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4 ways to put a doorstop in your pizzeria's 'revolving door'
by Andrew Rosenbloom — Director of Marketing, Consolidated Concepts
The latest numbers are also the highest numbers we've ever seen for restaurant worker turnover rates, and it's become one of the industry's most vexing…
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Fresh Brothers debut truffle, prosciutto pies
July 3, 2019
Western U.S. brand, Fresh Brothers, introduced of a pair of summer specialty pies this week, all made thin with a raised crust, artisan ingredients and an…
read nowGrubhub CEO counters claims company bought restaurant domain names without permission
July 3, 2019
The CEO of third-party delivery platform, Grubhub, yesterday countered claims first published in a New Food Economy story that it was — without authorization…
read nowGrubhub bought 23,000+ potential restaurant website domains, report says
July 2, 2019
The uneasy relationship between third-party delivery providers and restaurateurs may be taking a turn for the worse now that news has broken that Grubhub and…
read nowCryogenic pizza? Why not, says Naples pie-maker
July 2, 2019
Cryogenics has long since promised the prospect of a second life in both science fiction and some well-publicized experimental treatments that a few brave…
read nowBlaze opens in Northern California
July 2, 2019
Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza is opening its next store with a bang on Independence Day this week in the Northern California town of Lincoln.
read nowBlaze signs multi-unit deal for North Dallas
July 2, 2019
Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza signed a three-unit deal for the North Dallas area with multi-brand operator, Roz Mallet, who initially joined the fast-growing brand…
read nowNYC Styrofoam ban takes effect
July 1, 2019
New York City restaurants have officially said goodbye to Styrofoam. The city banned it Jan. 1, but gave businesses six months to comply. Time is up.
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Commodity trading hands some pre-Independence Day 'duds' to pizza operators
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
You might call last Friday the "Day of the Dud" for pizza operators, after they watched the price for their needed restaurant commodities like wheat and cheese…
read nowChuck E. Cheese parent sees value/game initiatives paying off
July 1, 2019
The parent company of Chuck E. Cheese, CEC Entertainment, Inc, said its Q2 2019 financial results indicate that the brand's recently introduced "All You Can…
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Toppers takes on the daring diner
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Toppers pizza is on a mission to live up to its name, by taking pizza 'over the top' and targeting the adventurous pie guy or gal.
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Snappy Tomato Pizza puts pies on summer road trip
June 28, 2019
Northern Kentucky-based Snappy Tomato Pizza is driving home it's on-the-go image through a summer promotion that gives guests a free Family Fun Guide featuring…
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Surging off-premise orders call for more flexible restaurant planning
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
An increase in off-premise orders is reducing the footprint for some restaurants, resulting in smaller dining areas. That makes flexibility now 'king' for…
read nowInsurance underwriter introduces comprehensive coverage for restaurants
June 27, 2019
U.S. Risk Insurance Group, a specialty lines underwriting manager and wholesale broker with 16 domestic and international branches, has introduced a…
read nowYum Brands puts PepsiCo exec in CFO role
June 27, 2019
Chris Turner (Photo provided) Yum! Brands has named a former PepsiCo executive to be its new CFO, effective Aug. 8. A news release said that…
read nowLittle Caesars partners with Inkling for mobile training
June 27, 2019
Little Caesars will use mobile learning platform, Inkling, to train its employees, a news release said. The service allows the pizza chain's management to…
read nowCicis reaches limit on limited time offers
June 27, 2019
Cicis is turning its back on the industry promotional standard — the LTO — instead now focusing its new marketing on how the brand offers guests "unlimited…
read nowShopAdvisor launches mobile-marketing platform to help small brands boost traffic
June 26, 2019
Using the platform it created to help Evos Restaurants, a four-unit Florida-based fast casual concept, and Smashburger franchisee Regrub, acquire more…
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Designer: Don't let restaurant tech wave wipe out customer experience
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Delivery-heavy pizza brands today depend heavily on all sorts of restaurant tech, but one restaurant designer wants brand leaders to approach their…
read nowUberEats teams up with Olo to simplify third-party delivery
June 26, 2019
Uber Eats has partnered with Olo, a digital food ordering platform for the restaurant industry, to integrate directly into the POS of restaurant brands via Olo…
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