A new vision for restaurant catering

by Erle Dardick — CEO, Monkeymedia

By simply pursuing traditional restaurant sales channels, we are not getting our consumers to spend more money with our community.

Papa John's president predicts digital sales to reach 50% this year

March 25, 2014

Papa John's has launched a new TV commercial starring sportscaster Jim Nantz and founder, chairman and CEO John Schnatter, touting the company's online…

Are your employees lying to you?

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Certain verbal cues and body language behaviors can give away liars.

WFF: How to win over your employees

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

The best way to ensure buy-in from each employee is to communicate with each person based on their personality type.

Cheese prices continue to climb

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

After weeks on the rise, wheat prices fall a bit.

Pizza Inn adds new executives to support growth

March 24, 2014

Pizza Inn Holdings Inc. has announced several additions to its leadership team as its Pizza Inn and Pie Five Pizza concepts continue their expansion.

LiveDeal partners with menu ordering system

March 24, 2014

LiveDeal Inc., a geo-location based mobile marketing platform that enables restaurants to publish real-time offers to nearby consumers, has formed a strategic…

WFF's Fritzi Woods receives two posthumous honors

March 24, 2014

Fritzi Woods, the late president and CEO of the Women's Foodservice Forum, has received two special honors at the 2014 Annual Leadership and Development…

Uncle Maddio's adds former Five Guys exec to operations team

March 24, 2014

Uncle Maddio's Pizza Joint has named Scott Goodrich as vice president of field operations and support.

Equipment provider named sponsor of corporate chef association

March 24, 2014

Vulcan, a commercial cooking equipment provider, has been named a 2014 corporate sponsor of the International Corporate Chefs Association.

Marco's Pizza one of the top five fastest-growing restaurant chains

March 24, 2014

The 500 largest U.S. restaurant chains registered a 3.5-percent annual sales increase in 2013, a decline from 4.9 percent the prior year.

Top (missing) food industry trends for 2014

by Suzy Badaracco — President, Culinary Tides Inc

The budget conscience consumer will demand luxury and "value" will be defined as the best quality for the money.

21-cent debit card swipe fee cap upheld

March 21, 2014

A federal appeals court has today handed down a ruling in a back-and-forth drama that grew out of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Consumer Protection and Wall Street…

Pizza brands get in on the madness of March

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

March is a great month to get things rolling after the usual slumps in January and February.

Restaurants experience drop in adult beverage sales

March 21, 2014

Adult beverage volumes in restaurants and bars contracted 1.3 percent in 2013, according to a new "Special Trends in Adult Beverage Report" from Technomic.

Pizza Patrón will not pull banned ad

March 21, 2014

Despite notification that its new ad campaign would be banned from a number of major radio networks, including NPR, Pizza Patrón will move forward with the…

Chuck E. Cheese's CEO retiring in June

March 21, 2014

CEC Entertainment Inc., parent company of Chuck E. Cheese's, today announced that Michael H. Magusiak, president and CEO, will retire effective June 2.

Minsky's marks anniversary by treating first responders

March 21, 2014

Minsky's Pizza celebrated its 38th Anniversary this week by delivering free pizzas to Kansas City, Mo., area firefighters and police departments.

Precious Brand Cheese merges under Sorrento Brand

March 21, 2014

Lactalis Culinary has announced that its Precious and Sorrento cheese brands will be combined into one national brand in foodservice — Sorrento mozzarella…

Using mobile to retain staff, improve customer service

Mobile devices that employees already use can give companies a better way to connect with their frontline employees.