Alicia Kelso

Alicia has been a professional journalist for 15 years. Her work with FastCasual.com, QSRweb.com and PizzaMarketplace.com has been featured in publications around the world, including NPR, Good Morning America, Voice of Russia radio, Consumerist.com and Franchise Asia magazine.

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Recent Contributions

Evolution of oven technology drives fast casual pizza segment

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

You can now walk into any fast casual pizza joint and ask for a pizza (not a slice) topped with whatever you want and receive it either at the register or…

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Millennial workforce driving digital workforce management solutions

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Managing your restaurant digitally has plenty of advantages and with the rapidly changing workforce, it may even soon be necessary.

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Gas, cheese, wheat prices all fall to close out the year

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Gas prices have fallen 50 cents in the past month and are more than $1 lower than they were this time last year.

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Christmas arrives at the gas pump

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Fuel experiences its longest streak of declining prices on record, according to AAA.

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Executive round table: Pizza industry leaders make their 2015 predictions

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Themes for 2015 include customization, freshness and mobile ordering/payments.

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The pace of fast casual pizza accelerates in 2014

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Despite a number of headwinds such as high cheese and beef prices and labor pressures, many operators remain optimistic for 2015.

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Low gas prices saving Americans about $200M per day versus 2013

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

The average cost of fuel is nearly 70 cents lower per gallon than it was last year at this time, and has dropped below the $2 mark in 13 states.

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2014 on the menu: Specialty pizzas and menu overhauls

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Pizza Hut wasn't the only concept to undergo a massive makeover this year; Sbarro, CiCi's, California Pizza Kitchen and Chuck E. Cheese's also all took a page…

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Restaurant industry hurdles expected to continue in 2015

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

On top of record-high commodities prices, labor inflation, technology costs and health care/menu labeling logistics, there is also intensified competition in…

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