Wing supply wanes as commodity prices gain

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

Those percolators of pizza brand sales nationally, known as chicken wings, are running short of demand, causing prices paid for the favored edibles to go up as…

Domino's opens first location in Ghana

April 20, 2021

Domino's Pizza Inc., a chain with more than 17,600 stores across more than 90 markets, has opened its first location in Ghana.

Slice says pizza rewards program is nation's largest

April 8, 2021

Independent pizzeria network and tech platform, Slice, has launched a rewards program that gives customers a point for every $15 purchased through the Slice…

Domino's to pay off debt with large recap transaction

April 5, 2021

Domino's Pizza Inc. said some of its subsidiaries will complete a recapitalization transaction to refinance a portion of their outstanding securitization debt…

Domino's, Pizza Hut, Papa John's stocks inch up on short trading week

Cheese prices trended higher, as did most publicly traded U.S. pizza brands over the four days of buying and selling last week, when stock and commodities…

Domino's, Datatron partnership amps up AI, machine learning forecasting

March 22, 2021

Domino's is using AI ModelOps provider, Datatron, and its platform to improve the pizza company's AI and machine learning capabilities, according to a press…

A big mix-up: Pizza stock, commodity prices run the gamut

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

Though most major publicly traded pizza brands trended upward in price last week, pizza commodity prices were a true mixed bag last week.

Domino's promotes executive to leadership team

March 15, 2021

Frank Garrido has been promoted to executive vice president, U.S. operations and support, at Domino's Pizza Inc. Garrido, who had previously served as a senior…

Pizza stock prices bounce as basketball 'madness' begins

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

March Madness begins and the pizza-eating and investing kicks off.

Burger King names former Domino's leader as COO

March 12, 2021

Burger King Americas has named former Domino's executive, Tom Curtis, as COO, where he'll oversee field operations, restaurant development and restaurant…

Gulf Coast 's wicked weather grabs up pizzerias' gas cash

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A National Pizza Day primer of pie-related perks, promos

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

What U.S. cities are most "pie-struck"? Where are the biggest National Pizza Day deals? And which state wants pizza as its official food? You might be…

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.

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

Domino's paying nearly $10M in December bonuses

December 14, 2020

Domino's Pizza Inc. will award special December bonuses to more than 11,500 hourly team members and drivers, which the company said in a news release equated…