Marco's makes its mark as Harris Poll 'Pizza Brand of the Year'

June 10, 2019

Marco's Pizza hauled in a heavy-hitter in the awards department this month when the 2019 Harris Poll EquiTrend Study found that Americans chose it as Pizza…

Kotipizza applies to go private

June 7, 2019

Kotipizza's board has applied to end public trading in the brand and to delist Kotipizza's shares from the Nasdaq Helsinki, a news release said. 

Square for Restaurants wipes out 'tablet farms' with DoorDash, PostMates, Chowly integration

June 7, 2019

Square for Restaurants has launched a set of order management integrations that allows orders from Postmates, DoorDash and the POS integration solution…

Blaze rebrands pizzas in June to support (RED)

June 6, 2019

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza is working this month with the AIDS-fighting (RED) on the "Eat (RED) Save Lives campaigns and has rebranded its Red Vine pizza as the…

Playing pizza for keeps? 3 tech trends to consider

by Donna Cobb — Executive Director, Enterprise Marketing, Comcast Business

The pace of technological change in the pizza segment can be mind-blowing, but future-minded operators will keep their eyes and minds on at least these three…

OpenTable, Upserve partner to connect the diner data dots

June 5, 2019

Online restaurant reservation provider, OpenTable, has connected with restaurant management platform, Upserve, in what a news release said is an…

Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza adds to leadership team

June 4, 2019

Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza has added four leaders to its executive team, according to a company press release.

Webinar to uncover tax credits restaurateurs, retailers often overlook

June 4, 2019

For future-minded restaurant operators working in one of the most competitive businesses in existence today, amidst one of the tightest labor markets in this…

Mici opening 6th unit, plans to start franchising brand

June 4, 2019

Mici Handcrafted Italian, based in Denver, will open its sixth location Monday in Parker, Colorado, at 11290 Twenty Mile Road, a news release said. 

Chef Anthony Russo launches Italian microbrewery

June 4, 2019

Russo's New York Pizzeria is franchising an Italian microbrewery concept called Russo's New York Italia Pizza Kitchen and Brewery, with plans to open the first…

Texas pizza chain takes home $35,000 Hot Rocks oven

June 3, 2019

Hot Rocks Ovens said it awarded a $35,000 oven this spring to Alban Shahini of Brooklyn Pizza in Houston, Texas. The eight-restaurant chain is family owned and…

Pizza commodity prices tick up, amidst tornadoes, flooding

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

With reports of some 500 tornadoes ripping mostly across the nation's farmland-rich mid-section in May, prices on some pizza commodities, including wheat, are…

The innovators that ARE this year's Top 100 Movers & Shakers, this week with Balance Pan Asian Grille

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

Fast Casual's best and the brightest gathered last week at the Sofitel hotel in Chicago to celebrate their innovations and creations. This week, Fast Casual…

7shifts debuts Engage dashboard for restaurants

May 31, 2019

7shifts, a labor management platform, is debuting an all-in-one employee engagement dashboard geared for the restaurant industry.   The dashboard provides…

Elo releases touchscreen stand for tight restaurant spaces

May 30, 2019

Room is tight in most restaurant environments, and that holds doubly true for limited-service brands, which is why Elo has created Slim Self-Service Stands to…

XtraChef raises $7.5M for recruitment, product roadmap advancement

May 30, 2019

Cloud-based restaurant management platform provider xtraChef has closed on $7.5 million dollars in Series A funding and plans to use the money to drive growth…

4 ways AI changes the pizza game

For some entrepreneurs, AI is just a buzzword or abstract concept with no real application in their business — maybe because on the surface it seems so…

Mountain Mike's puts down roots outside Sacramento

May 29, 2019

Mountain Mike's Pizza opened a Folsom, California, store on Blue Ravine Road and East Natoma Street, a news release said. 

Domino's system watching Australasian AI-powered pizza checker pilot

May 29, 2019

Domino's is piloting a kitchen-based AI tool that checks whether finished pizzas are up to snuff with the brand's independent master franchisee in Australia…

Jack in the Box beefs up board, adding Birch, Gainor

May 29, 2019

Jack in the Box has grown its board by two members this week with the additions of two longtime restaurant industry veterans, Jean Birch, former Papa John's…