Digital 6 releases technology to 'improve effectiveness of food-safety practices'

August 7, 2018

Digital Six Laboratories, an Oklahoma-based corporation, is releasing FoodSafe.io  technology, a comprehensive IoT solution designed to help improve the…

Oath Pizza scales up with investment, partnership from Aramark

Oath Pizza is pairing up with food, facilities and uniform provider, Aramark, to bring the certified humane pizza brand to new location categories including…

Kotipizza's record-breaking July hits $12.7M in sales

August 7, 2018

Kotipizza can do no wrong lately, and that luck held out for the brand in July when it broke a personal best sales record, hitting total monthly sales of 11.…

BBQ Pizza is back at PizzaRev

August 6, 2018

PizzaRev is bringing back BBQ Pulled Pork pizza for summer, according to a press release. 

Commodities: Most brands rebound

Most pizza brands rebounded in value last week, while commodity prices remained fairly tame.

Schnatter's name coming off Purdue center

August 6, 2018

Purdue University is removing Papa John's founder John Schnatter's name from its economic research building and has offered to return Schnatter's $8 million…

Pupatella opens 2nd Richmond, Virginia location

August 6, 2018

Pupatella Neapolitan pizzeria is expanding its Virginia presence, with Franchisee Zeeshan Kaba signing a lease for his second Pupatella location on West Broad…

Healthy Dining launches 'virtual menu concierge'

August 3, 2018

Healthy Dining, a nutrition service provider for the restaurant industry,  has created a virtual menu concierge," called MyMenu, according to a company press…

How Wow Bao 'wows' 'em with cartoon-adorned cubbies

Wow Bao's Geoff Alexander talks about how the brand uses kiosks, cubbies and cartoons to delight busy customers even when they are in a huge hurry to pick up…

Pizza Hut performance drags down Yum China Q2 results

August 2, 2018

Yum China reported an overall 1 percent dip in same-store sales for the company during Q2 2018, stemming from a hefty 4-percent drop in its Pizza Hut brand's…

Papa John's pays dividend, wins back Texas Rangers

August 2, 2018

Papa John's — which is scheduled to release its financial results next Tuesday — said that it will pay out its quarterly dividend rate of $0.225 per common…

Preventing 2 workplace problems that land pizza restaurateurs in court

by Jeffrey Frankel — VP of Marketing, Traliant

The restaurant industry and its workers are the subject of more sexual harassment claims than any other industry, according to a recent Harvard Business Review…

Rapid Fired Pizza signs multi-unit deal

July 31, 2018

Rapid Fired Pizza signed a multi-unit deal with Ed Newsome to develop more than 20 units in  West Virginia, according to a company press release.  

US Foods buys SGA's Food Group for $1.8 billion

July 30, 2018

Illinois-based US Foods said Monday that it's acquiring Arizona-based Services Group of America in a $1.8 billion deal that includes five companies known…

Commodities: Pizza brands take a beating

Last week was a tough one for most pizza restaurateurs as the prices for all essential commodities rose, while all but one brand monitored by this site…

Papa John's name Kirtley as board chair

July 30, 2018

Papa John's has named Olivia F. Kirtley as chair, succeeding founder, John Schnatter, who resigned the position earlier this month in the midst of the negative…

Schnatter sues Papa John's board over chairmanship ouster

John Schnatter wants to see the books and any record of the board discussions behind Papa John's board's decision to push the outspoken company's founder out…

The Power of VEN-U Sensors

Restaurants, Warehouses, Tech Firms and other businesses can benefit from a 24/7 remote monitoring solution.

Russo’s retail line partners with Texas grocers

July 26, 2018

Chef Anthony Russo's, the Texas-based retail line behind Russo's New York Pizzeria restaurant chain, has partnered with major grocers including H-E-B, Randalls…

GrubHub acquires LevelUp

July 25, 2018

GrubHub dropped a bit of a news bomb amidst its Q2 financial results, announcing that it had signed an agreement to acquire Boston-based mobile diner…