CPK posts uptick in 2nd-Q profit

LOS ANGELES Strong sales of licensed grocery products, cost controls and a traffic-building restaurant promotion helped California Pizza Kitchen post a 3.8-percent increase in second quarter profit despite a difficult economic environment, company officials reported Thursday.

For the quarter ended June 29, California Pizza Kitchen posted net income of $6.6 million, or 26 cents per share, compared with profit of $6.3 million or 21 cents per share in the prior