Vol. XII, No. 3, April - May 2012
- Editor's Corner - update on Dubai
- Is there really a menu 'sweet spot'?
- Chuck E. Cheese's a pioneer with multichannel entertainment convergence
- Ray's indoor playground - it's no FEC
- Foundations Entertainment University - July 17-19 in Chicago
- Entertainment venues as anchors to generate mall traffic
- Club Liko progress
- Are Millennials the market they are cracked up to be?
- Living arrangements of young adults
- Top pizza trends
- The dirty little truth about developing a family entertainment center no one will tell you
Top pizza trends
The Technomicresearch firm finds that 41% of consumers now eat pizza at least once a week, compared to just 26% two years ago. All methods of consuming pizza have increased, and now, at least once a month, 49% of consumers buy pizza at supermarkets, 45% of consumers enjoy dine-in pizza, and 68% of consumers order carry-out pizza.
Here are two of the hottest trends with pizza:
- Artisan pizza, customized and baked in stone fire pizza ovens
- Fast casual pizza – Inspired by the success of fast casual chains such as Chipotle and Panera Bread, chains such as mall-based Sbarro are making made-to-order pizzas and using better cheese to make them more artisanal.
The Los Angeles Times predicts that 800 Degrees, a new Neapolitan pizzeria in Westwood, LA will one day become “a staple of every food court in America.” The paper says its formula for its success, and the reason lines are out the door for its pizza, is its “high-quality pizza reformulated as fast-food — cheap [pizza prices start at $5.15], delicious, made with sustainably grown ingredients, infinitely customizable” and “in and out” of a ferociously hot wood-burning oven almost before you have gotten to the cash register.”
Fast-Casual 800 Degrees Neapolitan pizzeria.
Vol. XII, No. 3, April - May 2012
- Editor's Corner - update on Dubai
- Is there really a menu 'sweet spot'?
- Chuck E. Cheese's a pioneer with multichannel entertainment convergence
- Ray's indoor playground - it's no FEC
- Foundations Entertainment University - July 17-19 in Chicago
- Entertainment venues as anchors to generate mall traffic
- Club Liko progress
- Are Millennials the market they are cracked up to be?
- Living arrangements of young adults
- Top pizza trends
- The dirty little truth about developing a family entertainment center no one will tell you
