Restaurant traffic, sales up for 15th consecutive month

October 1, 2012

Buoyed by stronger same-store sales and customer traffic levels, the National Restaurant Association's Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) posted a modest gain…

Unique Pizza eyes U.S. expansion for newly acquired Pizza Fusion

October 1, 2012

Unique Pizza and Subs Corporation announced Pizza Fusion's domestic expansion strategy, beginning with a new franchise in Charlotte, N.C. to be opened this…

PizzaMarketplace.com Top 100 Movers & Shakers, No. 58: Shakey's

October 1, 2012

PizzaMarketplace.com Top 100 Movers & Shakers, No. 58: Shakey's Pizza Parlor, Sacramento, Calif.

Detroit Style Pizza Co. introduces catering

September 28, 2012

Detroit Style Pizza Co. has introduced its new catering service, which lets clients serve the chain's award-winning pizza and more at events in the greater…

Villa Italian Kitchen debuts in Colombia

September 28, 2012

Villa Enterprises Management Ltd. Inc. has announced its first location in Colombia with the grand opening of Villa Italian Kitchen in Bogota.

Pizza Hut partners with Hulu for hunger relief promotion

September 28, 2012

Pizza Hut's annual World Hunger Relief campaign began this week and will continue through Nov. 3. During that time, the company will collect donations in-store…

Papa Murphy's named one of Zagat's top chains for service

September 28, 2012

Papa Murphy's was once again named one of the top chains for service according to the 2012 Zagat Fast-Food Survey. The brand was No. 2 in the large chain…

Own reviews; control content

by Jitendra Gupta — Mobile CRM Director, Punchh

It seems the new four-letter word in the restaurant business is Yelp. The open-forum review site has empowered diners to share opinions online with a…

Report: U.S., Canada, China restaurants gain traffic in Q2

September 27, 2012

If it wasn't rainy, cloudy weather that kept foodservice customers away throughout much of Europe in the April, May and June quarter, it was economic concerns…

What is the role of 'thought leadership' in new product innovation?

by Darrel Suderman — President, Food Technical Consulting

The old paradigm of type-A R&D; business managers that run large R&D; departments is out, and the new model of servant leaders with innovative thought…

Pizza concepts broaden menus in September

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Coffee platforms, breakfast and desserts also highlighted.

Domino's hits 10,000 store milestone in Turkey

September 27, 2012

Nearly 53 years after its founding in Ypsilanti, Mich., Domino's Pizza today opened its 10,000th store and celebrated the milestone in Turkey – one of the…

Top That! and Siegi's Sausage Factory create Oktoberfest Pizza

September 27, 2012

Tulsa, Okla.-based Top That! Pizza, a fast casual concept, will bring back its Oktoberfest Pizza, featuring three German sausages made by Siegi's Sausage…

Yum! Brands awarded for leadership training program

September 27, 2012

Yum! Brands Inc.'s "Taking People With You" employee leadership training program has received a "Gold Award for Excellence" in the category of custom content…

Russo's plans aggressive expansion utilizing Revention technology

September 27, 2012

Russo's New York Pizzeria and Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen, owned by Chef Anthony Russo, is in the middle of an aggressive expansion plan, with 26 units…

Report: Social media linked to fewer than 1% of sales

September 27, 2012

Data from a Forrester research study found that fewer than 1 percent of transactions could be traced back to social links. The report, "The Purchase Path of…

New line-busting app for restaurants from Storific

September 27, 2012

Another new mobile ordering app is promising to make long waits in restaurant lines a thing of the past. Storific, headquartered in Paris, is launching its new…

September pizza launches

Three pizza concepts rolled out new menus, from appetizers to desserts, in September, while Domino's celebrated its biggest product launch in three years.

Free webinar on navigating online analytics

September 26, 2012

Social media isn't just for outbound marketing anymore. When every online review is seen by at least 150 other potential guests, restaurant operators must have…

Tool allows operators to create custom music mixes

September 26, 2012

Restaurant operators looking for a way to provide custom music mixes at an affordable price have a new solution. ReMix, the newest service from business music…