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Maybe you’ve seen the near constant stream of corporate body shaming campaigns and internet memes deeming the COVID-19 crisis a mass fattening, rather than the pulmonary pandemic that is killing people by the hundreds and thousands each day. If you haven’t, I envy you. The self-flagellation is getting old. Human beings cannot exist without calories, and some humans require more calories than others, and quarantine is the perfect time to make peace with this concept. If there is an ideal moment to enjoy the food you eat and be comforted by it, it’s weeks deep into these stay-at-home orders. One...

When it comes to pizza in India, Domino’s Pizza is the clear leader. The restaurant chain found its success in India the same way it won the pizza wars in the United States: delivery and technology. Domino’s entered India in 1995 at a time when the country was just beginning to open up its economy to the rest of the world. India removed subsidies on some items, lowered certain import duties and invited in foreign competition. With globalization came American brands like Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Pizza Hut and Domino’s. Jubilant FoodWorks, Domino’s franchisee, said it was the first food service company...

The coronavirus pandemic has seen its impact hit nearly every area imaginable across the world. Perhaps the largest industry to see its demand climb as high as ever are grocery stores. From mega-corporation supermarkets to local grocery shops, stores are struggling to keep many items in stock. First, it was the toilet paper craze that settled over in the early going of the outbreak. Then it was the cleaning supplies from sanitizing wipes to hand soap. A new hard-to-find item now happens to be frozen pizza. Stores across the states are finding it hard to keep the easy-to-cook products in...

We've seen so many great videos over the past month or so, but we dare say... this may be the best. You remember New York's famous "Pizza Rat"? Well, move over... it's time to meet the "Pizza Groundhog!" He's just munching away completely unfazed by Action News in Philadelphia viewer Kristin Chalela Bagnell or her two dogs. Kristin captured the little, or not so little guy, outside her home in Philadelphia's Brewerytown section. Kristin tells our sister station Action News the groundhog sat there for more than an hour, just casually munching away on that piece of pizza with no...

Meet Pizza Rat’s way cuter cousin. An adorable buck-toothed groundhog was captured on camera casually munching on a slice while peeking into a Philadelphia woman’s home through a sliding glass door. The ravenous rodent is shown chomping on the stolen snack next to a backyard barbecue as he gazes into Kristin Chalela Bagnell’s house in footage she posted on Facebook. “It’s not just the people that like Philly pizza,” Bagnell quipped in the caption of the video.

A known Florida scammer is wanted by New Jersey authorities for allegedly calling in thousands of dollars worth of phony pizza orders in the state, claiming the food was being donated to the police, authorities said. Sudeep Khetani, 34, who is believed to be in Orlando, never paid for any of the orders that he placed at several Garden State pizzerias, including in South Brunswick, Montgomery and Plainsboro, according to the South Brunswick Township Police Department.

Coronavirus hospital admissions are expected to peak in Chicago, Illinois, at some point in the next two weeks. In an attempt to prevent the kind of medical supply shortages seen in New York City, average Chicagoans are racing to fulfil the need. On 16 March, in accordance with the state governor's order that all bars and restaurants stop serving customers in-house, Dimo's Pizza closed its dining room doors. "We can no longer serve by the slice," says owner Dimitri Syrkin-Nikolau. "There goes 70% of our revenue." Still, he agreed that the measures were necessary. He'd been following news about the...

This is a story about bosses and their workers, in the dark days of COVID-19. It’s also a story about how one good turn deserves another and yet another. And this being New Jersey, it’s also a story about pizza. Bryan Morin and his brother Michael operate Federico’s Pizza in this Jersey Shore town. In the summer, they deliver cheese steak pizzas and 12-inch subs and garlic knots directly to the beach, a few blocks away. In winter, customers flock to the cozy, black-and-white tiled restaurant on Main Street.

Emergency workers in New York were surprised on Wednesday when they were treated to free pizza from the Clinton family as thanks for their efforts during the coronavirus epidemic that has hammered New York City. Twitter posts indicated that medical workers at St John's Riverside Hospital, Dobbs Ferry were treated to pizza donated by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton. "Amazing !!! I am an ER doctor at Dobbs Ferry NY and just received pizza from the Clintons. Thank you !!!! We NEED LEADERS LIKE YOU in this tough time. So much gratitude...

