Features
Summit keynote speaker: 5 seconds to leading amidst rapid change
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Best-selling author and CNN commentator Mel Robbins tells fast casual leaders why they are likely just 5 seconds away from the best approach to their toughest…
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Commodities: Domino's dives despite rosy Q3 financials
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Late September's gain was last week's pain for Domino's in NYSE trading, but lower cheese and gas prices do soothe some of the hurt.
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Pizza conquers the world: A roundup of recent chain expansions
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The slice of the pie that all pizza restaurateurs want a piece of is growing at a furious rate, as this roundup of recent expansions and openings proves.
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Toppers Pizza: 'Delivering' during annual football frenzy
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
We're right in the thick of it, as they say, when it comes to heavy-duty pizza delivery season with football in full swing. Toppers director of national…
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Commodities: Domino's leaps up, Papa John's plummets
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Domino's stock price soared last week while Papa John's took a significant hit. But there was good news for both brands in the largely lower commodity prices…
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Your Pie talks hurricane recovery after this year's 1-2 punch
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Many brands continue to deal with Hurricanes Harvey and Irma damages, including Your Pie, which has locations in the path of both storms. CEO Bucky Cook…
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New Pieology concept puts customers in brand's R&D Department
Pieology Pizzeria opened its latest endeavor this week, Pieology Pizzeria R&D, a restaurant concept that gives customers a voice in the chain's decision-making…
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Commodities: Most brands see sunny end to September in trading, fuel prices
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Except for Pizza Hut parent Yum Brands' less-than-appetizing trading price trend, the last week of September was a fairly profitable one for major pizza brands.
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Can delivery, online ordering save Pie Five?
Pie Five and Pizza Inn parent, Rave Restaurant Group said this week that its revenues dropped for both this fiscal year and the company's final quarter that…
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Commodities: Pizza stocks rise as fall starts
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The leaves may be falling, but pizza stock prices were all up last week, the first week of fall.
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Delivery takes on new importance: Is automation a pizza operator's new BFF?
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Delivery services are expected to grow 51 percent by 2021, bringing a lot of new restaurant food and service categories into a segment that once was the almost…
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Quick-serve pizza traffic thrives; overall US restaurant traffic slows
If you're a quick-serve pizza brand, you're probably not feeling the pinch that most other fast casual and higher-service category pizza concepts are seeing in…
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1st Pizza Hut soon to be museum
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Pizza Hut is getting its own museum next year in its birthplace 58 years ago of Wichita, Kansas.
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Commodities: Another nice bounce for Domino's
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Aside from Domino's, which jumped in value, most pizza restaurateurs had little to celebrate last week in either trading of their own brands or prices paid on…
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Post-hurricane, pizza restaurateurs help put normal back in communities
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Pizza restaurateurs play a critical role in their communities after disasters like Hurricane Irma.
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Pizza Hut disavows report-to-work policy cited by Florida manager
A Jacksonville, Florida, Pizza Hut manager prompted a wave of criticism with a memo mandating that staff members in the path of Hurricane Irma were to evacuate…
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7-Eleven launches fresh meals to compete with QSRs
7-Eleven is aiming squarely at the restaurant industry with a line of prepared foods to go in its sprawling network of northern Texas stores. Even the news…
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Commodities: September markets cool down for pizza restaurateurs
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The month of September did not start on much of a high note for pizza restaurateurs, with mostly falling stock prices an higher-trending commodity prices.
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FastCasual Editor: 'What do you want to hear from the CEOs at Fast Casual Exec Summit?'
To possibly have your questions answered by an exec at the Summit, email them to CherryhC@Networldmediagroup.com.
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Judge strikes down Obama's OT ruling, industry leaders urge compromise
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
While many restaurateurs might be relieved to hear that a Texas judge struck down the 2016 rule expanding overtime protection to millions of white collar…
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