Features
Commodities: Pizza stocks take a tumble
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The week before Easter found pizza operators with little to celebrate as stock values for the four brands monitored by this site continued their downward trend…
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Capturing today's diners? A lot of it is still about 'the money'
Even with the surprises that the AlixPartners diners' preferences poll has shown this week, in many ways it still all comes down to the fact that customers…
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Free webinar: Is your franchise marketing strategy hurting or harming your brand?
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
How is your brand coming across with potential and existing franchisees? If you aren't sure or don't have a well-crafted strategy based on proven best…
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Pie Five, Firehouse, First Watch,Pei Wei execs discuss 'the good, the bad and the ugly' of online reviews
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
A recent survey found that 61 percent of the dining public check online reviews before visiting a restaurant. How those reviews can help or hurt sales was a…
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Commodities: Cheese prices drop, so does Domino's stock
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Overall, it was a fairly costly week for pizza operators' essential commodities, though ascending cheese prices returned to reality and the stock market…
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ICX Summit: Neuroscience, millennials and measuring customer experience
The upcoming June ICX Summit boasts top leaders in customer experience speaking on a range of topics from CX strategy to measuring customer experience…
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It's spring in restaurantland and the stores are sprouting
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
At least four chains have announced plans for major growth initiatives, proving that expansion is the order of the day in the pizza and quick-serve sectors.
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Pressure grows to make restaurant kiosks 'disability-friendly'
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
A recent lawsuit on behalf of a blind customer against Eatsa, a restaurant that uses self-order kiosks, has put the kiosk industry in the spotlight.
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Hot Heads & Rapid Fired Pizza founder on a regional growth approach
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Hot Heads Burritos founder, Ray Wiley, is on a roll again, this time with a fast pizza concept, called Rapid Fired. The chain has taken a regional approach to…
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Cowboy Chicken, Elevation Burger execs: Pay supply chain due respect or pay consequences
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
In a world, where customers are demanding that restaurants use ethically produced, sustainable and healthful ingredients, supply chain management has grown in…
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Fast insights on crisis management, leadership development and restaurant/retail partnerships
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Attendees at the Restaurant Franchising & Innovation Summit in Dallas got down to business with fast insights in three key business management areas.
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Why playing the 'right' background music increases sales
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
Restaurants that play a carefully selected mix of music reflecting their cultures can increase sales by more than 9 percent, according to a 2016 study.
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Food truck growth goes full throttle: Part 1
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
This four-part series explores the successes and challenges of the food truck industry, Food truck revenues have increased from $650 million in 2013 and should…
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Commodities: Much joy in 'pizza-ville' as stock values soar
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Values of the brands monitored by Pizza Marketplace soared in last week's trading. And although that news was tempered somewhat by slightly higher commodity…
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DQ, Mazzio's and Rave roll out the tech to roll in the employees
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
At the Restaurant Franchising and Innovation Summit in Dallas this week, three big restaurant companies discussed how tech is changing the way they hire and…
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Keynoter: Want to motivate employees? Try ‘trust and track’ instead of ‘command and control’
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Creating an employee training system that delivers outstanding customer service requires making employees feel engaged and providing regular feedback…
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Commodities: Ever feel like you've been here before?
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
It's a bit like the movie, Groundhog Day, in the commodities and trading report for pizza these days, with the same trends that started about a month ago…
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Trumpcare yanked before vote, Affordable Care Act remains ... for now
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Trumpcare was pulled from consideration in a vote by Congress, despite an ultimatum from the President to vote on the measure. For now, the Affordable Care Act…
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Commodities: Little in way of luck o' Irish for pizza stocks
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The lucky leprechauns of St. Patrick's Day appear to have leaped right over pizza restaurateurs last week, after five days of relatively little to celebrate on…
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Automation: The possibilities of robo-restaurateuring - Part 3 of 3
by Sagi Rochman — CEO, Better Chains
Complete Automation in a foodservice operation is relatively rare at the moment, but that is changing almost by the day.
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