If you’re going through hell, order pizza. I think it was Winston Churchill who said that, but someone should double check. I would go to the library myself and look it up but, well, you know. But I am quite sure this moment in time calls for pizza. Having that familiar cardboard box arrive at your front door, its contents steaming hot and deliciously glorious, is one of the few slices of normalcy we still have during the coronavirus pandemic. No pun intended.

Tasty Pizza in Lyndhurst is offering a free roll of toilet paper and a large plain pizza to anyone who buys an extra-large pizza. The promotion, which the owner undertook to help the business' many loyal customers during a difficult time, has been well-received.

In September, a 21-year-old man was arrested after using his cellular phone to take videos of an unclothed woman in a dressing room at a mall in Broward County. snip... According to federal court records, Nguyen was using Google to search for crime scene photos of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, which took the lives of 17 students and staff on Feb. 14, 2018. Nguyen also did online searches for Nikolas Cruz, a former student at the Parkland high school who attacked the school with an assault rifle. Nguyen also searched for local gun ranges and directions from...

Animal rescue organizations often have to get creative to help cats and dogs find their forever homes. One of the most effective ways is to team up with local businesses. That’s exactly what Niagara SPCA did and achieved some amazing results. The no-kill shelter located in Niagara Falls, New York recently went viral after they teamed up with the Just Pizza & Wing Co. franchise in Amherst in an attempt to help dogs get adopted. The idea they came up with together is absolutely brilliant. They decided to put flyers on pizza boxes, which feature photos of dogs that are...

Jeremy Clemetson has owned his East of Chicago Pizza restaurant for 14 years after having been affiliated with the chain since 1995. Over the last year, he has started weaving humor into his outdoor advertising. Some of the slogan’s he has used included: “Now Hiring, Must Show Up”, “If it’s not there in 30 minutes, move closer”, “Free Box with Every Pizza”, “Our Deep Dish Pizza is as big as a pothole”, and “Tammy, you need to show up to work” after one of his dedicated employees with a sense of humor took extended medical leave. “I scour the internet...

Domino’s Pizza Group Chief Financial Officer David Bauernfeind died Thursday in a “tragic accident” while vacationing with his family. Bauernfeind was snorkeling in Mauritius, a country located off the eastern coast of Africa, at the time of his death, according to The Mirror, a British newspaper. He was with his wife and daughter, the outlet reported.

Police say four teens ordered pizza early Sunday morning, giving a house on Earl Avenue as the address. They say when the deliveryman arrived, the teens tried to steal the pizza from the car. Police say the teens may have also tried to rob the man. Investigators say the deliveryman then accidentally struck one of the teens with his car. They say the teen was rushed to the hospital. His condition was not immediately available. Police say the case is under investigation and criminal charges may be pending.

... “Prince Andrew should go to jail,” Virginia Roberts Giuffre says in a teaser for the report that is set to air this Sunday on the Nine Network's “60 Minutes Australia” while standing outside the late convicted pedophile’s sprawling $56 million Upper East Side mansion. “I mean, is he ever going to? Probably not,” adds Giuffre, who now lives in Australia, The New York Post reported. Giuffre says in the speical that Epstein forced her to have sex with “the elite of the world.” “I was trafficked to other billionaires. I was trafficked to other politicians,” she told the show....

Republican lawmakers on Wednesday barged into the secret impeachment chamber, defended President Trump and shouted at the lawless Democrats.

Artificial intelligence could be used to make your next pizza, if you order one at T-Mobile Park. A Seattle startup called Picnic has developed a machine capable of turning out hundreds of pizzas an hour. The CEO of the company said the machine can also help solve a staffing shortage in the food services industry. “You can make different pizzas, each one in a row,” said Clayton Wood, CEO of Picnic. The machine gets the pizza order from an iPad app that was developed in-house, at the company’s office and lab in Seattle’s Interbay neighborhood.

Romania? Does anybody have any idea what he is talking about?