Chef Eric Von Hansen on Getting Creative with New Ingredients
Learn how Chef Eric Von Hansen @caliente_pizza creates successful menu innovations with new ingredients.
Increase Repeat Traffic
Why & How to Get Your Restaurant Involved in the Community
Community involvement plays a critical role in attracting customers and increasing repeat visits. Learn why and get ideas for making an impact in your neighborhood.
Attract New Customers
Google Business and Your Restaurant – What is it? Why is it important? And how do I do it?
Claiming your business listing on Google is a free and easy way to manage your business’s presence on the internet’s most prominent search engine.
Are You Making a Good First Impression?
As an operator dedicated to serving the highest quality foods, you probably took considerable time and care to open your restaurant. But have you given the same attention to your website?
Getting Your Pizzeria Started on TikTok
After launching in 2016, over a billion people around the world are now engaging with the TikTok app either by commenting on, creating or simply viewing videos — with one hundred million active U.S. users per month.* Now that modern brands are starting to get into the act, does it make sense for pizzerias to embrace this new(ish) social platform? *TikTok Sept 2021
Why a Catering Program is Increasingly Important for your Restaurant, and How to Get Started
An already growing industry, consumer demand for catering has only accelerated as Americans adjust to a “new norm,” forcing restaurants to fill a greater role in the homes of their customers.
Stand Out from the Competition with Help from Yelp
Staying on top of Yelp is essential when you want to add to your customer base and generate profits. These tips will help you stay up-to-date on Yelp best practices and maximize your success.
Attracting New Customers with Direct Mail
Are you looking for new ways to reach potential customers for your pizzeria? A classic direct mail program is still an effective way to reach people in your market, with up to 90% of direct mail getting opened.
5 Steps to Plan & Execute a Successful LTO
While launching a successful LTO requires planning, following these 5 steps will help you put a plan in action to generate traffic and excitement with a new special offer.
Your Customers Care About Quality and We Can Prove It
New research is showing pizza quality is actually rising in importance to today’s customers. And increasing fastest for the patrons you might not think would care.
Build Check Averages
Ways for your pizzeria to score big during the big game
The Super Bowl has historically been a great opportunity to gain pizza sales, but is that the case amid a pandemic? Get tips on how to execute a successful Super Bowl promotion in your pizzeria.
Why a Catering Program is Increasingly Important for your Restaurant, and How to Get Started
An already growing industry, consumer demand for catering has only accelerated as Americans adjust to a “new norm,” forcing restaurants to fill a greater role in the homes of their customers.
Increase Check Averages while Saving your Customers Money
Restaurants using Grande Mozzarella and Italian Blends on their pizzas have an advantage over their competitors when it comes to leftovers. When reheated, Grande cheese tastes and performs just as good as the day it was originally baked.
Top Tips for Successful Upselling in Restaurants
Training your front-of-the-house staff on upselling is a valuable approach to increasing your check averages. Upselling is a subtle way to encourage your customers to order more than they’d planned.
Improve Profitability
Introducing the Newly Improved Grande Cheese App
We are excited to share the updated Grande Cheese App! Read the blog to learn more about what's been added.
Inflation, your customers and you
Did you know when you commit to using 100% Grande cheeses on your pizza, you receive access to multiple business building solutions? Learn more about our 100-Percenter program and how it, along with the finest Italian cheese money can buy, can help you differentiate your restaurant from the competition.
Is Your Menu Focused on Maximizing Profits?
Your menu is a key component of your overall marketing plan. By offering popular and appropriately priced items, you can increase sales. With rising food costs and labor challenges, now is the time to ensure your menu is optimally designed and priced profitably with these tools.
Shredded, Diced or Sliced Mozzarella…How do you decide what’s best for your operation?
Is managing labor costs a challenge in your pizzeria? Learn how Grande's shredded, diced and sliced products can help you create back-of-house efficiencies while creating a consistent dining experience for your customers.
Menu Design Guidelines to Increase Profits
The colors, fonts, images, and location of items on the menu can all affect how your customers order.
Keep Your Pizzeria Profitable with Portion Control
As profit margins shrink, the importance of portion control is even greater. Note that all of the major pizza chains consistently use portion control.
How Consistency Can Save You Money and Increase Restaurant Traffic
Consistency is critical when you’re building your business. Customers expect it. They want to know that every time they come to your restaurant, they will enjoy the same quality service, the same great-tasting food and the same memorable experience.
Attract New Customers and Increase Profits with Limited Time Offers
Limited Time Offers (LTOs) can create awareness, increase traffic, and add new sales for your restaurant.
Increase Repeat Traffic
5 Steps to Plan & Execute a Successful LTO
While launching a successful LTO requires planning, following these 5 steps will help you put a plan in action to generate traffic and excitement with a new special offer.
How to Use Your POS Data for Marketing Your Restaurant
If the primary function of your POS system is to serve as a cash register, there’s a good chance that you aren’t leveraging your system to its full capabilities. Learn how to capture, analyze and use your POS data to increase repeat traffic and boost sales.
Why & How to Get Your Restaurant Involved in the Community
Community involvement plays a critical role in attracting customers and increasing repeat visits. Learn why and get ideas for making an impact in your neighborhood.
Your Customers Care About Quality and We Can Prove It
New research is showing pizza quality is actually rising in importance to today’s customers. And increasing fastest for the patrons you might not think would care.
Top Trending Pizza Ingredients
As consumers and restaurant operators alike are looking for something new, consider these trending pizza ingredients that are growing on menus across the country. Learn what’s trending and how to use it on your next specialty pie or limited time offer.
