Pizza Hut to cut medically important antibiotics from wings by 2022

June 19, 2018

In less than five years, Pizza Hut said all the chicken it serves will be from animals raised without antibiotics important to human medicine. This includes…

Domino's plants flag in Kosovo with Pristina store

June 19, 2018

Domino's Pizza has opened its first Kosovo store through a partnership with ICSG in the Balkans, Anatron, a news release said. The flagship store in Pristina…

HMSHost CEO elected to NRA board

June 18, 2018

HMSHost President and CEO Steve Johnson was elected to this year's National Restaurant Association board of directors, exclusively representing the airport…

Hunt Brothers brings back chicken bacon ranch pizza

June 18, 2018

Hunt Brothers is bringing one of its' big sellers back as an LTO beginning this week. The brand's Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza is returning for its fourth year…

New York welcomes 11th Blaze Pizza location

June 18, 2018

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza is opening its 11th New York location June 21 at 11 Clifton Country Road, New York,  according to a company press release,

Commodities: Gas demand up, some grades' prices down

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

Despite an all-time high consumer demand, there was downward movement over the last week in some gas prices. Unfortunately, the same trend was in effect for…

FDA holds July 12 public meeting on foods made with animal cell technology

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is holding a public meeting in Maryland on July 12 around the food industry's increasing interest and use of animal cell…

Blaze moves into southern Indiana

June 15, 2018

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza is opening a new location in Clarksville, Indiana in the Metro Louisville area on Monday, June 18, a news release said. The Veterans…

Meatless: It's not just for vegans anymore

June 14, 2018

NPD Group said data shows a clearly higher demand for plant-based proteins today, evidenced by 19 percent growth in cases of such proteins shipped from…

D-min-'s pizza wants your [Type O] blood

June 14, 2018

Domino's will "86" the two "Os" in its name through June 24 to help the American Red Cross tell Americans its Type O blood stores — along with those for the…

Historic Pepe's Pizzeria enters tomato market

June 14, 2018

The 93-year-old New Haven-style pizzeria brand, Pepe's Pizzeria Napoletana, is undertaking a very modern-day business launch by producing its own retail tomato…

Slices and 'suds': A match made in beer wall heaven

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Beer on tap. Beer by the pitcher. Beer wall. What's the difference? Well, according to one California pizza restaurateur, the difference is sales.

Blaze opens Northern California store

June 13, 2018

Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza is opening a location Thursday in Vacaville, a news release said. The 2,300-square-foot open kitchen restaurant seats 58 in the…

Oggi's Pizza uses beers to create summer menu

June 12, 2018

Oggi's Sports, Brewhouse, Pizza has a new menu focused on summer produce that pairs each dish with a locally brewed craft beer. Oggi's Executive Chef Jason…

Domino's asks 'Do you want pavement with that pizza, sir?'

In what is surely one of the more offbeat pizza brand promotions in the world of foodservice,  Domino's Pizza this week said it's now asking customers to…

Webinar: How to give your brand an online makeover

A free, hour-long webinar focuses on the intricacies and benefits of giving your brand's online presence a "makeover."

Commodities: Big smiles at Domino's, little grins at Papa John's

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

At the closing bell last Friday, the leadership behind two pizza stocks that have had very different stories this year were both likely going out for a…

Focus POS beta tests updated software

June 11, 2018

Focus POS, a provider of restaurant point-of-sale software, is currently beta testing its updated POS software which it plans to roll out later this year…

MyPie expands to Las Vegas

June 11, 2018

MyPie, a customizable pizza location offering New York-style pizza, opened its first Las Vegas location June 7, according to a company press release. 

Menu labeling expert's book a life-tested lesson in persistence

June 8, 2018

Restaurateurs, perhaps more than most in business, know the value of persistence and determination. But remaining persistent in the face of the most harrowing…