Oggi's now only pizza brand at San Diego University's stadium

September 21, 2018

Oggi's Sports, Brewhouse Pizza has now partnered with San Diego County Credit Union Stadium to be the only pizza available at the stadium. The brand's pie …

Study: Restaurant brands going public can rake it in with 2-stage IPO

September 20, 2018

Restaurant leadership mulling over the process of taking brands public would do well to listen to some of the recent findings from a Florida Atlantic…

Papa 'Alaura/Brent/Dougie's' new commercial takes emphasis off of 'John'

In a new 30-second video commercial, Papa John's puts the focus on just about everyone involved in the company except its founder, the embattled and all but…

Rave names president, CAO

September 20, 2018

Rave Restaurant Group, parent company of Pizza Inn and Pie Five, has promoted Pizza Inn President Bob Bafundo to president of the entire restaurant group and…

Does your website throw up hurdles for disabled customers?

California employment litigation attorney, Brian E. Cole II sees website accessability lawsuits soaring, and pizza brands are certainly not immune. In this…

Pizza Rev powers up franchise team, adds incentive program

September 19, 2018

PizzaRev has beefed up its franchise development leadership with the hiring of Ed Yancey as franchising director and Brian Durkin as real estate strategist…

FDA videos show restaurant workers 'real-life' consequences of foodborne illness

September 18, 2018

Restaurant leadership and frontline employees hear a lot about food safety prevention, but little is heard about the illnesses and even deaths that some diners…

Florida restaurant non-profit provides free industry course on human trafficking

September 18, 2018

Representatives from the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association announced the launch of an online training course on human trafficking specifically…

Blaze opens in Florida, Oklahoma, Illinois

September 18, 2018

Blaze PIzza announced three more openings this week in Florida, Oklahoma and Illinois. The Viera, Florida, location opening today on Citadel Way will have its…

Pizza, Pizza begins Vancouver expansion

September 18, 2018

Canadian pizza chain, Pizza Pizza, has opened a store in New Westminster, kicking off a planned expansion throughout Greater Vancouver in British Columbia. The…

Squisito back on the Eastern Shore

September 18, 2018

Squisito Pizza & Pasta has opened its fourth franchised location, this one in Queenstown, Maryland, under the leadership of franchisee, Martin Hernandez, a…

Commodities: Down, down, down ... unless you're Papa John's

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

Pizza operators got a break from most commodity prices last week, which turns out to be a particularly good thing since three of the four brands monitored here…

Domino's peps up Pepperoni Day with promo

September 17, 2018

As surely all pizza operators know, Thursday, Sept. 20, is National Pepperoni Pizza Day, and Domino's is promoting a special to cash in on the marketing…

Russo's Dubai store No. 7 opening next month

September 17, 2018

Russo's New York Pizzeria will open its seventh location in Dubai this October with an open-kitchen design and pizza chef station. A news release said the…

Chipotle food safety chief to speak at Fast Casual Executive Summit

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Chipotle Executive Director of Food Safety James Marsden will outline strategies that Chipotle is deploying in its food-safety transformation at this year's…

Pizza Hut, Burger King among 23 chains now ending no-poach pacts

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said that eight additional corporate, "fast-food chains" will end no-poach practices nationwide, joining 1…

Former Biscuitville, Yum exec named Mountain Mike's COO

September 13, 2018

Mountain Mike's Pizza has named former Yum Brands executive, Jim Metevier, to the post of president and COO. A news release said Metevier was most recently…

Blaze opens in California, Georgia, Tennessee

September 13, 2018

Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza, named this week as the strongest pizza brand, according to the latest Harris Poll, is bringing its pies to at least three more…

Papa John's deal aids Wounded Warrior Project

September 13, 2018

Southeastern U.S. Papa John's stores have partnered with the Wounded Warrior Project to support injured veterans through sales of a special combo deal from now…

Restaurant Revolution/Thanx partnership powers mobile engagement

September 13, 2018

Restaurant Revolution Technologies Inc. recently announced a partnership with Thanx Inc., which helps restaurants and retailers drive incremental revenue…