Coronavirus, Saudi gas price-slashes rock markets at start of trading week

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

Markets opened this morning amidst a firestorm of changes caused by both the worsening problems related to the coronavirus and a move by Saudi Arabia to vastly…

Pizza trading mega-movement sees Domino's stay aloft, while competitors sink

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

What's going on with pizza stock trading lately? The last two weeks have left more than a few stumped as the value of mega-player Domino's stays well above the…

Papa John's logs 2nd quarter of positive comp sales, loses on year

Papa John's closed the books on a tough 2019 this morning with annual losses, but glimmers of hope in its second straight quarter of comp sales increases.

Papa John's names former Taco Bell EVP to chief development role

February 17, 2020

Papa John's International, Inc. has named former Taco Bell executive vice president of restaurant experience Amanda Clark as its chief development officer to…

Papa John's stock value spikes to near 52-week high

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

Love was definitely in the air on the Nasdaq Friday, where Papa John's saw its price spike at one point to nearly its highest level in the past 52 weeks. And…

Sunday's National Pizza Day gives upcoming Pi Day some competition

February 7, 2020

As we run up to National Pizza Day on Sunday, it's beginning to appear that this quasi-holiday is starting to give one of the longtime traditional calendar…

Domino's, Papa John's, pizza ingredient prices all down last week

From wheat and cheese to the gas that fires pizza ovens and powers delivery vehicles, all major pizza commodity prices took dives last week. The bad news is…

Papa John's makes play for mid-day with piadina-esque debut

January 31, 2020

As QSRs clamor over breakfast, maybe the next big battlefront for pizza will be lunch. At least Papa John's is hoping its customers will be moving in that…

Papa John's on target for 90-cent annual dividend

January 30, 2020

Papa John's board said it will pay a quarterly dividend of 22 ½ cents per common share on Feb. 21 to shareholders of record on Feb. 10. The company said in a…

Papa John's continues on a "roll" with traders last week

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

It was a relatively dismal trading week for all but one of the nation's publicly traded pizza brands, but gas prices are giving operators a break at the store…

Papa John's earns top honors for LGBTQ efforts

January 23, 2020

Papa John's International scored 90% in a major survey of LGBTQ workplace equality corporate policies and practices known as the Corporate Equality Index or…

Papa Gino's parent company names former Papa John's exec as new CEO

January 20, 2020

Tom Sterrett, president and COO of New England Authentic Eats LLC, parent company of Papa Gino's and D'Angelo Grilled Sandwiches, has been named president and…

Papa John's, Yum up, while Domino's, Rave down, as trading week trends mirror year

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

The trends established over the last 12 months at some of the world's major publicly traded pizza brands were mirrored in the trends of the last week on the…

Domino's, Rave stock values start trading year right

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

At least two pizza brands had reason to continue their champagne toasts into the first week of 2020, though higher commodity prices as 2020 started put a…

Domino's, Papa John's clear winners with investors in 2019

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

As the last bites of the 2019 pizza pie disappear, one thing is evident: Domino's and Papa John's have gotten a lot of love from investors this year, driving…

2019's top pizza reads: century-old pizzeria restoration to futuristic pie prep

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

The final year of the 2010s had Pizza Marketplace readers looking back nearly a century to learn about restoring historic buildings for pizzerias, as well as…

Ho, ho, ho! It's sure good to be Domino's

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

Santa was apparently paying keen attention to Domino's leadership when they sent in their wishes for the brand this year, with the giant pizza chain last week…

Papa John's founder sues ad agency alleged to have dropped 'racial slur' bombshell

December 6, 2019

The day after his wife filed for divorce, Papa John's founder, John Schnatter, filed suit against the ad firm that reportedly made the original allegations…

Traders gave a little early 'thanks' for pizza brands last week

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

All but one publicly traded U.S. pizza brand got some gratitude a week early last week when investors worked helped raise the value of three of the nation's…

Papa John's price passes $60 for 1st time in 19 months after leadership changes

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

Traders voted with their wallets last week after a major shakeup in Papa John's leadership team. The stock not only closed up, but passed the $60 mark for the…