Villa Italian Kitchen acquires 34 mall locations

October 9, 2014

Villa Enterprises announced it has opened 34 Villa Italian Kitchen restaurants in regional malls throughout the US. The units were acquired in April from…

CiCi's selects Sbarro veteran for chief marketing role

October 9, 2014

CiCi's Pizza has named Sarah McAloon as its new chief marketing officer. According to a news release, McAloon will be tasked with leading the company's brand…

SPIN! Neapolitan Pizza debuts in Omaha market

October 9, 2014

SPIN! Neapolitan Pizza's newest franchisee, longtime international operator Dee Jay's, is opening its first SPIN! Pizza location today in the Omaha, Nebraska…

Pizza Hut scores big with Ultimate Hershey's cookie ad

October 9, 2014

Ace Metrix announced the top scoring ads of Q3, based on its Ace Score in a variety of categories. In the QSR category, Pizza Hut earned the highest score for…

East Coast concept adds eco-friendly pizza boxes

October 9, 2014

Pizza Pie-er, a three-unit pizza concept with locations in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, is now carrying Ecovention's GreenBox, an eco-friendly pizza box…

Pizzerias among 'strictest' restaurants for special requests

October 9, 2014

Urbanspoon has compiled a list of America's Strictest Restaurants, or 35 concepts where substitutions, additions or deletions are either frowned upon or not…

Startup aimed at helping restaurants pay suppliers on single platform

October 9, 2014

Sourcery, a San Francisco-based startup that helps restaurants, caterers and corporate kitchens to order and pay for food from local suppliers on a single…

PieZoni selects LevelUp loyalty and mobile payments app

October 9, 2014

Rhode Island-based PieZoni's, a 16-location pizza brand, has announced a partnership with LevelUp to release its new loyalty app. According to a press release…

Nancy's Pizza creates Ditka-inspired pizza

October 9, 2014

To celebrate National Pizza Month, Nancy's Pizza has extended its collaboration with spokesperson and NFL Hall of Famer Mike Ditka to launch the new Da Ditka…

Villa Italian Kitchen debuts in Mexico City

October 9, 2014

Villa Enterprises has opened its newest Villa Italian Kitchen in Mexico City at Centro Las Americas, in Ecatepec. This opening marks the brand’s 12th location…

Dash mobile payment app debuts in Chicago

October 9, 2014

Customers use the Dash app to pay their bill, split checks, tip and more, using the credit card stored in the app.

Square Order testing proximity tagging for line-busting ordering feature

October 9, 2014

Customers can pre-order menu item, and when they are within a zone timed to food and beverage preparation, a 'proximity tag' is triggered alerting the…

International franchising group names COO

October 8, 2014

Michelle McClurg will oversee the company's day-to-day operations of Edwards Global Service's executives and associates in 32 countries.

Where's my (your) money? Overcoming mobile payment growing pains

Having the ability to send relevant promotions, rewarding users with instant incentives and providing security thresholds are critical components.

Restaurants shave 12% off new menu item calorie counts

October 8, 2014

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health documented an average decline of about 60 calories in new menu items in 2013, compared to 2012.

Employee incentive app named New Product of the Year

October 8, 2014

The app is designed to boost low participation in workplace contests by making the correlation between improved performance and higher compensation visible.

Revel Systems earns recognition for iPad POS

October 8, 2014

Top Ten REVIEWS compared after-purchase care, software features, terminals and peripherals, payment processing and additional features for 11 iPad POS systems.

Great Value Colleges names top 50 college pizzerias

October 8, 2014

Great Value Colleges, an information and ranking website devoted to higher education topics, has posted a list of the "50 Great (and Mostly Cheap!) College…

Pizzeria rewards kind behavior during National Bullying Awareness month

October 8, 2014

Laguna Beach, California's zpizza is joining local schools in a nationwide campaign against bullying, the company said.

Pizza Patrón brings back 'Mexican-inspired' pizzas

October 8, 2014

For 13 weeks from October 2, 2014 to January 3, 2015, Pizza Patrón is bringing back the LTO combo,