Pigeon Forge Mellow Mushroom features faster ordering option

June 19, 2013

Tourism-heavy Pigeon Forge, Tenn., will soon include a Mellow Mushroom as part of its Entertainment District. The brand will open in The Island at Pigeon…

Former Applebee's CEO bringing Pie Five to Kansas City

June 19, 2013

Pie Five Pizza Co. will expand its presence to the Kansas City, Mo., market this summer. The newest location will be franchised by Dave Goebel, who is the…

OpenTable now available via AllergyEats app

June 19, 2013

AllergyEats, a guide to allergy-friendly restaurants nationwide, has signed a new affiliate relationship with OpenTable to help the food allergy community…

GrubHub identifies top cities for gluten-free ordering

June 19, 2013

GrubHub, an online and mobile food ordering service, has tracked the gluten-free dining trend at U.S. takeout restaurants. An analysis of 2013 GrubHub orders…

OpenRest integrates with RestCloud's restaurant-specific messaging terminal

June 19, 2013

RestCloud.net, which streamlines the food ordering flow between online ordering services and restaurants, has partnered with OpenRest, a provider of white…

PizzaMarketplace Top 100 Movers & Shakers Trends, No. 8: Loyalty programs

June 19, 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…

LRS' antibacterial pager now available

June 19, 2013

Long Range Systems, a supplier of on-site guest and staff paging, has introduced SafeTouch, a new antibacterial wireless paging device. The antimicrobial…

Bersin By Deloitte Recognizes PeopleMatter For Delivering Innovation

HR Software Provider Receives WhatWorks® Award

Pizza Ranch leverages mission, menu to differentiate itself

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

The company required franchisees to add its gluten-free pizza this year, a response that came directly from guest demand.

Domino's earns a 5-point customer satisfaction gain

June 18, 2013

An annual report released today by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) covers customer satisfaction with full-service restaurants and quick-service…

Pizza Ranch hosting road trip promotion for Facebook fans

June 18, 2013

Pizza Ranch has launched an interactive sweepstakes for its Facebook fans in time for the summer. The Great Pizza Ranch Road Trip Sweepstakes takes place now…

Everyone is a millennial, and engaging them is not an option!

by Jitendra Gupta — Mobile CRM Director, Punchh

Phew! I can't believe it's almost a month since this year's NRA Show (yeah, that one!) and the Marketing Executives Group meeting in Chicago. I love both…

Boston Pizza unveils new ribs, 'Ribneck' marketing campaign

June 18, 2013

Boston Pizza has launched new, slow-roasted pork back ribs and a marketing campaign inspired by rib culture.

U.S. Hispanics influencing more at-home lunch dining

June 18, 2013

Following a Hispanic cultural tradition, U.S. Hispanics have their largest meal of the day at lunch and consume more of these meals in the home than…

New solution helps control labor, inventory costs

WhentoManage has launched a new platform to help control inventory and labor costs, said Walker Thompson, VP of sales and marketing. The solution connects the…

Pizza Ranch's vice president of Marketing talks menu trends

Cody Pierce, Pizza Ranch’s vice president of Marketing, took the time to discuss with PizzaMarketplace why focusing on “seasonality” is important, what menu…

Report: Limited-service restaurants fighting harder for customers

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

According to a new report from the National Restaurant Association, concepts are adding off-peak hours, off-premise business and retail options as…

Wheat prices drop a dime in a week

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Three more 52-week highs turned in last week.

Domino's taps artists to dress up old logo on Pinterest

June 17, 2013

As Domino's Pizza's new logo is rolled out across the system, the company has launched a new program to save its old logo materials from landfills and put them…

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza adds three Midwestern states to portfolio

June 17, 2013

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza today announced that two multiunit franchise groups have signed agreements to develop eight stores in Detroit and Grand Rapids, Mich.…