Big Easy-based Blaze bites back with gator sausage offering

February 16, 2017

Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza is opening a New Orleans location this month and is offering free build-your-own pies on Friday, Feb. 17 with a little something local…

Multi-Unit Menu Management Release Saves Time and Improves Consistency for Restaurant Chains

VANCOUVER, BC, — A new release from pizza and delivery point of sale developer SpeedLine Solutions Inc. helps restaurant chains save time and improve brand…

Speedline Solutions debuts new menu management tool

February 15, 2017

Speedline Solutions is debuting a menu management system to help chains create and release a consistent menu for all locations as well as ConnectService, which…

Study: Billions wasted on loyalty efforts that bomb

by Sherry Yang

Restaurants invest a lot in loyalty programs, but one massive study just completed by operational strategy company, Accenture, says a lot of that money is…

Fake news on McDonald's and Chipotle stopped in its tracks

February 15, 2017

Fake news is again causing problems for the foodservice industry, this time inolving McDonald's and Chipotle. The event also involved reporters at USA Today…

Commodities: Markets show pizza some love

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

February 15, 2017

As we approach the annual day of love this week, traders were obviously getting in the mood last week toward pizza stocks, which got a nice bounce in value…

Hungry Howie's launches loyalty program

February 15, 2017

Hungry Howie’s Pizza has launched its Howie Rewards loyalty program this week that integrates mobile ordering with loyalty in hopes of boosting sales and…

New restaurant rating system focuses on economic impact

February 14, 2017

Food industry veteran Sara Brito and entrepreneur Jeff Hermanson have collaborated to create a new rating system for all restaurants based on economic impact…

Marco's names COO

February 14, 2017

Marco's Pizza has promoted its EVP of operations and former Burger King executive, Tony Libardi to chief operations officer, a news release said. In the new…

Harris poll yields dim glow for restaurant brands

February 14, 2017

These are not only tumultuous but very partisan times in the U.S., and a Harris Poll indicated that the public perception of foodservice brands often swirls…

Yum asks, 'Why shouldn't the chicken cross the road?'

February 13, 2017

Yum is taking its chicken show on the road, according to a conference call with the Louisville-based company's CEO Greg Creed Thursday, who said the company…

Pizza industry mourns death of Little Caesar's founder

February 13, 2017

The death of 87-year-old Little Caesar's founder, Mike Ilitch, Friday has hit a lot of people in their hearts over the weekend. He not only grew one of the…

Banking on Pizza Vending

Students at Xavier University in Cincinnati can satisfy their pizza cravings by making a withdrawal at the country’s first Pizza ATM vending machine.

How to romance customers out of Valentine's Day dollars

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Coming up with attractive and creative Valentine's Day promos can be a challenge when nearly every restaurant on the planet is competing for the consumer’s…

NYC restaurateur proposes 3-tier minimum wage to 'help small business owners'

by Cherryh Butler — editor, fcc

CEO Willie Degel thinks the industry should have a specific minimum wage for private companies with less than $25 million in revenues, a higher wage for…

Flames of resistance rise against Hardee's CEO as labor secretary

February 9, 2017

The "pot" of resistance is still boiling under Labor Department Secretary nominee and Hardee's parent company CEO Andrew Puzder. Senate Minority Leader Chuck…

Uncle Maddio's promotion checks all the right boxes

February 9, 2017

Everybody has a little artist or inventor inside, and Uncle Maddio's latest promotion taps directly into that creative spirit. The chain's national…

Happy Pizza Day ... particularly you, Texas, Michigan

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

Pizza Marketplace wishes you a Happy Pizza Day. And just for kicks, we thought we'd share a little list that Welcomemat Services sent our way about which…

[LIVE WEBINAR] Food safety, human error and the digital age

February 9, 2017

Mistakes are inevitable in any endeavor, but with all the players and products involved in a typical food service operation, they are almost sure to occur.

Yum China tramples expectations; profit up 31%

February 8, 2017

Yum China's first earnings report as an independent company proves that sometimes breaking up can be a very beautiful thing. In fact, its first report since…