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QSR DIY kits: Cure for COVID-19-induced 'cabin fever?
Taco shops want you to toss taco parties, while ice cream parlors hope their do-it-yourself sundaes will melt your heart. DIY kits are proving to be a new…
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Nathan's Famous tech transformation: Serving customers 'where, when and how' they want it
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
After a solid 102 years in existence, Nathan's Famous — one of the few U.S. brands around for the last pandemic in 1918 — has made a timely tech transformation…
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Those perplexing PPP loans: Some expert guidance
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Restaurant companies trying to navigate the process of applying for a Paycheck Protection Package loan, will be interested in some of these top tips from…
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Webinar to help leaders optimize restaurants for online, curbside orders
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
This free hour-long webinar features what restaurant brands need for an easy-to-use and secure POS system.
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Pizza brand trading proves Americans can get through anything with 'nice, hot slice or two'
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
As most Americans head into yet another week of stay-at-home orders, pizza trading shows investors know that for a lot of us, ordering pizza has become a key…
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Can CMO return Pizza Hut to 'center of pop culture?'
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Former KFC Global Director of Marketing George Felix, who took the marketing reins of sister brand, Pizza Hut, in January, reveals how he'll breathe new life…
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What could possibly be better than pizza? A pizza with Girl Scout cookies, says one brand
A Northern Kentucky-based pizza brand learned the pandemic was stifling cookie sales for local Girl Scouts, so it made a quick move to boost the troops' annual…
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All things considered? A pretty good week to be a pizza restaurateur
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Domino's and Papa John's, as well as the parent companies of Pizza Hut, Pie Five and Pizza Inn, all played favorites with investors last week, with the…
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Infographic: Global customers trust restaurants despite pandemic
After polling about 1,800 potential restaurant customers in five countries hit hard by the pandemic and at various stages of economic return, Revenue…
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Pandemic piques 'interest in 'brick-oven-style' pizza vending machines
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Can you really get a pizza that tastes like it was fired in a brick oven from a high-tech vending machine? Basil Street Cafe thinks so, as it prepares to roll…
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Pork shortage in offing after major US processor closes due to COVID-19 cases
The closure of one of the nation's largest pork processing plant after approximately 300 positive COVID-19 cases among workers could soon have a powerful…
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Something to smile about: Domino's, Pizza Hut, Papa John's, Rave shares all up
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Pizza brand stock values are up and gas prices keep going down. So, how's that for something to take the gray right out of a locked-down, mid-pandemic day's…
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To AI or not to AI: Researcher says proceed with caution
Research just published by a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor indicates that AI may not always serve restaurant brands well, depending on their…
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How the CARES Act can help large restaurant brands
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, signed into law at the end of March, provides new loan programs that vary depending on a company’s…
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Papa John's only trading winner last week, as gas use dips to lowest in 27 years
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Gas demand hit the lowest level the markets have seen since 1993 last week, while cheese market inventories stack up as dairy farmers throw milk away amidst…
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COVID-19 will forever change the foodservice industry
by Bruce Reinstein — President, consolidated concepts
Experts predict how the coronavirus will affect the foodservice industry through three lenses: consumers, operators and manufacturers.
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7 ways the CARES Act could hurt restaurants
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The National Restaurant Association this week sent letters to leaders at the U.S. Treasury and Small Business Administration asking for clarification — and in…
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Leading your pizza brand through the pandemic: Expert's top tips
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Now is the time for pizza brand leaders to summon all the courage and call on all the brainpower they possess to ensure their businesses make it to the "other…
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Domino's CEO warns investors on Q1 sales outlook
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Domino's advanced its own earnings release -- set for April 23 -- with some estimates showing sales growth is still anticipated by the world's largest pizza…
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Domino's climbs, Rave crashes in volatile pandemic-era pizza trading
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Scale and an owned delivery system are both paying off for pizza brand, Domino's, as skittish investors show their support for the world's biggest pizza…
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