Flippin' Pizza enters Middle East market

January 7, 2014

San Diego-based Flippin' Pizza has signed a master franchise agreement for more than 25 locations across various countries in the Middle East. The brand's…

Domino's, Ford launch in-car ordering platform

This week, Domino's Pizza and The Ford Motor Company will unveil their new Easy Order platform,which will allow customers to place a pizza order from their car…

New York Brick Oven Co. intros new line of pizza ovens

January 6, 2014

The New York Brick Oven Co. has introduced its Inferno Series Revolving Deck Brick Ovens.

NRA partners with Mopro for website improvement portal

January 6, 2014

As part of its partnership with digital media company Mopro, the National Restaurant Association has launched a comprehensive web portal designed to help…

New Year starts off strong for Papa John's, Domino's investors

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

The cost of wheat continues to tumble.

Pizza: Make it thinner! Cook it faster! Fatten profits!

by Darrel Suderman — President, Food Technical Consulting

Cooking a pizza faster enables marketers to promote their pizzas to new customer dayparts and customers with less time on their hands.

Restaurant lunch traffic experiences uptick globally

January 6, 2014

Britain's restaurant and foodservice industry benefited from the area's mild weather with strong visit and spending growth in the third quarter, according to…

Uncle Maddio's Pizza Joint heading to Texas

January 6, 2014

Stewart Geyer, an aerospace engineer and Rhodes Scholar, has signed on to become the first Uncle Maddio's franchise operator in Texas. He joins Janie and Emily…

Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza plans 30 units in three new states

January 6, 2014

Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza announced that Millennial Restaurant Group, a partnership between franchise veterans Junior Bridgeman and Jim Patterson, has signed an…

Boston Pizza adds 12 restaurants to the royalty pool

January 3, 2014

Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund and Boston Pizza International Inc. announced that effective immediately, the fund's royalty pool has been adjusted to…

Pizza Patron launches sampling program to promote specialty line

January 3, 2014

Pizza Patrón is celebrating the New Year with a new, limited time deal of three large pizzas for $18. According to a company news release, the promotion is a…

Survey shows small business optimism for 2014

January 3, 2014

ShopKeep POS, a provider of cloud-based business management software for the retail and restaurant industries, recently surveyed more than 640 small businesses…

New marketing strategy leads Peter Piper Pizza to record sales growth

January 3, 2014

Arizona-based Peter Piper Pizza has reported record-breaking same-store sales growth with 45 consecutive months.

Sysco/US Foods merger: The small independent restaurant just got smaller

The best thing small restaurants can do is band together with a GPO, providing more transparency and security in pricing.

WyckWyre acquires online food safety training platform

January 3, 2014

WyckWyre Food & Hospitality Online Hiring Systems announced that it has acquired the online food safety training platform Keeping It Kleen.

Don't go it alone in 2014

By enlisting a GPO, you can focus your time on key strategic areas like co-branding and operations.

Pizza Hut: Mobile orders surpassing online orders

by Natalie Gagliordi — Editor of KioskMarketplace.com, Networld Media Group

The brand's GPS-enabled feature will provide customers with local deals that may not be available nationwide.

Papa John's celebrates 30th anniversary with promo

January 2, 2014

Papa John's, which first opened in October of 1984, is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2014. To kick things off, the company is offering a promotion in…

New Year brings minimum wage increases in handful of states

January 2, 2014

The New Year's holiday brought about an increase in the minimum wage in 13 states. With these increases, there are now 21 states that have minimum wages higher…

Restaurant traffic levels hit 5-month high in November

January 2, 2014

Driven by improving same-store sales and customer traffic levels, the National Restaurant Association's Restaurant Performance Index hit a five-month high in…