Things were quite a bit different 24 years ago.
A dozen eggs was less than a dollar. Social media did not exist. And Donald Trump, then just a New York property developer who regularly popped up on TV to play a braggadocious business man — in Pizza Hut commercials, on Wrestlemania and in the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, among many others — was golf buddies with former president Bill Clinton.
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#Social #things #wrestlemania

Costco has built a reputation on low prices, bulk deals, and member-exclusive perks. But one of the warehouse club's most recognizable attractions is also one of its most controversial: the food court.
For many shoppers, a trip to Costco isn't complete without a $1.50 hot dog and soda, a slice of pizza, or another inexpensive bite after navigating the warehouse's crowded aisles.
The food court has become an important part of the Costco experience, reinforcing the retailer's value-focused image and giving members another reason to shop.
The hot dog deal, whose $1.50 price point has been locked in since 1985, is particularly iconic.

#built #bulk #deals #exclusive

The pizza dining sector has been in a downsizing mode in 2026 with several chains closing numerous locations for a variety of reasons.
Some of the biggest and most popular chains, such as Pizza Hut and Papa John's, plan to close 100s for restaurants in 2006 to rid themselves of properties that have become a financial burden.
Boston-based pizza dining chain Bertucci's, which has filed for bankruptcy three times in the last eight years, has also closed dozens of locations.
Bertucci's most recently shuttered its last Washington, D.C.-area location with the closing of its Springfield, Va., restaurant at the end of September, according to the Washington Business Journal.
The 45-year-old pizza chain, which at one time had over 100 locations, has 11 remaining restaurants in Massachusetts, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.

#pizza

Sean "Diddy" Combs is headed back into solitary confinement, a day after a report described a prison life of massages, smuggled liquor, and contraband phones.
Staff at FCI Fort Dix are returning Combs to the facility's Special Housing Unit, according to TMZ, which was told the move came in direct response to this week's NBC News reporting on his alleged perks. Sources described the placement as typical procedure while prison officials run an investigation.
The report in question drew on four men who spent time in Combs' unit at the New Jersey prison. They said the mogul had other inmates making his bed, doing his laundry, and cleaning his toilet before he used it.
Sources also revealed to NBC News that inmates cooked for him on makeshift heating elements, turning out curry chicken, pizza and empanadas, and that others gave him Chinese-style massages. Thousands of dollars a month allegedly flowed into their commissary accounts.
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#shop

Nate Bargatze had barely four hours of sleep when he took the stage at the Ford Accelerate conference at Michigan Central Station in Detroit.
It was about 9 a.m. on Sept. 30 and the comedian was there to co-host the second-year of the event with Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley. Bargatze is the new face in a Ford ad campaign touting the advantages that Ford vehicle owners get by using Ford's dealership service lanes rather than third-party service centers. Ford Accelerate is a gathering of hundreds of business and community leaders who discuss ways to get more people interested in skilled trades jobs, such as auto service technicians.
"I don't even know what time it is," Bargatze told the Detroit Free Press a couple of hours after he welcomed the crowd. His handler remarked that it wasn't yet noon. "It's not noon?! It could be four, five ... I don't know. We got in late last night because I had a show in Mississippi and then ... it was four hours sleep. But I feel great. It's been fun."
The ride for Bargatze, 47, has indeed been fun — and a lot of hard work.
He rose from humble roots in Old Hickory, Tennessee, a factory town about 15 miles northeast of Nashville known for its DuPont plant. He is the son of a professional magician and Bargatze worked as an appliance mover, a pizza delivery driver, a parking valet at Nashville International Airport and a water-meter reader before a buddy pushed him to try his dream of stand-up comedy.

#service

IonQ (IONQ) is a quantum computing company whose stock has been a favorite among speculative buyers and high-volatility traders, thanks to its high beta (3.30 over the last 60 months) and news-driven price action. It's not uncommon to see the stock swinging by double-digit percentages around news, earnings, partnership announcements, or sector sentiment shifts.
But today, we have a rare event.
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IonQ, the volatile quantum stock, is now sitting at 0% IV rank. That means options on IONQ are priced much cheaper than they have been historically, creating an opportunity to go long.

