News & Media From S.A. Whitehead
Commodities: Gas demand up, some grades' prices down
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Despite an all-time high consumer demand, there was downward movement over the last week in some gas prices. Unfortunately, the same trend was in effect for…
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Commodities: Big smiles at Domino's, little grins at Papa John's
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
At the closing bell last Friday, the leadership behind two pizza stocks that have had very different stories this year were both likely going out for a…
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Rosati's Pizza, Goodcents, Long John Silvers on 'growing' your customer experience
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Rosati's Pizza President Marla Topliff was among the leadership of three brands discussing ways to build in a quality-stamped customer experience even when…
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Commodities: Yum, Papa John's slide, but so do commodity prices
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Papa John's and Pizza Hut parent, Yum Brands slid in trading last week, but mostly lower commodity prices took some of the sting out of those losses.
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Commodities: Stock traders, gas producers take toll on pizza brands last week
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Food commodity prices last week dropped in trading, but increasing prices on all types of fuel, including natural gas more than made up for any potential gains…
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Hepatitis A in restaurant industry: Scary, inaction is scarier
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Hepatitis A is raising a harrowing spectre over the restaurant industry thanks to its rapid spread and high number of cases, particularly in the eastern half…
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Commodities: A good week ... unless you're Papa John's
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Commodities down, stock prices up make a good week for all the brands monitored here, except Papa John's, which took a serious hit in value last week after its…
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Louisville Domino's, Old Chicago pizza employees diagnosed with Hepatitis A
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Two Louisville employees — one who recently worked at a Domino's and a second at an Old Chicago Pizza location — have been diagnosed with acute Hepatitis A…
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Pizza restaurateurs vie for piece of Mother's Day pie
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The moms are coming and bringing pizza restaurateurs lots of business, according to a recent survey.
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Commodities: Cheese, wheat, auto fuel get pricier
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Most pizza stocks monitored by this site took hits last week during trading, though one brand did get some love from Wall Street.
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Commodities: Domino's, Papa Murphy's win big
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
It was a storybook ending last week on the stock market for Domino's and Papa Murphy's.
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Pizza Patrón: 'Edgy' brand seeks to expand
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The time may never be better for Pizza Patrón with its mission to promote what it sees as the true "spice of life" -- an edgy multi-cultural take on pizza.
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Commodities: Soaring gas prices rock pizza restaurateur's delivery-centric world
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The breaks that pizza restaurateurs are getting on commodities like cheese and wheat are likely being "eaten up" by surging vehicle fuel and natural gas prices.
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Compostable pizza box promises restaurateurs cost savings
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
It's round, like the pies it is designed to hold, costs more than cardboard boxes and is made of something that's usually thrown away. But PizzaRound may just…
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Commodities: An 'up-and-down' week for pizza stocks, commodities
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Last week's commodities and brand trading results formed a hilly path of ups and downs across the board.
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KFC Ad Director on turning Col. Sanders into brand's 'James Bond'
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
In 2015, deep in a tunnel beneath the "lions and tigers and bears" of the Louisville Zoo where KFC stored its corporate archives, the chicken chain's ad agency…
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Commodities: Prices rise for operating essentials, but so do stock values
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Pain at the pump for most Americans these days is accompanied by pain at the commodities market for pizza restaurateurs in the U.S., with the price of most of…
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Pizza franchisors, meet your new competition - Jersey Mike's
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Pizza franchisors, heads up! Seems there is a new player in the pizza game —one that's eyeing pizza operators willing to venture into a little…
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Commodities: Traders lay a golden egg in pizza restaurateurs' baskets during Easter week
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Aside from the mounting price of vehicle fuel, it was a very happy Easter week for pizza operators.
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Commodities: Some pizza brands hit 'pot o' gold' in St. Patrick's Day week trading
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The "luck of the Irish" was very selective on the brands it blessed during St. Patrick's Day week.
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