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Dominos early Q2 performance slowed by choppy international sales
May 27, 2020
Domino's Pizza Inc. reported a 14% rise in U.S. same store sales during the first eight weeks of the fiscal second quarter this year.
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Papa John's May North American comp sales soar 33.5%
May 27, 2020
Despite all the challenges of the current restaurant business environment, Louisville, Kentucky-based pizza brand, Papa John's has not only fared well over the…
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Winner, winner, PIZZA dinner: 5 pizza brands land in Top 100 list
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Five astute and innovative pizza brands took home top honors in this year's Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers awards. Their accomplishments over the last…
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Tork pledges $100K to help restaurants provide meals to pandemic workers
May 26, 2020
Tork, a global professional hygiene brand of Essity, is donating 100,000 to restaurants and hospitals in Philadelphia, the headquarters for Essity's global…
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Reopening of dine-in service helping restaurants make small progress
May 26, 2020
Customer transactions at major U.S. restaurant chains declined by -21% in the week ending May 17 compared to the same period last year, a slight gain from last…
read nowMenuDrive platform helping restaurants launch online ordering in 1 hour
May 26, 2020
MenuDrive, a white-labeled online ordering platform, has launched MenuDrive Self Sign-up for restaurants, which allows them to launch online ordering and…
read now[ON-DEMAND WEBINAR]: Converting to Curbside and Delivery: How to Make the Shift and Thrive
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurants across the country have been impacted by unprecedented circumstances and the closure of on-premise dining.
Presented by FastCasual.com
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Oath Pizza campaign benefits Boston-based LGBTQ nonprofit in Pride Month
May 26, 2020
June is celebrated every year as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer, or LGBTQ Pride Month and Oath Pizza is taking note of that fact by donating 10…
read nowMVP Group introduces touchless hand sanitizer dispenser
May 26, 2020
MVP Group, a Miami based foodservice equipment supplier that has a medical supply division that provides personal protective equipment, has introduced a…
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Cheese, wheat, gas prices climb, as year's top pizza stocks fall
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
All the staple ingredients that pizza restaurant companies depend on were trending up in price last week, indicating the industry's increasing pace forward on…
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Pathspot raises $6.5M in financing
May 22, 2020
PathSpot, a creator of a hand hygiene management system, has raised $6.5 million in a Series A round led by Valor Siren Ventures I L.P., bringing the company's…
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Stoner's opening 3 Georgia stores
May 22, 2020
QSR, Stoner's Pizza Joint, will expand its footprint with three new Georgia locations that will be operated by existing South Florida franchisee, John Stetson.
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Cincinnati city council caps delivery fees at 15%
May 22, 2020
Add Cincinnati, Ohio to the growing list of cities that are capping third-party delivery fees. Thursday, the local city council passed legislation that caps…
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Tackling COVID-19 training on QSRs' front lines, plus menu must-haves for a 'to-go' world
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
For QSR operators today, there are two huge questions: "How can I quickly train my staff on all these new COVID-19-related mandates?" and "How should I modify…
listen now[ON-DEMAND WEBINAR]: How to Improve Your Customer Experience by Shifting Focus
Improve customer experience by changing your perspective. In this webinar, we’ll be speaking with pizzeria operators Todd Vierra of Spinato’s Pizza, Reed…
Presented by SpeedLine Solutions
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Kitchen United opens in Austin
May 21, 2020
Kitchen United, a kitchen-as-a-service company built to serve off-premise dining, has opened a center in Austin, Texas. The facility, referred to as Kitchen…
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Service helps brands build in-house delivery, bypass 3rd-party providers,
May 21, 2020
Irvine, California-based gig engagement platform provider, ShiftPixy, has launched an initiative that it said in a news release will "help restaurants reclaim…
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Artichoke Basille's touches down in Tempe
May 21, 2020
Artichoke Basille's Pizza is expanding its West Coast footprint into Arizona with a June restaurant opening on East Baseline Road in South Tempe, a news…
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DoorDash unveils location-tracking feature for to-go orders
May 20, 2020
DoorDash, one of the nation's largest mobile delivery platforms, has launched a feature to make restaurant to-go orders more efficient for merchants and…
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Solving a pungent pizzeria problem: The unwanted whiff of weed
by Andy Piucci — Vice President of Sales North America, Fragrance Delivery Technologies
Recreational marijuana is a fact of life in 11 states and Washington, D.C. and that's not necessarily good news to some pizzeria customers who find the scent…
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