Game on: How restaurants can power up loyalty strategy

Loyalty gaming must be fun and simple, with rewards that link back to genuine in-restaurant experiences.

Food manufacturers combine to provide allergy- and gluten-free seafood

June 26, 2013

Slade Gorton, a provider of premium seafood through foodservice and retail channels, and Elevation Brands, a provider of all-natural, allergy-friendly and…

Spin! partners with two KC BBQ sauces for new pizza

June 26, 2013

Kansas City, Mo.-based Spin! Neapolitan Pizza has teamed up with two other Kansas City businesses to create a new specialty pizza, the BBQ di Pollo e Pineapple.

Domino's Pizza stores raising money for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

June 26, 2013

Participating Domino's Pizza stores in Pittsburgh are raising dough for the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation during its inaugural fundraising…

DHL, Pizzas 4 Patriots plan July 4 overseas delivery to soldiers

June 26, 2013

Pizzas 4 Patriots and DHL Express will team up once again to feed U.S. troops in Afghanistan by sending 17,000 pizzas to the region for the July 4 holiday.

E la Carte gets $13.5M in funding to expand restaurant tablets

June 26, 2013

E la Carte has raised $13.5 million in a Series B round of funding to accelerate the deployment of its Presto tablet designed for restaurants. According to…

MICROS introduces commerce platform

June 26, 2013

MICROS Systems Inc., a provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, has introduced the new MICROS Commerce Platform…

World Pizza Champion plans 4-oven concept in Vegas

June 26, 2013

Tony Gemignani, an 11-time World Pizza Champion, is bringing his concept, Pizza Rock, to Las Vegas. Slated to open later this summer, Pizza Rock will feature…

Mellow Mushroom grows Colorado footprint

June 26, 2013

Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers will open its newest location July 1 in Lone Tree, Colo., at 9271 Park Meadows Drive.

Pie Five partners with Hass avocados for new offering

June 26, 2013

Pie Five Pizza Co. has added a new Chicken Awesome-Cado pie for the summer lineup.

MustHaveMenus now offers instant printing, real-time Web updates

June 26, 2013

MustHaveMenus is now offering instant printing and real-time Web updating to help simplify the tasks of creating in-house menus and publishing them to mobile…

Conduit launches app reseller program

June 26, 2013

Restaurants looking for a new stream of revenue may find it with Conduit, a provider of engagement solutions for Web and mobile publishers. The company has…

PizzaMarketplace Top 100 Movers & Shakers Trends, No. 6: Carryout

June 26, 2013

Editor's note: The following information is part of a countdown recap from the inaugural Top 100 Movers and Shakers publication. It was published in the spring…

EMN8 acquires Snapfinger to accelerate digital ordering growth

June 26, 2013

EMN8 Inc., a provider of digital ordering and engagement platforms for the limited-service restaurant industry, announced this morning that it has acquired…

Restaurant operators needed to weigh in on state of industry

June 25, 2013

FastCasual.com is gathering data for its annual Sate of the Industry report and is now calling fast casual restaurant operators to take a survey polling them…

Catering in a franchise ecosystem: Part 1

by Erle Dardick — CEO, Monkeymedia

Every restaurant operator today has customers asking for catering services; saying no to customers is never an option for any growing venture.

Papa John's celebrates national champs with promotional pizza box

June 25, 2013

Louisville, Ky.-based Papa John's is celebrating its hometown NCAA basketball champion Louisville Cardinals with a special pizza box. The box is red with the…

Hunt Brothers launches first-ever Hawaiian pizza

June 25, 2013

Hunt Brothers Pizza is sending one lucky family on a vacation for four to Hawaii as part of this summer's launch of its new Hawaiian pizza.

Domino's New Zealand: 80% of pizza will be sold online by 2016

June 25, 2013

Domino's Pizza New Zealand doesn't expect the pace of online/mobile ordering to slow anytime soon. Josh Kilimnik, the company's general manager, says he…

Pizza companies take a hit after Federal Reserve move

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Natural gas prices climb last week.