#quantum #high #pizza #best

Walmart Inc. (NASDAQ:WMT) is expanding its restaurant-delivery business through a partnership with Papa John's, allowing customers in select U.S. markets to order pizzas, sides, and desserts through Walmart's app and website. The service is expected to launch this fall before expanding to thousands of participating Papa John's locations nationwide. Customers will be able to order restaurant food either separately or alongside Walmart groceries and household products, with Walmart's delivery network handling fulfillment.
The move builds on Walmart's broader push into fast delivery. The company recently reported that U.S. e-commerce sales increased 24% in its latest quarter, while fast-delivery services for groceries and general merchandise grew 48%. Walmart also said 30-minute-or-less delivery was available in 38 U.S. markets, highlighting the infrastructure it can potentially leverage for restaurant orders.
The Papa John's partnership could strengthen Walmart Inc. (NASDAQ:WMT)'s position as a broader consumer-delivery platform rather than simply a retailer. Adding restaurant meals gives shoppers another reason to open Walmart's app, while the ability to combine a pizza order with groceries and household products creates an opportunity to increase basket sizes and order frequency. This is particularly attractive because Walmart already has a large store network that increasingly functions as a last-mile fulfillment system; roughly 80% of its e-commerce orders are fulfilled from stores.
The deal could also improve the economics of Walmart's existing delivery infrastructure. Instead of building a completely separate restaurant-delivery network, Walmart can utilize its established fulfillment capabilities and Spark driver network to serve incremental demand. The Papa John's relationship also expands Walmart's restaurant offering beyond earlier partnerships, helping the company build a more comprehensive alternative to dedicated delivery platforms such as DoorDash and Uber Eats.
More importantly, restaurant delivery could become another engagement tool for Walmart Inc. (NASDAQ:WMT)'s increasingly digital customer base. With e-commerce approaching a quarter of Walmart's overall sales and growing substantially faster than traditional store sales, initiatives that increase digital traffic could support Walmart's broader ecosystem of e-commerce, memberships and advertising.

#walmart #network #fulfillment

If you turn to Gordon Ramsay for cooking advice, the legendary chef is probably going to have some useful info, but if it's frozen food you're curious about, the man has sent some mixed signals over the years. As a famous TV yeller/chef, Ramsay is known for speaking his mind on foods he won't touch, and one thing he's been keen to attack in the past is frozen food meals. While many of us might turn to a frozen pizza or burrito for a cheap, quick meal when we don't have the energy to cook, Ramsay once told Bon Appétit it's the one type of food he refuses to eat.
As for why we won't touch frozen food, Ramsay's reasons are understandable, but they're also a little tone-deaf. "It's so easy to prepare a quick meal using fresh produce, such as a simple stir-fry, but people still resort to ready meals that all taste exactly the same," he told the outlet. It's certainly true that there are plenty of quick and easy recipes if you're in a rush and that plenty of frozen foods are of less-than-ideal quality.
But in the life of most non-celebrity chefs, there are times when you simply don't have the ingredients, time, or energy to cook. Additionally, it appears that Ramsay doesn't think every frozen meal tastes the same, or else he wouldn't have launched his own line of frozen meals called "By Chef Ramsay" in 2023. Maybe his frozen chicken pot pie really is that much better?
Read more: 18 Frozen Dinner Brands, Ranked From Worst To Best
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#chef #foods

Kylie Jenner showcased her new yellow gold diamond earrings and matching ring in an Instagram post
The beauty mogul recently shared updates on her Hidden Hills property, purchased in 2020
Jenner revealed plans for her dream home, including a gym, spa, outdoor dining area and pizza oven
Kylie Jenner is showing off the latest additions to her jewelry collection!
On Thursday, Sept. 10, the beauty mogul, 29, shared close-up photos and videos on Instagram of her sweeping her hair to the side to reveal a new earring stack on each ear.

