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…

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.

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.

2 industry leaders looking to invest in the 'next restaurant leader'

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, 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…

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…

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.

&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.

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…

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.

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

Restaurants, third-party delivery companies agree on public policy principles

Restaurant leaders and third-party delivery providers have released their first public policy guidelines around principles for restaurant delivery provision in…

Rave continues to roll during a profitable trading week

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

Rave Restaurant Group is on a roll, making gains in share value over the last two weeks.

How's your restaurant's cookie supply chain?

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

How's your cookie jar? Might want to look as you might be running a little low.

December starts on down-note for Domino's, Papa John's, Pizza Hut

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

Rave Restaurant Group was the only winner last week among U.S. publicly traded pizza companies, while steadily declining gas prices experienced a bump.

Yes, Virginia, there is karma: Momofuku's David Chang wins 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'

Momofuku founder and celebrity restaurateur, David Chang, became the first celebrity to win "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." The winnings will help restaurant…

Fast casual leaders talk food safety in the world of COVID-19

by Judy Mottl — Editor: RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com, Connect Media

Food safety has always been top of mind for every restaurant, but is now even further a priority given the COVID-19 pandemic. Three fast casual brand leaders…