Mobivity, Par Tech partner to drive digital transformation

December 15, 2020

Mobivity Holdings Corp., a provider of personalized customer engagement solutions, is partnering with Par Tech Inc., a point-of-sale software provider.

Canada pizza vending machine plans expansion to Michigan

December 15, 2020

PizzaForno, a Canada automated pizza oven that bakes artisanal pizzas in less than three minutes, will have its first licensed unit in Michigan in early 2021…

DoorDash launches financial platform

December 14, 2020

DoorDash is launching its first financial platform featuring a prepaid Visa business card and mobile banking app. The platform offers mobile banking…

Grimaldi's gives $110K to No Kid Hungry

December 14, 2020

Grimaldi's Pizzeria said its fundraising initiatives this year have helped it donate $110,000 to the non-profit, No Kid Hungry, according to a news release.

Domino's paying nearly $10M in December bonuses

December 14, 2020

Domino's Pizza Inc. will award special December bonuses to more than 11,500 hourly team members and drivers, which the company said in a news release equated…

Rave continues to roll during a profitable trading week

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

Rave Restaurant Group is on a roll, making gains in share value over the last two weeks.

Panera, Pepsi, King Bach teaming up to offer virtual pizza parties

December 11, 2020

Actor, content creator and comedian Andrew Bachelor, also known as "King Bach," is teaming up with Panera and Pepsi to offer consumers a virtual pizza party…

How's your restaurant's cookie supply chain?

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

How's your cookie jar? Might want to look as you might be running a little low.

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Fast Casual Top 100 nominations now open

December 11, 2020

Nominations will close Jan. 31, and the results will be revealed at an annual awards gala in May in Chicago coinciding with the National Restaurant Association…

Is Your Restaurant Technology Ready for 2021?

Join Netsurion’s Mark Cline, senior vice present, and guest panelists, for a casual conversation about what lessons from 2020 every restaurant brand must learn…

Your Pie, InMoment partner to elevate customer experience

December 10, 2020

Your Pie said it has partnered with customer experience improvement company, InMoment, to put that key operating component "at the forefront" of the pizza…

QSR transaction numbers help temper November US restaurant sales declines

December 9, 2020

Even with COVID cases surging throughout the U.S. and some states reducing restaurant capacity, customer transaction declines at major restaurant chains…

Florida's largest food hall opening in spring

December 9, 2020

A 150,000-square-foot food hall focused on food and art will open this spring in Delray Beach less than a block south of Atlantic Avenue. The Menin Development…

Mici launches uncooked lasagana to go

December 8, 2020

Mici Handcrafted Italian, a five-unit fast casual based in Colorado, is offering customers the chance to serve its third-generation-recipe lasagna at home.

Rezku adopts Epson's TM-m3011 POS receipt printer

December 8, 2020

Rezku, a provider of a POS and online ordering platform for restaurants, has adopted Epson's TM-m3011 POS receipt printer which offers customers a faster way…

Take-and-bake pizza brand acquisition creates private label pizza company

December 8, 2020

Brynwood Partners VIII has acquired take-and-bake pizza business, Aryzta North America, and a formed a portfolio company, called Great Kitchens Food Company…

Pizza Hut stacks pie, bread, dessert in one pack

December 8, 2020

Good things might come in small packages, but in the case of pizza, the bigger the better. Pizza Hut is taking that notion to heart by bringing back its…

Private-equity firm invests in Papa John's biggest franchisee

December 8, 2020

The Halifax Group, a private-equity firm, has invested in Papa John's largest franchisee, PJU Holdings Inc., which was previously a portfolio company of TPG…

NRA to Congress: 'Restaurants in economic free fall'

December 7, 2020

In a letter to congressional leadership, the National Restaurant Association said Monday that the restaurant industry is in an "economic free fall" and…

Atlanta Pizza Truck brings Neapolitana via Vespa truck

December 7, 2020

A three-wheeled 1982 Vespa-truck converted into a pizza-making machine has taken to the streets of Atlanta, according to a company press release.