Flickr to Punch Pizza: Don’t put your coupons on our site

July 21, 2010

Punch Pizza's most recent e-mail to customers divulged a fallout between the Neapolitan pizza brand and the social networking site it was using to post coupons…

Pizza Fusion goes international

July 21, 2010

Pizza Fusion, the organic pizza chain based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is entering the international market by way of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, according to the…

Doing food safety 'til the cows come home

by Paul Mcginnis — Vice President, Marketing, Ecolab Food Safety Specialties

From the second I walked through the front entrance, I noticed a difference. Maybe it was the warm, sincere greeting at the front desk or the quick tour and…

Private company Pizza Fusion shares stellar comps sales

July 20, 2010

Pizza Fusion is a fresh franchise pizza concept that has shown tremendous growth since its inception in 2006. While most restaurants have seen a downturn in…

Domino's to hold Q2 2010 earnings conference call

July 20, 2010

Domino's Pizza will hold its Q2 2010 earnings conference call on July 27 at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. The event will be live over the internet at…

Neapolitan-style pizza goes Disney World

July 20, 2010

Stateside Neapolitan-style pizzeria will be even more integrated into American culture when Via Napoli lands at iconic Epcot at Walt Disney World this summer.

'Healthy' menu items have grown 65 percent in last year

Last month's recommendations from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) confirmed what Mintel’s research and consumers have already been suggesting…

NPD: Unit counts decline for QSR, full service restaurants

July 19, 2010

According to foodservice market research by The NPD Group, while the U.S. restaurant unit count for quick- and full-service dining establishments has declined…

Will new ‘reverse Groupon’ platform benefit restaurants?

July 19, 2010

The restaurant industry is one of the most important to established group discount platform, Groupon. But what role will the sector play in a similar, but…

Naked Pizza changes name in Middle East, debuts Smart fleet

July 19, 2010

Naked Pizza will erect two test locations in Dubai by the end of the year and hopes to open 100 stores across the Arabian Peninsula in the next five years…

Plan for worse cheese prices, analyst says

Why cheese prices will likely continue their climb through 2010, and what to do about it.

Wheat prices up 40 percent from last year

Wheat and cheese prices continue a sharp ascension, while last week’s slumping pizza stocks rebound.

Schwan’s Food Service reduces sodium in school pizza

July 18, 2010

Minnesota-based Schwan’s Food Service, Inc. (SFSI), the largest supplier of pizza to the National School Lunch Program, committed to reducing the sodium in its…

Whole Foods to Carry eco-friendly pizza boxes

July 18, 2010

ECOvention LLC announced today that as of August 2010, more than 30 Whole Foods Market locations in the Rocky Mountain region will use the multi-functional…

Early tech adopters are most avid restaurant consumers

July 15, 2010

Based on a model developed in the 1960s by researcher Everett Rogers, Technomic has found that consumers who are first to buy the latest technologies—from…

CookTek intros first professional-grade, energy-saving induction ranges

July 15, 2010

CookTek has introduced the first U.S. made, multi-burner, commercial induction ranges. The heavy-duty induction ranges offer more precise cooking and save…

The dark cloud of Yum's! China growth

July 15, 2010

Despite all the growth new stores in China have provided Yum! Brands in 2009 and 2010, there's a disturbing trend on the rise for restaurants looking to pursue…

NRA praises Senate passage of interchange fee reform

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July 15, 2010

The National Restaurant Association has hailed a major victory for restaurants and other merchants with the Senate’s approval of the interchange fee provision…

How family-oriented restaurants should approach menu labeling

President of a popular pizza chain shares strategies for softening the blow of big-calorie menu items for concerned parents.

Pizza Patron creates traffic craze with $2.99 12-incher

July 14, 2010

Last fall, Pizza Hut bet that $10 pizzas would help bring its sales out of a recession. Judging from the brand's rising same-store sales, the bet was a good…