#shared #hidden #sept

Casey's General Stores Inc. (NASDAQ:CASY), the third-largest convenience chain and fifth-biggest pizza brand within the U.S., released its first quarter results, showing early traction from the company's recently announced three-year strategic plan. For the recent quarter, inside same-store sales jumped 3.2% year-over-year, and 7.7% on a two-year stacked basis, leading to inside margins of 42.2%. Total inside gross profit stood at $749.8 million, rising 6.3% compared to the same period last year. The company posted net income of $273.7 million, exhibiting a 27.1% increase relative to Q1 last year. This translated into a 27.7% jump in diluted EPS which rose to $7.37.
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Casey's is building on its three-year roadmap which rests on three core pillars. These include acceleration of growth across food and beverage, scaling up its store footprint, and elevating its operational efficiency.
Food remains a major growth enabler for the broader business, with prepared foods and nonalcoholic beverages currently driving the expansion of inside sales. Wings sales within Des Moines market also posted a 20% year-over-year sales jump. This positions the company to benefit from a larger opportunity of ramping up the offerings across roughly 3,000 stores, and cements Casey's reputation as a food destination.
The retailer also plans to expand its operations with at least 400 stores through a mix of acquisitions, and ground-up development of new stores. The integration of Fikes Wholesale, owner of CEFCO Convenience Stores and Casey's largest acquisition to date, demonstrates its capacity to expand through dealmaking. Management said the integration remains ahead of schedule.

#stores #largest

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Jeremiah Watkins has just released his third full-length special, Crazy Pizza, on YouTube.
Taped at The Comedy Vault in Batavia, Illinois, the special finds Watkins navigating life as the father to an alleged serial killer toddler and his wife's anger in the bedroom, while riffing on alternatives to hitting your kids, his recent vasectomy, and all of the other toppings that go on his Crazy Pizza.
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#comedian #youtube #comedy

Kylie Jenner is showing off the construction process on her custom Hidden Hills, Calif., estate
The home features unique design elements like a two-story closet, reclaimed cobblestone driveway, and marbled bathroom tile
Jenner also shared plans for an outdoor dining ***** e with a fountain and pizza oven, plus landscaping provided by sister Kendall Jenner
Rome wasn't built in a day, and the same goes for Kylie Jenner's custom Hidden Hills, Calif., "dream house."
On Sunday, Sept. 6, the beauty mogul, 29, posted her "first vlog in a really long time" to her YouTube channel. In the video, entitled "building my dream house," the Kardashians star invites her followers to come along as she visits the construction site of her future Los Angeles County home.

#home #House

Interested in Yum! Brands, Inc.? Here are five stocks we like better.
Yum! Brands sold its Pizza Hut business outside Mainland China to LongRange Capital for about $1.5 billion, with total carve-out proceeds reaching roughly $2.7 billion.
The divestiture lets Yum! Brands shift toward a leaner, higher-margin franchising model concentrated on Taco Bell and KFC amid industrywide fast-food traffic declines.
The company also authorized an approximately $4 billion share buyback and maintains an eight-year dividend growth streak, reinforcing shareholder returns despite short interest and executive turnover concerns.
The fast-food industry is facing a severe reality check. Menu price hikes are pricing out the core lower-income demographic, causing a decline in foot traffic across the sector. Yet amid this crisis, one operator just executed a masterclass in corporate defense.

#fast #Food #TRAFFIC #mainland

Shakespeare's Pizza and several other Columbia-area favorites are joining the food lineup at Memorial Stadium as Mizzou Athletics rolls out new concessions and hospitality offerings for football fans this season.
The additions come through a partnership involving Sodexo Live!, Mizzou Athletics and Columbia-based Upper Crust Food Service, according to a community announcement. Fans attending games will see new local vendors, updated menu items and expanded hospitality options throughout the stadium.
For the first time, Shakespeare's Pizza will be available inside Memorial Stadium, bringing one of Columbia's best-known food brands into the game-day experience.
"As we looked at the new hospitality offerings we wanted to bring to fans this season, we wanted to focus on food that feels like home while giving fans new reasons to explore and enjoy the game-day experience," Brian Gaskill, regional vice president of Sodexo Live!, said in the announcement. "Shakespeare's is a huge part of Columbia, and we know how excited fans will be to see it in the stadium. We're bringing a strong lineup of local favorites, Missouri flavors and some fun new takes on game-day classics straight to fans."
The partnership also brings several other local businesses into the stadium, including Champ's Chicken, Buck's Ice Cream and Mya's Gourmet Popcorn.