The Importance of Restaurant Cleanliness
Restaurant cleanliness is more important now than ever before. Read on for a checklist to help you prepare and maintain a clean pizzeria.
Dine In or Take Out, Grande Cheese Delivers
Learn about the product attributes in Grande Cheese that ensure a consistent melt and performance to make your pizza standout whether dining in or ordering for pick up or delivery!
Interact With Your Restaurant’s Customers Online
88% of people are influenced by reviews and online comments.1 Like it or not, social media and review services are here to stay and customers love them!
Increase Repeat Visits by Sharing Your Restaurant’s Quality Story
Part of your success depends on keeping customers coming back again and again, and your story helps to differentiate you from your competition.
Pizza Industry Knowledge
Top 5 Things to Do at Pizza Expo
The 40th Annual Pizza Expo is right around the corner. Whether this is your first Expo, or you've been there before, be sure to check out our Top 5 Things to Do at Pizza Expo blog to help you plan your week.
Use code GRANDE100 for $100 Admission.
Ways for your pizzeria to score big during the big game
The Super Bowl has historically been a great opportunity to gain pizza sales, but is that the case amid a pandemic? Get tips on how to execute a successful Super Bowl promotion in your pizzeria.
Navigating Supply Chain Issues in Your Restaurant
What can you do to offset the product and labor shortages beyond your control? Find out why it’s happening and what you can do to manage the disruption.
Do Ghost Kitchens Have Staying Power?
The pandemic disrupted the foodservice industry and led to the rapid growth of ghost kitchens due to the contact-less delivery approach. As the concept evolves, consumers may not be as enthusiastic as investors are about the concept. So, will ghost kitchens be a fad or a sustainable model moving forward?
It’s Time to Win Back More Customers
As you continue to bring customers back to your pizzeria, here are a few key considerations for communicating with each generation during the pandemic.
Why do cheese prices fluctuate so much?
The cheese markets are a result of the balance – or imbalance – of supply and demand. Read on to further understand what factors play a role in determining the price of cheese.
The Importance of Restaurant Cleanliness
Restaurant cleanliness is more important now than ever before. Read on for a checklist to help you prepare and maintain a clean pizzeria.
Gen Z: The Next Generation Taking Foodservice by Storm
While millennials continue to be an important customer, another generation is coming behind them in full force. Generation Z is currently the youngest defined generation between the ages of mid-teens and mid-twenties. They comprise approximately a quarter of the total US population, making it an important target for manufacturers, retailers and restaurants alike.
Culinary Trends
Enhance Your Menu with Trending Ingredients
Your customers are looking for something new. In this blog, you'll learn about two trending ingredients that are finding their way onto menus across the country.
Customers Want Natural – What You Can Do About It
Consumers are more aware than ever of what is going into their food. They want fresh and natural ingredients, and are more than willing to pay a premium for them.
How Stuffed Crust Pizza can Stuff Your Pizzeria with Profits
It’s been over 25 years since stuffed crust pizza first burst onto the pizza scene. The passionate fan base for this style of pizza is still alive and growing with 56% of consumers interested.
From Grandma’s Kitchen to Your Menu – The Evolution of the Grandma Pizza
Learn the history of Grandma Pizza, the East Coast specialty pie gaining popularity in pizzerias across the country.
Top Trending Pizza Ingredients
As consumers and restaurant operators alike are looking for something new, consider these trending pizza ingredients that are growing on menus across the country. Learn what’s trending and how to use it on your next specialty pie or limited time offer.
It’s Time to Consider Adding Detroit-style Pizza to your Menu
It’s more than just the shape that differentiates the Detroit-style pizza from other square pies. The thick, airy crust, caramelized cheese around the edges and sauce on top provides a unique texture and flavor experience unlike any other deep-dish inspired pizza.
Our Cheese
Grande Fumella might just deserve its own cheese category
Our Culinary Manager Felice Colucci breaks down why he thinks Grande Fumella is re-inventing smoked mozzarella.
How to Create Your Signature Flavor with Grande’s Italian Blends
In the competitive pizza industry, finding what makes you stand out and keeps your customers coming back for more is essential. Learn how Grande Italian Blends can help separate you from the competition while bringing efficiencies to your back of house.
Shredded, Diced or Sliced Mozzarella…How do you decide what’s best for your operation?
Is managing labor costs a challenge in your pizzeria? Learn how Grande's shredded, diced and sliced products can help you create back-of-house efficiencies while creating a consistent dining experience for your customers.
Dine In or Take Out, Grande Cheese Delivers
Learn about the product attributes in Grande Cheese that ensure a consistent melt and performance to make your pizza standout whether dining in or ordering for pick up or delivery!
Pre-Sliced Cheese: Convenience Without Compromise!
You have built your business on your commitment to using high quality ingredients, and your customers can taste the difference. While certain ingredients require your time and attention, the sliced cheese that you use on your signature pie or sandwich doesn’t have to be one of them! Slicing your own cheese may be cutting into your profits with unnecessary labor costs and food waste.
About Grande
Great Cheese Starts with Great Milk
It takes great milk to make great cheese. Learn how we work with a select group of milk producers to produce some of the highest quality milk in the nation so we can deliver you the highest quality cheeses for your pizzeria.
What does Grande’s dedicated sales team mean for you?
Did you know that Grande has a dedicated sales team with local representatives across the United States? Learn how they can work with you to help you grow your business.
How Grande’s Custom Ingredients Group Adds Sustainability to Our Business Model
Grande’s innovation and commitment to quality continues long after crafting our fine Italian cheeses. Read on to learn how what was once a byproduct of the cheesemaking process has become a successful line of value-added whey protein products.
