California Pizza Kitchen, Your Pie, &pizza sprouting spring innovations

March 21, 2019

The pizza world is primed and ready for spring with all kinds of menu items sprouting up like daffodils do this time of year. Here's a roundup of some of the…

5 pizza box brand benefits worth opening up to

by Phil Bagdasarian — President, Packwire

In today's ever-growing landscape of online ordering and home delivery, pizza brands need to play up the prizes inside their pizza boxes more than ever to…

How restaurants can prep for flooding as spring rains approach

March 20, 2019

After flooding in the Midwest and in anticipation of what will likely be more flooding this spring when annual rains fall, food safety firm, Steritech released…

Millennials with kids increase restaurant visits by 5 %

March 20, 2019

Millennials with children increased their restaurant visits by 5 percent last year over 2017, according to recent information from NPD Group. This compares…

Kotipizza parent reports profitable 2018 results, presses ahead with brand, franchising growth

March 20, 2019

Kotipizza Group Oyj — parent of Kotipizza, No Pizza, Social Burgerjoint, Chalupa and others — said its 2018 fiscal year ended with comp net sales growth of 1…

Menufy & SpeedLine Point of Sale Integration Helps Restaurants Expand Their Off-Premise Business

A fully integrated solution between online and mobile food ordering provider Menufy, and pizzeria point of sale (POS) provider SpeedLine Solutions Inc., is…

Processing Payments at the Door: How to Increase Credit Card Security

In today’s world, restaurant operators face the challenge of providing customers with the payment options they want, while still keeping costs under control.

Presented by SpeedLine Solutions

Papa John's UK promises Marmite in every bite with stuffed crust LTO

March 19, 2019

Papa John's in the U.K. is readying to launch a pizza with a crust stuffed with a substance that could be a metaphor for our times: marmite. The ultra-salty…

Unique Foods acquires Pizza Fusion, plans CBD-infused offerings

March 19, 2019

Unique Foods Corporation today said it has acquired the three-location organic food-focused, Pizza Fusion brand, as a wholly owned subsidiary. A news release…

Leveraging Analytics to Improve Restaurant Operations

Restaurant operators have a firehose of data they can drink from to improve operations. The challenge is to make sense of the flood.

Presented by FastCasual.com

Little Caesars brings back bacon deep-dish LTO

March 18, 2019

Little Caesars said it's bringing back its bacon-wrapped Deep!Deep! Dish pizza in the U.S. from 4 to 8 p.m. March 21 then all day after that. But the brand is…

3 brand leaders on the good, the bad, the ugly of third-party delivery

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Love it or hate it, third-party delivery is likely here to stay. At this week's Restaurant Franchising & Innovation Summit in Louisville, three restaurant…

Huddle House executive on deploying digital to serve small towns better

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

Think of Huddle House and you might think "small town," "home-cooking," maybe even "old-fashioned." But, on that last count, you'd be wrong. In fact, this year…

Papa John's new board members bring expertise in marketing, tech, women's advocacy

March 15, 2019

Days after Papa John's founder John Schnatter agreed to leave the brand's board earlier this month, the company's leadership has named media and marketing…

Arizona pizza brand to occupy cannabis retail entertainment complex

March 15, 2019

The relatively new Arizona-based pizza brand, Rickety Cricket, will soon be part of the Las Vegas cannabis retail and entertainment complex, Planet 13. The…

Wavicle launches subscription-based service to help restaurants capture, manage data

March 14, 2019

Wavicle Data Solutions, a provider of data and analytics solutions and services, launched ActiveDash this week during the 2019 Restaurant Franchising &…

March 14: The irrational li'l sweetie 'Pi' that stole the pizza leader's heart

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

Hopefully, you as a restaurant industry executive have already appropriately "circled" this Thursday on your calendar as that celebration of all things…

&pizza CEO on the limited-service leader's key role as employee advocate

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

In the final half of the podcast interview with &pizza CEO Michael Lastoria, the discussion revolves around something the restaurant industry also revolves…

Papa John's, DoorDash partner to deliver nationally

March 13, 2019

Papa John's is partnering with DoorDash for delivery and the duo are offering free delivery during St. Patrick's Day weekend (March 15-17) on orders over $1…

Smoke’s Poutinerie founder: 'We are entertainers'

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Ryan Smolkin, whose Smoke's Poutinerie has opened more than 150 locations in North America in less than 10 years, insists he is in the entertainment business…