#game

Before Melissa Joan Hart played the supernatural student in "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," she starred opposite Calista Flockhart in the off-Broadway production "Beside Herself."
While starring in the 1989 production, a young Hart found an unexpected mentor in the "Ally McBeal" star, she tells USA TODAY.
"I was about 10, 11, and she was young. She was like 18," Hart says. "She used to have me come over to her house and do sleepovers and she'd give me her hand-me-down clothes. I watched the way she prepped for work."
Joe Pintauro's play "Beside Herself" follows a woman named Mary from four different stages of her life. Hart played a pre-teen Mary, while Flockhart played the role in her post-teen years.
In between shows, Hart and Flockhart would stop at New York's Bleecker Street Pizza for a slice. Hart also remembers taking notes on Flockhart's stretching routine and breathing exercises ahead of shows.

#played #beside

Aurora Culpo and Zac Duvernet hosted an intimate Italian-inspired engagement party at their Manhattan Beach home, sharing all the details with PEOPLE
The event featured yellow and blue florals, Italian ***** tails, pizza, gelato, and personalized touches like custom menus
The couple plans a small courthouse wedding this year followed by a larger celebration with friends and family next year
Aurora Culpo and her fiancé Zac Duvernet celebrated their love with an intimate, Italian-inspired backyard engagement party.
The internet personality, 36, and her fiancé invited 50 of their friends and family to celebrate their engagement on Saturday, Aug. 29 at their Manhattan Beach, Calif. home. The "loosely Southern Italy" inspired event, which included Aurora's sisters Olivia Culpo and Sophia Culpo as well as their friends, was an "intimate and personal" afternoon to honor Aurora and Zac.

#aurora

On paper, it looked like a big advantage that the Atlanta Braves got to play the makeup game for a June 18 rainout at the end of August. The San Francisco Giants would have to wait 10 weeks, fly across the country ahead of a six-game road trip, and trade away six veterans in the interim before facing a division-leading team on a seven-game win streak.
But waiting meant the Braves had to face a trio of rookies that weren't on the roster three weeks ago. Monday night, Sluggin' Jonah **** , Nate "The Great" Furman, and Turner "King Of The" Hill rained on the Braves parade with three runs, five fits, and four RBIs in a 7-3 win. Their sad fans were Tomahawk-chopping their umbrellas as they walk out of the stadium in despair.
This means that, perhaps unofficially, the Giants have finally swept a series in 2026. And it only took them until the last day of August! Their rainy visit to Hotlanta Wetlanta in June saw one game cancelled and another postponed after a two-hour rain delay, but the Giants won both halves of an improvised doubleheader on the one day with ded=cent weather. This means the Giants technically have swept a series this season, won a series on the road in the process and are currently on a three-series unbeaten streak.
Former Brave Anthony Molina (2-0), acquired in the deadline deal for Tyler Mahle, won his second game in seven days by giving up three runs in five innings in his first start of the season and the third of his career. He struck out five straight Braves between the 3rd and 4th innings and escaped the 5th after giving up four hits but only one run, and leaving with the game tied 3-3.
The Giants broke things open in the top of the 6th thanks to Osleivis Basabe and a trio of rookies. Basabe led off the inning with his 4th home run of the season, bouncing it off the top of the center field wall just above the Papa John's sign, which should probably earn him some free terrible pizza, right?

