Catering in a franchise ecosystem: Part 1

by Erle Dardick — CEO, Monkeymedia

Every restaurant operator today has customers asking for catering services; saying no to customers is never an option for any growing venture.

Papa John's celebrates national champs with promotional pizza box

June 25, 2013

Louisville, Ky.-based Papa John's is celebrating its hometown NCAA basketball champion Louisville Cardinals with a special pizza box. The box is red with the…

Hunt Brothers launches first-ever Hawaiian pizza

June 25, 2013

Hunt Brothers Pizza is sending one lucky family on a vacation for four to Hawaii as part of this summer's launch of its new Hawaiian pizza.

Domino's New Zealand: 80% of pizza will be sold online by 2016

June 25, 2013

Domino's Pizza New Zealand doesn't expect the pace of online/mobile ordering to slow anytime soon. Josh Kilimnik, the company's general manager, says he…

Pizza companies take a hit after Federal Reserve move

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Natural gas prices climb last week.

Domino's launches Spanish-language campaign highlighting franchisees

June 24, 2013

Domino's Pizza has launched a Spanish-language campaign highlighting the story of franchisee Mauricio "Reece" Arroyave. He began with the company handing out…

Russo's New York Pizzeria plans international franchise growth

June 24, 2013

On the heels of its first set of international locations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the first half of 2013, Russo's Restaurants announced plans for…

Hot Cheese Pizzeria unveils new website

June 24, 2013

Swampscott, Mass.-based Hot Cheese Pizzeria has launched a new website to make it easier for customers to order online.

'Here Be Dragons'

by Ed Zimmerman — President, pizza.com

During the Age of Exploration, brave people climbed aboard wooden ships to set sail for faraway lands.

NPD: Customers want fresh ingredients, choice

June 24, 2013

Consumers want fresh ingredients and choice when they visit restaurants, according to market research by The NPD Group, a global information company. Although…

PizzaMarketplace Top 100 Movers & Shakers Trends, No. 7: Local marketing

June 24, 2013

Editor's note: The following information is part of a countdown recap from the inaugural Top 100 Movers and Shakers publication. It was published in the spring…

5 things mobile payments vendors don't want you to ask

The man behind the Starbucks mobile payments implementation tells restaurant owners what they need to ask their mobile payments vendors.

National Restaurant Association to host inaugural Innovation Summit

June 21, 2013

The National Restaurant Association will host the inaugural Restaurant Innovation Summit this fall as a way to offer restaurant operators ideas to better…

Survey: Treating employees well outweighs philanthropy, sustainability efforts

June 21, 2013

According to Restaurant DemandTracker, a recent survey of restaurant customers in the U.S., treating employees well is more important than giving back to the…

CiCi's Pizza plans to debut internationally in 2015

June 21, 2013

For the first time in its 28-year history, CiCi's Pizza is extending its franchise opportunity abroad. Executives with the Coppell, Texas-based company have…

Papa John's signs Jerome 'The Bus' Bettis as franchisee

June 21, 2013

Papa John's has signed on former NFL running back Jerome "The Bus" Bettis as its newest franchisee. Bettis, in partnership with Bajco Group, now owns three…

5 must-have features on a restaurant website

If a customer can't find your restaurant, they aren't going to eat there — make all of your contact info visible on every page, and that includes phone and…

The importance of traceability: “Fish fraud” sparks food-labeling controversy

by Betsy Craig — pres, menutrinfo.com

Seafood fraud not only affects consumers' wallets, it also has the potential to take advantage of and even damage the reputation of honest vendors and…

Chain restaurant group asks for repeal of Renewable Fuel Standard

June 20, 2013

The National Council of Chain Restaurants (NCCR) today launched "Feed Food Fairness: Take RFS Off the Menu," a new grassroots campaign focused on repealing the…

American Pizza Community provides list of priorities to Capitol Hill

June 20, 2013

Members of The American Pizza Community were recently on Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers for its second annual fly-in.