Pizza Hut News & Media
Multi-unit Burger King, Popeyes franchisee, adds Pizza Hut stores
April 5, 2019
Large-scale Burger King and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen franchisee, GPS Hospitality, has acquired 75 Pizza Hut restaurants in Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky and…
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A tale of (investor) love regained: Papa John's crosses $50, Domino's stock soars
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Investors carried Papa John's stock value over the $50 threshold last week for the first time since late November 2018, while Domino's got a huge infusion of…
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Commodity prices up, stock values down: Spring starts on sour note for most pizza brands
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The first week of spring brought higher prices for all the basic pizza commodities and — aside from Papa John's — lower stock values for the brands monitored…
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Domino's suffers another down week on NYSE
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Papa John's, Papa Murphy's and Pizza Hut all posted nice gains in value in stock trading last week, while Domino's continued to fizzle for another week.
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In trading, March comes 'in like a lion' for Domino's
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
In weather lore, March skies that come "in like a lion" are assured to go "out like a lamb," but it remains to be seen whether that same forecasting axiom…
read nowPizza Hut, FedEx may begin bot delivery tests this summer
February 27, 2019
Pizza Hut and FedEx are teaming up to "explore" using the delivery company's autonomous delivery device, SameDay Bot, for pizza delivery. The bot will be…
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Domino's, Papa John's land in the 'doghouse' with investors last week
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Earnings reports can make a world of difference in any publicly traded pizza brand's value, which Domino's and Papa John's proved last week.
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Traders give Papa John's, cheese producers most Valentine's Week 'love'
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Love -- in the form of investor dollars -- was most plentiful during the last Valentine's Week for one turmoil-embroiled pizza brand, as well as many of the…
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Numbers looking good for Domino's, Papa John's, Papa Murphy's, Pizza Hut
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
Papa John’s is climbing back up after hitting a 4-year low last week.
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Markets poised for trader action after Papa John's investment announcement
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Pizza stocks will be among those to watch in the week ahead after Papa John's announced its $200 million cash infusion from turnaround company, Starboard Value…
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Why Domino's 'offensive game' may be big winner Super Bowl Sunday
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
How does a pizza brand really use Super Bowl Sunday pizza orders to break into a cache of new customers? Domino's offensive game this Sunday appears to be a…
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In the run-up to Super (pizza) Bowl, commodity winners, losers emerge
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The winners and losers were evident in the commodities report this week, as it was split right down the middle. Half the brands watched here weekly gained…
read nowPizza Hut pulls out all the stops for Super Bowl
January 23, 2019
Pizza Hut is taking advantage of its status as NFL sponsor to offer Hut Rewards deals on Super Bowl gameday gear, which the brand said in a news release is the…
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Commodities: Rising stock values, falling commodity prices help operators fight 2.8 percent cost-of-living increase
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
It's costing nearly 3 percent more to live in the U.S. this year than last, according to the Consumer Price Index cost-of-living adjustment for 2019, but the…
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Commodities: National Pizza Week starts off on high note for most brands
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
It's National Pizza Week! But even better than that, it's National Pizza Week with lower prices on most of the essentials pizza brands use in-restaurant daily…
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Commodities: With Super (pizza) Bowl in sight, cheese, wheat prices ignite
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
With less than a month to go before that U.S. pizza holiday of holidays, the Super Bowl, cheese and wheat prices were on the rise last week.
read nowPizza Hut expands beer delivery to 5 more states pre-Super Bowl
January 7, 2019
Less than one month before the Super Bowl, Pizza Hut said this morning that it is adding nearly 300 more stores in Florida, Iowa, Nebraska, North Carolina…
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Commodities: Gas prices under $2 in 9 states
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
There was plenty to be jolly about in last week's commodity prices for pizza operators, including under-$2 gas in nine states. But that same cheer failed to…
read nowChinese Pizza Hut puts truffles on pies, money in farmers' pockets
December 26, 2018
Yum China Holdings has completed its first Grow Local Initiative project, using company supply chain management expertise to source and distribute agricultural…
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Commodities: Fuel markets stuff a little extra cash in pizza operators stockings
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Lower natural gas and gasoline prices are giving pizza operators a little holiday love, with nice price drops in both categories over the last week.
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