#five

If you went to Kroger Field the last couple of years, you probably left with a sour taste in your mouth. Kentucky was just 1-8 over the last 2 seasons against Power 5 schools at home. But it wasn't just the on-field performance that left a lot to be desired.
Fans saw places like Bryant-Denny and Williams-Brice come alive with lights, music, and great sound. The pregame atmosphere was electric. For Kentucky, everything had seemed a little stale. There was Grove Street but not much else. And a lot of fans complained about the speaker system that felt like it was only being played on one end of the stadium. And the stadium itself needed a good, deep cleaning after a couple of years of grime had built up on the outside.
Will Stein heard those comments.
The new head coach said he wanted new traditions; he talked about how he would love to extend the Wildcat walk and have different songs and an electric atmosphere. He and new AD J Batt even delivered pizzas to fans who wanted to set up their tailgating spots.
They power-washed the stadium and cleaned up the inside and out. It was announced that they have now put in field-level speakers to help boost the sound, and they will have a new game-day host to help keep the atmosphere rocking all night long.

#fans #atmosphere #couple

We're all done with match action from the first month of the new season, a tad earlier than originally planned. Reading's trip to Oxford United, initially set for August 29, was postponed due to a clash with Reading Festival (at time of writing there's no confirmation on when this game will move to).
We have however had five games across all competitions: two in League One, two in the League Cup and one in the Pizza Vase. Reading have recorded one normal-time win (3-0 at Stevenage) as well as two 1-1 draws that preceded shootout triumphs (Bromley, Wycombe Wanderers), a goalless stalemate at AFC Wimbledon and a 3-4 league defeat to Luton Town.
Performances have been somewhat mixed, with the display at Stevenage (6.64/10, going by our Player Ratings) the clear standout. Otherwise, three displays were remarkably similar (Bromley 5.6, Wycombe 5.64, Wimbledon 5.62), while the one against Luton (5.27) was a lot lower.
That all works out to an average of 5.75. For a bit of context, that's higher than the 2025/26 season-wide average of 5.59 and above every month that campaign but one (August 2025, 5.85).
So now it's time to pick a standout. We've narrowed the choice down to a shortlist of three players, and you can vote for your favourite at the bottom of the article.

#stevenage

Which school has the most dedicated tailgaters — Iowa or Iowa State? According to one metric from a new survey, Hawkeye football fans come out on top... by 14 minutes. But Cyclones are close behind.
Casey's, in concert with naming its breakfast pizza the "Official Pizza of Noon Kickoffs" for the second straight year, commissioned a survey of students and alumni across its operating area to find out which schools' tailgates begin the earliest and last the longest. University of Iowa fans reported waking up at 7:58 a.m. on an average game day, while Iowa State University faithful said they sleep until 8:12 a.m. They trailed only Ohio State fans, who get up at 7:52 a.m.
Texas fans were the latest risers, rolling out at 9:04 a.m.
Iowa and Iowa State fans also were among the most committed to the parking lot parties, each spending an average of 2.9 hours tailgating. Indiana fans topped the sample of 1,201 fans at 15 large universities, spending three hours.
The two Iowa schools kick off their seasons Sept. 5, with Iowa State already playing two of its first three games at noon or before. Iowa's only morning game scheduled so far is the final one of the regular season at 11 a.m. Nov. 27 against Nebraska. Most of its start times, however, remain unannounced.

#schools

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Papa Johns has named KM Capital as its new franchise partner in Mexico. Under the agreement of this new partnership, KM Capital will ******* ume leadership of 44 existing franchised restaurants across the country, which the company said is a priority market for Papa Johns International.
KM Capital will also focus on expanding the brand across the country with continued investments in operations, branding, and restaurant growth. The Mexico-based private investment and advisory firm was founded in 1986 and focuses on middle-market companies across Mexico and Latin America. In a statement, Papa Johns' Global Chief Development Officer John Matter said KM Capital brings local expertise, commercial discipline, and a strategic growth mindset need to support the brand's next phase in the market.
"Together, we are focused on enhancing the customer experience, growing our presence in the market and building a stronger Papa Johns brand for consumers across Mexico," he said.
KM Capital's executive leadership team recently met with Papa Johns' executives to align on growth plans, market priorities and long-term development opportunities for Mexico. In a statement, Enrique Ruiz Mandujano, founding partner and CEO said Mexicans have a "strong passion for pizza, and we see an opportunity to grow the Papa Johns' brand by delivering great pizzas and expanding our reach to serve more communities across the country."

