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NRA urges Supreme Court to reverse Labor Dept's 'anti tip-pooling' policy
August 3, 2017
The NRA has taken another step toward fighting The Labor Department's regulation barring tip pools that include kitchen staff. The organization's Restaurant…
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Yum Brands Q2 financials steady as company accelerates Pizza Hut improvement plans
August 3, 2017
Yum Brands Q2 financial results, for the term ending June 30, show the company's three brands all had worldwide system sales growth, including a 7 percent…
read nowBlaze Pizza to debut 4th Boston location
August 2, 2017
Blaze Pizza will open its fourth Boston-area unit on Aug. 3, according to a press release. The location will be opened on Boston University's campus and will…
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Learning from Chipotle: 4 food safety program guidelines
by Niall Keane — CEO of SynergySuite, SynergySuite
Chipotle has been repeatedly troubled by food safety concerns, causing its stock to drop and its fan base to dwindle. 23 years ago, Jack in the Box faced a…
read nowCottage Inn Pizza eyes aggressive franchise growth
August 2, 2017
Cottage Inn Pizza began 2017 with three franchise units in Michigan and one in North Carolina and plans to accelerate its franchising initiative during the…
read nowPie Five Plano launching updated restaurant design
August 2, 2017
In an effort to spice up its offering, Pie Five debuted has debuted a new restaurant design in Plano, Texas, and released a 14-inch pizza, wine, wings and…
read nowPizza Hut announces online reward program
August 2, 2017
Pizza Hut has debuted a national online ordering loyalty program in, according to a press release. For every dollar spent online, Pizza Hut awards customers…
read nowOracle Hospitality debuts Data Science Cloud Services
August 1, 2017
Restaurant operators worldwide can now use Oracle Hospitality's Data Science Cloud Services to quickly analyze system-wide performance data and act on that…
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Pizza proliferation: Bonci, Bavaro, Vapiano and Pie Five add locations
August 1, 2017
Four pizza brands are movin' out with new locations, including a down-sized "mini" pizzeria, one that fires pies in a wood oven and even a Rome-based brand…
read nowDomino's makes using Alexa to order pizzas even easier
August 1, 2017
Domino's Pizza is expanding the Amazon Alexa ordering platform added last year to include customized ordering without customers needing to have a saved account…
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Micro chains hit major US growth spurt
July 31, 2017
Micro-chains — defined as chains with anywhere from three to 19 units — are in a major growth spurt, according to information research and analysis firm, NPD…
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Commodities: Domino's definitely do fall ... and fast
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The news in pizza stocks last week was Domino's. The brand watched its stock do a peregrine falcon-style dive Tuesday, dropping 8 percent from the previous…
read nowPie Five adds 2nd Sunshine State location
July 28, 2017
Pie Five Pizza Co opened its second Sunshine State location today in Clearwater, a news release said. The Rave Restaurant Group brand is now nearly up to 10…
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Chipotle and the 'elephant in the dining room'
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The restaurant industry and its players are exhaling today after news that Chipotle might be able to overcome its food safety woes of last week and the…
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Domino's US same store sales up 9.5 percent, 2.6 percent worldwide
July 26, 2017
Q2 was very good to Domino's brand.
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Looking for ways to find and keep employees? NRA leaders offer insights
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Given the reality of fewer young employees in the work force, the only options are to recruit more from other age groups or be more successful recruiting…
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Denver pizza chain gets a slice of the Shark Week pie
July 26, 2017
The longest-running cable TV event in history, Shark Week, is upon us and one pizza restaurateur isn't going to miss out on this now 29-year-old event…
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New way to 'try on' best new bottom line-building restaurant tech
July 25, 2017
POS device provider ParTech has partnered with cloud-based API software developer Omnivore to bridge the gap between restaurants and the tech developers and…
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Commodities: Markets yield midsummer merriment for pizza brands
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
It was an especially nice week for pizza stocks, with all four brands monitored here showing healthy gains over the course of the trading week.
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3 commonalities among Lyfe Kitchen, Urban Plates, Baskin Robbins brand-building strategies
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Building a successful brand has three parts: storytelling, club making and country building, according to a branding expert at the National Restaurant Show.
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