Marco's ditches carbs with build-your-own pizza bowls

January 18, 2021

Marco's Pizza has added Build-Your-Own Pizza Bowls to the menu. The item, which follows the brand's debut of bowls last March, provides a crustless pizza baked…

St Louis-based Imos Pizza uses mapping analysis to plan growth

January 18, 2021

St. Louis-based Imos Pizza, founded in1964, is using mapping software provider, SpatialTEQ's Map Business Online Pro, to help grow it beyond the five states in…

Pieology franchisee to open 1st Ohio stores

January 18, 2021

Pieology is opening several stores in Ohio, thanks to a deal with Pizza Pie Investments LLC, a news release said. The company, owned by Jerrod Hartman, signed…

Restaurant sales, traffic drop to July numbers

December's month full of holidays failed to bring much cheer to restaurateurs in most cases, since sales and traffic were both off markedly.

Rave rockets forward, but so do gas prices

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

Pizza Inn and Pie Five parent, Rave Restaurant Group, pulled out a substantial stock value gain over the course of last week's trading.

Mici Handcrafted Italian expanding to Colorado Springs

January 15, 2021

Mici Handcrafted Italian, a five-unit fast casual chain based in Denver, Colorado, is opening their first Colorado Springs location in February, owned and…

Slice launches rating tool to help pizzerias grow sales

January 15, 2021

Pizzeria tech platform, Slice, has launched a tool designed to help more than 14,000 pizzerias in its network increase sales. Pizzeria Score, as it's called…

2 industry leaders looking to invest in the 'next restaurant leader'

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Dave Pace, board member of Red Robin and former CEO of Jamba Inc., and Andy Pforzheimer, a co-founder of the Barcelona and Bartaco brands, have come together…

Papa John's franchisee donates 100K PPP masks to Texas restaurants

January 15, 2021

Papa John's 21-store San Antonio franchisee, Pizza Ventures of San Antonio LLC, sonated 100,000 protective face masks to the local chapter of the Texas…

Pizza is world's 'most-googled' takeout food

When it comes to the world's most-Googled takeout food search terms, true allegiances are being revealed, including the fact that Indian food failed to win the…

Agile QSR Operation in Uncertain Times

Learn how you can leverage AI to increase your business agility through automated demand forecasting, optimized scheduling, healthy worker protocols and…

How tech takes the tricks out of food safety compliance

by Charlie Piper

All the legal and health regulations pizza restaurateurs must adhere to can be tough to keep track of, as can all the demands for food temperature-monitoring…

Impulsify, Shift4 partner to expand self-pay retail option

January 14, 2021

Impulsify Inc. and Shift4 Payments are teaming up to integrate Impulsify's self-pay retail technology with Shift4's contactless payments.

Marco's Pizza promotes former COO Libardi to co-CEO

January 13, 2021

Toledo, Ohio-based pizza chain, Marco's, has promoted its president and COO, Tony Libardi, to co-CEO and president. In preparation for a long-term transition…

5 million is not enough: Panera extends pizza line

January 13, 2021

You will excuse Panera leaders if lately they seem to be smiling a lot more, after revealing that sales of their flatbread pizzas — introduced in late October…

California Pizza Kitchen adds 4 restaurant, finance leaders to board

January 13, 2021

Following the completion of financial restructuring and emergence from Chapter 11, California Pizza Kitchen has named four board members, including:

Sbarro expands in Central Ohio

January 13, 2021

Sbarro is opening its second restaurant in the Columbus, Ohio, market with convenience store retailer, EG America.

Kat Cole joins Slice board

January 12, 2021

Former Focus Brands President Kat Cole has joined the board of directors for Slice, a technology platform for pizza brands that has surpassed $1 billion in…

Canada's Pizza Nova puts plant-based pepperoni pies on permanent menu

January 12, 2021

Pepperoni and pizza go together, well, like pepperoni and pizza, but that can be a tough combo to nail down if a customer is trying to go meatless. But…

Hourly worker hiring platform raises $3.4M

January 11, 2021

South Carolina startup company, Sprockets, has raised $3.4 million to help their customers hire applicants who are the precise fit for their needs.