizza fears being driven out of business by the stench of cigar smoke, which customers say is mixing with the familiar smells of pepperoni, cheese and garlic.

Nov 14 - By Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press Writer
Michelle Kratschmer's family was craving the usual — a large pepperoni pizza and a small pie with black olives and cheese — but how she entered the phone order was entirely new.
Nov 1 - By Associated Press
General Mills on Thursday recalled about 5 million frozen pizzas sold nationwide under the Totino's and Jeno's labels because of possible E. coli contamination.
Aug 20 - By Associated Press
A Fair Lawn school custodian is alleging in a lawsuit that his co-workers laced his pizza with the hallucinogen LSD in an attempt to poison him at an office party in 2005.
Jun 6 - By Associated Press
A customer attacked a pizzeria manager with a machete after becoming enraged over how long his food delivery took, police said Wednesday. The manager required stitches.
Mar 25 - By Lisa Cornwell, Associated Press Writer
Customers at some suburban pizza parlors are getting something extra with their pepperoni and mushrooms — wanted posters for parents accused of failing to pay child support.

Mar 2 - By David Crary, AP National Writer
You've read the book, now eat the pizza. Since 1985, that's been the gist of Pizza Hut's Book It, an incentive program used by 50,000 schools nationwide to reward young readers with free pizzas. The program is now under attack by child-development experts who say it promotes bad eating habits and turns teachers into corporate promoters.

Jan 11 - By Jeff Carlton, Associated Press Writer
A pizza chain has been hit with death threats and hate mail after offering to accept Mexican pesos, becoming another flashpoint in the nation's debate over immigrants.

Jul 4 - By Associated Press
A bear cub drew a crowd of spectators at a Lake Tahoe neighborhood as it munched on barbecue-chicken-and-jalapeno pizza in the back seat of a vintage red Buick convertible.
May 17 - By Associated Press
The aroma of a freshly baked pizza is arguably as universally recognizable as that of a newly mowed lawn or a fresh cup of coffee.