Features
On the cusp of Pizza Day, Valentine's Day, love for the pie is high
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Despite the pizza commodities "Grinch" of ever-escalating gas prices, last week was a pretty good one for the country's leading publicly traded pizza companies.
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Study: Higher menu prices = lower ratings
We've suspected that increasing menu prices might have a less than glowing effect on restaurant ratings, but now we have proof.
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Pizza traders end January on a sour note
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Maybe it was the Nor'easter and all that snow heading into a great swath of the U.S., but pizza investors were not in the mood to put many of their pennies…
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NRA calls Raise the Wage Act 'impossible challenge'
The National Restaurant Association spoke out Tuesdayon the reintroduced legislation to raise the hourly minimum wage to $15 over the next five years.
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As president is sworn in, pizza investors buy in
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The inauguration of a new president can be an unsettling time for publicly traded companies, but as President Joe Biden took the lead last week, investors…
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Feb 4 webinar focus: 'How to Prioritize Mobile Marketing Initiatives for Quick-service Restaurants'
Future-proofing your QSR's customer engagement approach through mobile marketing is no longer just an option, it's a necessity. Check out this free webinar for…
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Free webinar: How restaurants can use AI to become more agile
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
In a pandemic-stricken restaurant environment, staying nimble means staying in business. And for QSRs, AI and machine learning is proving to be one of the best…
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Restaurant sales, traffic drop to July numbers
December's month full of holidays failed to bring much cheer to restaurateurs in most cases, since sales and traffic were both off markedly.
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Rave rockets forward, but so do gas prices
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Pizza Inn and Pie Five parent, Rave Restaurant Group, pulled out a substantial stock value gain over the course of last week's trading.
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2 industry leaders looking to invest in the 'next restaurant leader'
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
Dave Pace, board member of Red Robin and former CEO of Jamba Inc., and Andy Pforzheimer, a co-founder of the Barcelona and Bartaco brands, have come together…
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Pizza is world's 'most-googled' takeout food
When it comes to the world's most-Googled takeout food search terms, true allegiances are being revealed, including the fact that Indian food failed to win the…
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Gas prices fail to play nice at start of National Pizza Week
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Gas prices sailed back up to their highest levels since mid-March, making for a less than joyful start to National Pizza Week.
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&pizza president after DC melee: 'There's a lot to process'
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The melee in the U.S. Capital Wednesday touched everyone, particularly businesses like &pizza that are based in Washington, D.C.
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Letting go, learning, leading: Pizza execs look back at a harrowing year
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
It was a year of excruciating decisions, uncontrollable conditions and lots and lots of leaps -- if not catapult-rides -- of faith in the pizza business. Here…
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Domino's, Papa John's pull out hefty stock price gains in 2020
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
As we head into the first trading week of the year for publicly traded pizza companies, two brands are faring well.
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2020's final pizza trading week starts with a gas price 'goose'
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
A shortened trading week that ended in the early afternoon last Wednesday, produced little in the way of pizza company stock price shifts, but last week's gas…
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Relief is at hand: Legislators OK $900B COVID-era relief package
Legislators have singed a $900 billion deal to provide pandemic-era relief to individuals and businesses, including restaurants nationally.
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Investors give Domino's, Papa John's, Yum something to 'Ho! Ho! Ho!' about
While it paid to be a pizza brand on the stock market in most cases last week, it definitely did not pay as much to be delivering that pizza after a spike in…
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Is your restaurant technology ready for 2021?
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Restaurateurs learned a lot about the potentially business-saving qualities of restaurant tech in 2020, as the pandemic forced brands to find ways to still…
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Atlanta Pizza Truck: A whole new kind of 'pizza mobile platform'
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
In Italy, where pizza — and especially pizza Napoletano — is virtually a religion, three-wheeled Piaggio Ape trucks are everywhere. That's one main reason an…
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