Pizza Hut offers contests, apps, discounts to kick off NFL sponsorship

September 5, 2018

Pizza Hut is pulling out all the stops for its premier year as Official Pizza Sponsor of the NFL, beginning with a new digital platform within Hut Rewards…

Pie Five thinks 2nd casino location a 'sure bet'

September 4, 2018

Pie Five Pizza opened its first Rhode Island location in the Tiverton Casino Hotel over the Labor Day weekend as a spot for casino-goers to take a break, a…

Commodities: The cheese stands alone ... its higher prices week's only down news

Commodity and stock prices gave pizza restaurateurs a very nice Labor Day send-off last week — the unofficial end of summer in the U.S.

Food truck park coming to Colorado town

September 3, 2018

A food truck park opened in Evans, Colorado, in mid-September, according to 9news.com. The park, called The Yard at 3520, will be established on a property at…

Protecting restaurant mobile apps & mobile ordering from fraud

Host Will Hernandez discusses protecting mobile apps and mobile ordering services from fraud, with Kount VP of Marketing, Don Bush. Will also chats with Judy…

Class action suit alleges Papa John's had sexual harassment problems

August 31, 2018

A class action suit has been filed against Papa John's and some of its officers, including Founder John Schnatter alleging that between Feb. 25, 2014 and July…

Papa John's bitter battle over the brand intensifies with leadership's statement

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

Papa John's corporate leadership Wednesday night released a blistering statement that repeatedly calls out the chain's founder for mistruths, misdeeds and…

Brixx brunch breaks from traditional pizza hours to capture Sunday morning customer

August 30, 2018

Brixx Wood Fired Pizza is adding a Sunday brunch menu in hopes of capturing sales during a traditional downtime for pizza brands, according to a company news…

No Kid Hungry spreads awareness

August 29, 2018

No Kid Hungry, a national campaign to end childhood hunger in America, is coming together with more than 15,000 restaurants and their guests to help the one in…

Pizza Inn franchisee gives candid look inside franchisee-franchisor relationship

Pizza Inn franchisee Daven Acker gives an unusually candid look at franchisee/franchisor relations.

Poke, salads, southern cookin' on tap for Fast Casual Executive Summit Perfect Pitch

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com

Meet three innovative start-up restaurant concepts during this year's Fast Casual Executive Summit in Seattle.

Home Run Inn Pizza names new CEO

August 29, 2018

Following the unexpected passing of Home Run Inn Pizza's CEO Joe Perrino last month, the Chicago brand's board has named brand president Dan Costello to the…

Domino's extends pothole program after 137,000-plus requests

August 29, 2018

Domino's is expanding its Paving for Pizza program after having been steamrolled over by the pleas of more than 137,000 Americans across 15,275 zip codes in 5…

Report: Consumers using 'near me' searches on smartphones to choose restaurants

August 28, 2018

Google "near me" searches are up 200 percent, according to an Uberall report that surveyed more than 1,000 smartphone users across the US to understand their…

Restaurants and Gen Z: 'And now for something completely different'

Just about the time restaurateurs were getting millennials' buying behaviors down, the next wave of consumers has crashed onto the restaurant shores. Welcome…

2 pizza brands open in Chicago Midway Food Hall

August 28, 2018

Woodgrain Neapolitan Pizzeria and Pizza Vino are now part of Chicago Midway's newly opened food hall that also features 19 quick-service concepts offering…

Russo's 'slices' in to Pearland, Texas market

August 28, 2018

Russo's New York Pizzeria has opened its 47th location in Pearland, Texas, a news release said. This location is actually the first to give form to the brand's…

Papa John's opens 1st Kazakhstan location

August 28, 2018

Papa John's International may have trouble stateside these days, but the brand continues to expand in Central Asia, with the opening this week of its first…

Commodities: The 'dog days of summer' toss pizza operators a bone

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

The end-of-summer weather may be sweltering, but pizza operators had little to sweat last week.

3 dead, 11 injured at Jacksonville pizzeria shooting rampage

August 27, 2018

Jacksonville, Florida's downtown Chicago Pizza and Sports Grille was the site of a shooting rampage that claimed three lives and injured 11 Sunday during a…