#papa #capital #country #development

Sustainable Growth Advisers (SGA), an investment management company, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for its "Global Growth Strategy." The letter can be downloaded here. The SGA Global Growth Portfolio returned 7.4% gross and 7.2% net, compared with 14.9% for the MSCI ACWI and 19.8% for the MSCI ACWI Growth Index. Momentum leadership and enthusiasm around AI infrastructure drove markets, with semiconductor, memory, and hardware stocks accounting for much of the gain. Although the portfolio owned AI beneficiaries, broader holdings lagged despite fundamentals, as median revenue and EPS growth reached 12% and 14% and more than 60% of the holdings beat expectations. SGA believes valuation compression reflects sentiment rather than weaker business quality, leaving the portfolio near its widest discount to the market since inception. The firm continues to favor durable compounders and expects 16% revenue growth and 20% earnings growth over three years. Also, please check the Fund's top five holdings to see its best picks for 2026.
In its second-quarter 2026 investor letter, SGA Global Growth Strategy highlighted Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM). Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) develops, operates, and franchises traditional and non-traditional quick service restaurants in the United States and internationally. On August 24, 2026, Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) closed at $157.35 per share. The one-month return of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) was 4.4%, and its shares gained 6.7% over the past 52 weeks. Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) has a market capitalization of $42.84 billion.
SGA Global Growth Strategy stated the following regarding Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) in its Q2 2026 investor letter:
"We met with Jon Hixon, Yum! Brands, Inc.'s (NYSE:YUM) Chief Sustainability Officer, as well as members of legal and human resources teams to discuss several topics relevant to our investment thesis, including human capital management, geopolitical and reputational risks, corporate governance, and sustainability reporting. During the discussion, we were pleased to hear that Yum's next sustainability report would include, for the first time, disclosures aligned with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) framework, alongside its existing climate-related reporting. The addition of TNFD reporting reflects the company's ongoing efforts to ******* s and disclose nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks, and opportunities across its agricultural supply chain. A key focus of the engagement was Pizza Hut's ongoing strategic review and the ******* ociated human capital implications. Management outlined several retention initiatives designed to support workforce stability during the review process, including broad-based retention bonuses for employees and targeted retention awards for critical leadership and operational roles. While the company had experienced a modest increase in employee turnover, management indicated that attrition remai

Jimmy Kimmel is being criticized by some fans after his wife, Molly McNearney, shared details about the beginning of their relationship.
The couple, who have been married since 2013, met when the talk show host hired her as a writer's **** istant on Jimmy Kimmel Live in 2004, but it took him five years before he made a move.
Molly recalled how Jimmy invited her over to his house, seven months after ending his seven-year relationship with comedian Sarah Silverman, and had prepared her favorite foods.
She said that during a writers' meeting, Jimmy's cousin, Sal Iacono, had asked everyone: "If you can only have five foods the rest of your life, what are they?"
"I remember I said, 'Pizza, crab claws, BLT, and chocolate chip cookies,'" Molly said on Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast on Monday.

#live #sarah

Benny Blanco shared the results of his five-day pizza diet to prove that "you can lose weight, eating literally anything."
The prolific music producer, 38, explained his plans in an August 21 TikTok: "I'm going to eat one pizza a day and lose weight. My pizza of choice? One large thin crust" from Domino's. Showing a small slice of the pizza, he quipped, "Like, how is this supposed to last me a whole day? This is one-sixteenth of everything I can eat today."
Blanco, who began the challenge at 152.2 lbs, shared that the point was "to prove you can lose weight, eating literally anything." He stayed committed, even bringing the pizza with him when joining wife Selena Gomez for dinner at a restaurant.
Benny Blanco brought his pizza with him while going out to dinner with Selena Gomez
Credit: Benny Blanco/Tiktok
His diet had a few setbacks — like when he accidentally dropped a slice on the ground, or returned to the studio to find "someone ate like eight slices of my pizza."

