Mountain Mike's reopens renovated store in Maryville, California

April 3, 2019

Mountain Mike's Pizza has renovated and reopened its Marysville, California, location under new ownership, a news release said.  

Mici's takes a bite out of Tax Day

April 3, 2019

Not to ruin your day, but Tax Day is just around the corner and at least one pizzeria, Mici Handcrafted Italian, is taking some of the bite out of that annual…

RFIS 2019: Restaurant brands seek global domination

The Restaurant Franchising and Innovation Summit, March 11-13 in Louisville, featured a couple of hundred restaurant executives swapping ideas and learning…

ezCater secures $150M in latest funding round

April 2, 2019

Online catering marketplace, ezCater, has raised  $150 million is a Series D-1 investment round co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and GIC, which will go…

A tale of (investor) love regained: Papa John's crosses $50, Domino's stock soars

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

Investors carried Papa John's stock value over the $50 threshold last week for the first time since late November 2018, while Domino's got a huge infusion of…

Papa John's donates $100,000 to Feeding America

April 1, 2019

Papa John's committed today to giving $100,000 or 1 million meals to national hunger relief organization, Feeding America, a news release said. 

Tyme Commerce debuts AI-driven food platform

April 1, 2019

San Francisco startup, Tyme Commerce, is debuting an end-to-end AI-driven food platform that promises to expand options and markets for food entrepreneurs.

Slim Chickens COO on innovating via potato chip flavors while growing a QSR via Southern hospitality

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

The "Southern sweetheart" of the chicken QSR sector, Slim Chickens, is the subject of this week's podcast, featuring COO Sam Rothschild, who talks about…

Patxi's punches up menu, beverage program

March 28, 2019

After its recent acquisition by Elite Restaurant Group, Chicago deep-dish brand, Patxi's Pizza, said it has launched a new at its 17 locations in California…

Attract, retain, sustain a topnotch workforce: Free April 11 webinar gives expert guidance

March 28, 2019

If you want to illicit an instant grimace from any restaurant leader today, just say the word, "hiring." For virtually any brand anywhere in the U.S. today…

Domino's opens 10,000th store outside US

March 28, 2019

The world's biggest-selling pizza brand just opened its 10,000th international store in Shenzen, China, which is also the 200th store in mainland China. A news…

Pieology plants 1st non-traditional store in Southern California

March 28, 2019

Pieology has opened its first non-traditional location at California State University, Fullerton.  The school's Auxiliary Service Corporation, which oversees…

Papa John's names former Subway, McDonald's marketing exec as global CMO

March 28, 2019

Papa John's International has named Subway Senior Vice President of Marketing/North America Karlin Linhardt as its global CMO, a news release said.  At Subway…

EzCater acquires Monkey Group

March 27, 2019

EzCater, an online catering marketplace, has acquired Monkey Group, an enterprise software, training and insights company, and the developer of Monkey, a cloud…

Putting social media muscle in your pizza catering business

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Social media has delivered new marketing opportunities for restaurants, but it has also raised the bar, especially since customers now expect catering services…

Blaze signs 3-unit deal for Pennsylvania

March 26, 2019

Blaze Pizza has signed a multi-unit deal to open stores throughout Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, where the state's capital is located in Harrisburg, a news…

Commodity prices up, stock values down: Spring starts on sour note for most pizza brands

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

The first week of spring brought higher prices for all the basic pizza commodities and — aside from Papa John's — lower stock values for the brands monitored…

Domino's partnering with Xevo to launch in-car ordering on Chrysler, GM cars

March 25, 2019

Domino's Pizza is working with in-vehicle commerce creator, Xevo Inc., to launch AnyWare pizza ordering capabilities, which will be preloaded in Chrysler and…

Shaquille O'Neal joins Papa John's board, becomes brand ambassador

March 22, 2019

Papa John's today announced that NBA Hall of Famer and restaurateur Shaquille O'Neal will join its board, become a brand "ambassador" and invest in nine…

Podcast: Your Pie president on the brand-building benefits of travel, 'not over-thinking things'

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

Restaurant executives seeking a good reason to head somewhere new and unusual can find it in this week's QSRweb podcast, when Your Pie President Drew French…