Kate Lavin

As technology continues to change the way consumers interact with businesses, pizzerias should be prepared to “be where the guest is,” Donatos Pizza CEO Kevin King says during his keynote address at Pizza Expo Columbus.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Happy National Pizza Month! This October, we are celebrating America’s favorite food and the people who make it by featuring pizzerias that give back to their communities.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Happy National Pizza Month! This October, we are celebrating America’s favorite food and the people who make it by featuring pizzerias that give back to their communities.

Restaurants Pledge Free Food as Nearly 42 Million Americans Await Return of Assistance Program

Pasta – one of the most inexpensive foods enjoyed by American consumers – could become prohibitively expensive under a new initiative by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The move comes after Italian companies La Molisana and Garofalo (Pastificio Lucio Garofalo S.p.A) – the two largest Italian pasta exporters – were investigated by the Commerce Department for dumping between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.

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Chris Decker, founding pizzaiolo and partner at Truly Pizza, in Dana Point, California, makes some of the most show-stopping pies in the business. In addition to drooling over his creations on Instagram at @everythingbutanchovies, Pizza Today readers are lucky enough to get a monthly window into the mind of an artist via Decker’s magazine column, On Deck.

Even though pizza is a food staple – and, in fact, a super food – it’s paid for with disposable income. All fourth-quarter (2025) indications point toward holiday spending driving the consumer toward a conservative beginning to 2026 in terms of spending.