#pizza #blanco #like #gomez

A weight loss company called Start Willow is facing backlash after telling Love Island USA contestant Melanie Moreno they could help her lose weight.
The brand posted an image stating: "Melanie, you may not be able to drop that man, but we can help you drop 10-15lbs in 4 weeks. Call us, Start Willow."
Melanie appeared on season 8 of the dating show, entering the house the first day and coming third with her partner, Sincere Rhea.
Fans have called the marketing "disgusting," and whoever came up with the idea should lose their job. In response, Melanie posted a photo of herself to Instagram Stories eating pepperoni pizza.
"I get it's their brand but who in their right mind thought targeting a public figure to have weight loss would be good.. it's extremely gross," wrote a social media user.

#willow #loss #called #brand

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Hoogland Restaurant Group, Marco's Pizza's largest franchisee, is reiterating its confidence in the chain by adding five new stores to its portfolio and bringing its footprint to 120 locations in 14 states. The new stores are located in Lewisville, Fort Worth, Saginaw, and North Richland Hills, Texas, and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
"With the economic headwinds in today's QSR environment, it's a testament to our team to be growing rather than contracting," HRG President McLain Hoogland said in a statement. "We're proud to add these locations to our family of stores."
This expansion comes as Marco's accelerates its national and international growth. The company is targeting more than 80 new store openings this year, including the West Coast. In 2025, Marco's domestic footprint included 1,196 locations, marking a 2.9% increase versus 2024, according to Technomic.
To support this growth, Marco's is currently developing a new Operations Center of Excellence in Orlando, Florida, designed to elevate franchisee training and strengthen operational execution. The hub, expected to open in the fall, is backed by an investment of more than $1 million and includes a training kitchen and office ****** e to house approximately 50 corporate team members. Marco's also recently added two industry veterans to its leadership team in Steve Kennedy, chief marketing officer, and Bill Schaffler, chief financial officer.

#footprint #chief

Ask people to picture their favorite food, and creamy pasta, hot pepperoni pizza, and indulgent gelato beat out sushi, tacos, and even McDonald's.
Italian food consistently ranks as the world's most popular cuisine, edging out Chinese and **** anese in global surveys. A 2019 YouGov poll of more than 25,000 people across 24 countries put Italian in first place among 34 national cuisines.
But popularity hasn't been enough to shield Italian restaurants from rising labor and food costs. Over the past few years, some of the biggest names in the category have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, from Bravo Brio to Pizza Hut, Bertucci's, and Buca di Beppo.
Earlier this year, I reported that fast-casual chain Fazoli's had joined that list. In January 2026, its parent company, California-based FAT Brands Inc., filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Now, Fazoli's is closing restaurants across the country, and the numbers are worse than most people realize.

#bankruptcy #across

Pizza chain Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA)'s shares are down by 49% over the past year and by 39% year-to-date. On the 6th, the shares closed a whopping 17.8% lower. The dip occurred after Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) reported its second quarter earnings before market open. Looking at the report, it's unsurprising why the shares fell as the firm's second quarter revenue dipped by 8.8%, its system-wide restaurant sales dropped by 4.8% and net income dipped by $1 million to $8.7 million. Cramer hadn't been optimistic about Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) ahead of the earnings and the latest results didn't change his mind:
"Think about how Domino's could make a comeback here. Pizza Hut, bought by private equity, always a bad sign. Papa John's, just terrible, and got rid of the dividend. Domino's, hold, I mean I think that maybe Domino's [inaudible] to stay here. Good CEO, good numbers coming, some new dishes."
Naturally, the latest results leave a lot to talk about Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA). To support the bearish point of view, the firm also announced a dividend suspension, cut its EBITDA guidance to a midpoint of $185 million from an earlier $200 million and announced that it would close between 200 and 250 North American stores in 2026. These metrics indicate a troubled business that doesn't inspire confidence. However, the earnings wasn't all bad as Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) also delivered on the bottom line. During Q2, its adjusted earnings per share jumped to 46 cents from the earlier 41 cents. Percentage wise, the firm's gross, operating and net profit margins in Q2 marked 29 basis points, 18 basis points and four basis points jumps.
Comparing Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) to Domino's Pizza Inc. (NASDAQ:DPZ) makes the picture clearer and explains Cramer's preference. While the shares are down by 23% over the past year and 18% year-to-date, the second quarter earnings painted a slightly better picture. Domino's Pizza Inc. (NASDAQ:DPZ)'s revenue of $1.19 billion was higher than ***** yst estimates and marked a 4.3% jump.
Yet, the firm's earnings missed ***** yst estimates and its US same-store sales also marked 0.1% growth which also missed estimates. Looking at these figures, it's clear that Domino's Pizza Inc. (NASDAQ:DPZ) isn't that far ahead of PZZA when it comes to performance. Yet, the firm's order count continued to grow in Q2 despite the overall turmoil in the industry. Looking at this, Cramer recommending 'hold' does make sense. However, Loop Capital downgraded the shares to Hold from Buy as it expressed skepticism about same-store sales growth.

