Commodities: Pizza investors put wallets on 'lock-down'

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

Investors apparently had the holiday spending jitters last week, pulling in their proverbial purse strings on all the pizza brands monitored by this site…

Pizza Hut to acquire digital ordering service

December 5, 2018

Pizza Hut has agreed to buy online ordering software and service provider, QuikOrder, as part of one of Pizza Hut's largest acquisitions to date, though terms…

Commodities: Gas prices drop, but so does Papa John's value

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

The final week of November brought some big wins and an equally substantial loss in pizza brand trading, but all brands will profit from the continued…

Commodities: Pizza stock prices go down the drain with Thanksgiving scraps

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

Pizza restaurateurs got little in the way of gratitude from investors during the U.S. Thanksgiving week when it comes to their stock values.

Pizza Hut, Pepsi launch Super Bowl LIII halftime show contest

November 21, 2018

Official NFL sponsors, Pizza Hut and Pepsi are partnering again on the the 53rd Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 3, as well as offering fans a chance to win a…

Commodities: Investors hand 3 pizza brands a 'turkey'

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

Three of the four major pizza brands watched weekly by this website had relatively rough trading weeks where they watched their companies' values drop. The…

Commodities: Thanksgiving comes early for pizza brands in stock trading

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

As the U.S. day of giving thanks approaches, pizza brands got plenty to be thankful for last week when investors showed all four brands monitored by this site…

Commodities: Papa John's price gains, gas prices fall

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

Commodity prices for pizza restaurateurs were split, with some indications that rising cheese prices may be coming as demand strengthens. Meanwhile, most of…

Commodities: Pizza brands get 'tricked' in pre-Halloween trading

Investors got in a Halloween mood last week, but not in a good way, when all four pizza brands followed by this site got "tricked" with nothing but falling…

Commodities: Domino's gets in a 'fall' mood, down $25+ in 2 weeks

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

The calendar says fall and most pizza stocks did, with little relief on the commodities price front as well.

Pizza Hut launches value-based 'lineup'

October 17, 2018

Pizza Hut has launched a value-based menu, the $5 Lineup, that features a variety of menu options priced at $5 when customers order two or more Lineup items, a…

Commodities: Fuel prices fire up, most stocks slide down

Fuel continued to push up in value, while most pizza brands tracked on this site trended down.

Pizza Hut China: New Anna Sui uniforms, store design + test menu store

October 15, 2018

Yum China Holdings, Inc. has unveiled a new look for Pizza Hut as part of the revitalization plan, marking a new chapter for the restaurant chain.

Pizza Hut names new international president

October 11, 2018

Pizza Hut Asia-Pacific Managing Director Vipul Chawla will step into the role of president of Pizza Hut International on Dec. 3, reporting to Yum Brands CEO…

American Pizza Community brands help 'build' community

October 5, 2018

The American Pizza Community is celebrating National Pizza Month with a charitable-giving campaign serving up pizzas and feeding Habitat for Humanity…

Commodities: 3 brands get National Pizza Month gifts from investors

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

While commodity trading was a mixed bag last week, pizza investors were in a good mood and plunged some of their cash into three of the four brands monitored…

Commodities: Investors do a U-turn from last week in favored brands

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

The tables turned this week in pizza stock trading as investors shifted their confidence in Papa John's from a week earlier to the three other publicly traded…

Commodities: Down, down, down ... unless you're Papa John's

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

Pizza operators got a break from most commodity prices last week, which turns out to be a particularly good thing since three of the four brands monitored here…

Pizza Hut, Burger King among 23 chains now ending no-poach pacts

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said that eight additional corporate, "fast-food chains" will end no-poach practices nationwide, joining 1…

Steelers, Pizza Hut partner

July 25, 2018

The Pittsburgh Steelers and Pizza Hut are pairing up as part of the Yum Brands chain's recently inked status as the official pizza of the NFL earlier this…