Irate readers to Pizza Hut: Don't suspend ... Commend that gun-wielding employee

September 28, 2017

News of the suspension without pay of a Springfield, Missouri, Pizza Hut employee and felon, who said he had a "good old-fashioned gunfight" with an alleged…

A lesson for pizza operators: How to reap ROI aplenty from wild ideas with good intentions

by Jon Olinto, Co-founder, B. Good

Restaurant safety check? New AI platform watches, reports violators

September 27, 2017

One of China's largest state-owned enterprises is paying seven figures to data intelligence platform KanKan to provide facial- and object-recognition tech that…

Can delivery, online ordering save Pie Five?

Pie Five and Pizza Inn parent, Rave Restaurant Group said this week that its revenues dropped for both this fiscal year and the company's final quarter that…

Bratislava lines up for Domino's 'pizza theater'

September 26, 2017

Bratislava, Slovakia, is the latest international location for Domino's. Slovakia master franchisee, Daufood, has joined with local franchisee Apim Gastro to…

Hungry Howie's has an appetite for Charlotte

September 26, 2017

Hungry Howie’s Pizza is opening a new location today in Charlotte, North Carolina, and franchisee Eric Fairbanks plans to open an additional six locations in…

Commodities: Pizza stocks rise as fall starts

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

The leaves may be falling, but pizza stock prices were all up last week, the first week of fall.

Delivery takes on new importance: Is automation a pizza operator's new BFF?

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

Delivery services are expected to grow 51 percent by 2021, bringing a lot of new restaurant food and service categories into a segment that once was the almost…

It's National Pepperoni Day … But seriously, who cares?

Do food-of-the-day marketing events, like National Pepperoni Day, preempt a more effective approach to restaurant promotion?

Quick-serve pizza traffic thrives; overall US restaurant traffic slows

If you're a quick-serve pizza brand, you're probably not feeling the pinch that most other fast casual and higher-service category pizza concepts are seeing in…

Pie Five brings delivery in-house to amp up orders

September 19, 2017

Pie Five Pizza Co. is is adding in-house delivery to all U.S. locations, the chain announced today. 

1st Pizza Hut soon to be museum

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

Pizza Hut is getting its own museum next year in its birthplace 58 years ago of Wichita, Kansas.

Commodities: Another nice bounce for Domino's

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

Aside from Domino's, which jumped in value, most pizza restaurateurs had little to celebrate last week in either trading of their own brands or prices paid on…

Multi-QSR franchise company acquires Round Table Pizza

September 15, 2017

Multi-QSR brand franchisor and brand management company, Global Franchise Group, has acquired Round Table Pizza, and its affiliates, Round Table Clubhouse and…

Post-hurricane, pizza restaurateurs help put normal back in communities

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

Pizza restaurateurs play a critical role in their communities after disasters like Hurricane Irma.

Pie Five parent wraps up rights offering

September 15, 2017

Pie Five parent company Rave Restaurant Group Inc. has completed its shareholder rights offering. Shareholders exercised subscription rights to purchase all…

19 chains, 475 people enrolled for 1st NRA apprenticeship

September 14, 2017

Shakey's Pizza and Firehouse Subs are among the brands that have committed to registering nearly 500 restaurant and hotel apprentices in the Hospitality Sector…

Study: Higher pay might equal lower restaurant hygiene

September 14, 2017

In the months leading up to wage increases in places like Oregon and elsewhere, we've heard incessant cries that higher wages would lead to higher menu prices…

Russo's gets 'bigger in Texas'

September 14, 2017

Russo’s New York Pizzeria opened its second Austin, Texas, location this week on Research Boulevard at the Arboretum. The new store joins an existing…

Pizza Hut disavows report-to-work policy cited by Florida manager

A Jacksonville, Florida, Pizza Hut manager prompted a wave of criticism with a memo mandating that staff members in the path of Hurricane Irma were to evacuate…