News & Media From S.A. Whitehead
&pizza, Rotolo's, Pie Five with the whys behind Pi Day
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Pi Day is here and that means not only deals, fun and even a little something serious.
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Commodities: Clocks not the only things 'springing ahead'
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Just as we reset all our clocks to "spring forward" over the weekend, pizza stocks also spent the last trading week moving up in value.
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Commodities: Prices begin to rise, along with temperatures
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The annual changing of the seasons is beginning; for proof, look no further than the price of commodities.
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Commodities: A little bit of everything over week's trading activity
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
All players were heading in their own directions in commodity and brand trading last week.
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Audiologist, deaf pizzeria owners wage war on diners' No. 1 in-restaurant complaint
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Noise and an inability to hear comprise the No. 1 complaint from diners about their in-restaurant experiences. One audiologist has created a tool to help…
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Commodities: Good news in gas prices, not-so-good news in stock prices
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
It was a "bad news, good news" kind of week for most pizza restaurateurs, with some encouragement from gas prices which appear to be finally leveling out over…
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Commodities: Heart-dropping pre-Valentine's Day losses for pizza brands in Wall Street sell-off
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
There wasn't a lot of love being shown toward pizza operators in either Wall Street or commodities trading last week. A largely business-hostile stock market…
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National Pizza Day: 24 hours to wax poetic on the pie
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
National Pizza Day deals are everywhere in Pizza-land today, from a free cauliflower pizza crust upgrade at California Pizza Kitchen, to a special "tribute…
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Sides being drawn on alternate menu-labeling plan passed by US House
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The U.S. House passage this week of the so-called "Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act" (H.R. 772) is either an attempt to water down previous menu-labeling…
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Commodities: Patriots aren't the only ones licking their wounds today
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The end-of-week stock market plummet Friday took no prisoners, capturing pizza brands as well in its value-depleting trend.
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2018 pizza trends promise more 'exotic' pies
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Pizza brand leaders give the down-low on of-the-moment dough, up-to-the-second sauces and top-trending toppings.
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Commodities: Gas prices climb, Papa Murphy's value declines
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Though most pizza commodity prices are falling as of late, the steady rise in vehicle fuel costs is eating up the savings for the delivery-heavy pizza industry.
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Commodities: Up, up and up ... mostly
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Pizza stock prices have continued the steady rise that began in earnest in 2018.
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NYC all-digital pizzeria does all-online ordering, all the time
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Newly opened Long Island City Pizza Factory is planting a flag, claiming it is the world's first "full-digital pizzeria," an accomplishment its owners hope…
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Commodities: Somebody must have hit replay ... but no complaints
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
It was another nice week of pizza stock trading and largely lower commodity prices last week, almost an exact replay of the previous week's financial stats.
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Urban Bricks uses great gadgetry to grow the bottom line
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
No one would dispute that the pizza game is one of the most competitive in food service. That's one reason Urban Bricks invests in some useful and creative…
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Who is the 2018 pizza customer? Trend lists speak volumes
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Restaurateurs have been inundated with so-called trends lists for the year ahead over the last three months. This site reviewed some of the major lists and the…
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Commodities: 'Dear Santa, please put some oomph in my stock price!'
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Some pizza brands might be firing off a letter to Santa this week before Christmas in one last effort to make something magical happen to their stock prices.
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KFC's monster-sized miniature weekend media score
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
It’s just a tiny story, but KFC made big news with the opening of its Portland, Oregon, mini restaurant Saturday, which now has managed to generate stories…
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Commodities: What goes up must come down
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The nice uptick in stock market prices for most brands two weeks ago was all but erased last week in trading of some of the major pizza stocks.
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