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I can still picture my prized holographic BOOK IT! pin, the one with pages that turned as you tilted it. It filled up with stars I earned through a full Baby-Sitters Club obsession and anything even remotely ghost-related, then kicked around various jewelry boxes and bins of ephemera for years. As a kid I proudly identified as a voracious reader, and the pin was the proof. The Pizza Hut pizza was simply a bonus.
Recently, I sat down to talk with Chrissy Teigen about her partnership with Pizza Hut's BOOK IT! program, and it quickly turned into a delightful nostalgia-fest. What doubly delighted me was how authentically excited she is about reading and about passing that love down to her kids. "The little exclamation point is like what excited me the most," she told me about her own childhood pin, and we were off.
There's real substance behind the nostalgia. Pizza Hut created BOOK IT! in 1984 with a simple mission, to turn "have to read" into "want to read" for kids everywhere, and it worked. It's now the longest-running corporate-supported reading program in the country, and by Pizza Hut's own count it has encouraged more than 70 million children to read since it launched, handing out an estimated 1.5 billion pizzas along the way.
Teigen, who turned 40 this year, has spent the past few years reconnecting with her childhood friends from Snohomish, Washington. The things that got them excited as kids are the same things they text each other about now, which is exactly why a reading program wrapped in 90s vibes and pizza was an immediate yes. As a senior millennial, I understood the impulse completely.
Her four kids read in four completely different ways, which any parent of more than one totally understands. Miles (8), her biggest reader, goes nonstop, plowing through Dog Man and the I Survived series in the car and on the way to camp because he loves facts more than almost anything. Luna (10), her oldest, is aging into book reports, summer reading lists, and the very specific social world of tween reading, where friends race through the same book so they can all watch the adaptation together. Then there are the littles. Esti (3) is deep in Madeline and The Very Impatient Caterpillar, which Teigen reads aloud in full character voices while the caterpillar keeps asking "am I a **** erfly yet?" and everyone shouts back, no. Wren (3), whom she affectionately calls "a much simpler man," wants Little Blue Truck and a "beep beep" on every page.

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Luke Kuechly, at 35, became the second-youngest Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee ever on Saturday. Only Gale Sayers, who was enshrined in 1977 at 34, was younger.
Kuechly earned a bust in Canton in his second year of eligibility after playing only eight seasons.
His 14-minute speech remembered those who helped get him to Canton and the life lessons football taught him.
"This game teaches you a lot if you're willing to observe and listen," Kuechly said. "It's taught me resilience, consistency, toughness, the value of communication, how to find common ground, and most importantly, how to enjoy it along the way, because often times the best moments are the ones you are in. Ron Rivera used to beat that into our head and say, 'Be where your feet are.' Well, he didn't just mean be where your feet are when you're at the Super Bowl, playing with and against incredible players. He meant, be where your feet are all the time, and that's been great advice.
"The joy football gave me didn't come from any particular win. It came from competing, from studying, from practicing and from preparing, and joy came from the people I was with. I think about the bus rides, the plane flights, being with each other at Wofford College during training camp. You've never seen guys so happy to have a night off and eat pizza with their buddies.

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