In 2023, Emerald Expositions, the parent company of Pizza Today, launched the Pizza Industry Excellence (PIE) Awards. The PIE Awards were designed to honor pizzeria operators and help celebrate their business accomplishments.

"We asked independent pizzeria owners to submit their businesses for consideration in our Pizzerias to Watch list. We received hundreds of outstanding submissions and have painstakingly whittled them down to this list of 35."

"Established in 2022 Blue Square Pizza touts itself as Massachusetts’ only pizza shop where customers can get three distinct pizza styles—Detroit, New York and grandma—on a sourdough base."