Gimbal enhances curbside-efficiency platform for restaurants, retailers

October 12, 2020

Gimbal has launched On-the-Way SDK, a real-time solution connecting mobile orders with in-store, curbside and drive-thru pickup options.

2020 Fast Casual State of the Industry now available

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

This year’s Fast Casual State of the Industry report reveals how nearly 200 fast casuals are coping with the pandemic, and also polls them on the usual…

Dick's Sporting Goods president named to Yum Brands board

October 12, 2020

Yum Brands Inc. has named Lauren R. Hobart, president of Dick's Sporting Goods Inc., to its board, effective Nov. 12, a news release said. Hobart, a former…

Blaze adds CMO, chief restaurant officer

October 12, 2020

Blaze Pizza has named Vince Szwajkowski, a former movie theater and hotel executive as its CMO, and Rick Gestring, a former operating systems and restaurant…

Little Caesars joins DoorDash delivery marketplace

October 12, 2020

Little Caesars has expanded its DoorDash partnership in the U.S. and Canada to make the pizza brand available on DoorDash's third-party delivery marketplace…

Domino's plunges, Rave rockets forward in volatile trading week

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

There was a lot of action in pizza brand trading last week, much of it connected to news from major leading brands' performances.

Innovative partnership leads to opening of California Mountain Mike's store

October 9, 2020

Mountain Mike's Pizza has opened a store in Davis, California, thanks to a veteran franchisee, who partnered with two of his former restaurant managers to own…

Restaurants adapt to short, long-term impact of COVID-19

by Fast Casual

The short-term impacts of COVID-19 have been tremendous on restaurant customer behavior. Luckily, restaurants have adopted many tactics to handle both the…

Do your customers really know you're grateful they're there?

by Daniel Rodgers

Everybody loves to be appreciated, but do your brand's customers really know how grateful you are they are there?

Up close with The Halal Guys, HungerRush

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

The Halal Guys CEO talks about riding the choppy seas of a rough restaurant year, while HungerRush stops in to recount the many ways restaurant management…

Domino's Q3 revenues soar, but not as high as some predicted

Domino's pulls off another strong pandemic-era quarter, though not quite up to analysts' expectations.

Uno celebrates 'uno person, uno vote'

October 8, 2020

Uno Pizzeria & Grill is combining National Pizza Month recognition with a kind of pre-election tribute to the whole idea of democracy and one person, one…

Tripadvisor launches online management platform for restaurants

October 7, 2020

Tripadvisor has launched Menu Connect, an online listings management solution that allows restaurants to publish, update and manage their menu and business…

GoTab integrates with 7shifts to improve restaurant operations

October 7, 2020

GoTab,Inc. the mobile POS and contactless ordering and payment platform for restaurants and hospitality operators, is now integrating with 7shifts, a labor…

India’s got some ‘Mojo’

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Mojo Pizza, a $1.4 million brand in India, serves over 1 million customers via 120 full-stack cloud kitchens.

Ritual, PayPal, Venmo partner with Los Angeles to support local business

October 7, 2020

Mayor Eric Garcetti and the City of Los Angeles are partnering with Ritual, PayPal and Venmo to launch 'Open for Business' a collaborative effort to help LA's…

Pizza King customers 'ring the king' with Revel rollout

October 7, 2020

Midwest-based Pizza King has deployed Revel Enterprise and Advantage products across its 49 locations to handle payments through its cloud-based POS, a news…

Rapid Fired Pizza opening in West Virginia

October 7, 2020

Rapid Fired Pizza will swing open the doors on its first West Virginia restaurant store this week on Third Avenue in Huntington, a news release said.

Papa John's CEO joins racial equity group committee

October 7, 2020

Papa John's President and CEO Rob Lynch has joined the governing committee of the newly launched CEO Action for Racial Equity fellowship, which puts chief…

Papa Gino's fights fire with info, awareness

October 7, 2020

Aside from Pizza Month, October is also Fire Safety, which Papa Gino's has been taking to heart through its annual fire safety program since 1993. During the…