Restaurant Magic, Heartland Payment Systems partner

September 20, 2009

Payments processor Heartland Payment Systems has partnered with Restaurant Magic Software to provide regional and national chains with a variety of operational…

Round Table expands into China

September 20, 2009

Round Table Pizza has signed a deal with Beijing Guanghua Zhijia International Hotel Co. to develop 30 restaurants in Beijing, People's Republic of China. …

Gatti's selects Revention as POS provider

September 20, 2009

Gatti's Pizza has selected point-of-sale system provider Revention Inc. for all of its corporate and franchisee locations, the companies have announced.

Part II: NRA outlines industry imperatives

The association's new strategic plan tackles issues from food safety to profitability and sustainability.

Commodities update - Week of Sept. 21, 2009

September 20, 2009

Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange averaged slightly above $1.29 per pound last week, up 2 cents from the previous week.   Block cheese…

Pizza Pizza: Communication software deployment a success

September 17, 2009

Canadian pizza chain Pizza Pizza Ltd., which operates the Pizza Pizza and Pizza 73 brands, has been able to improve hiring and retention rates while lowering…

Fuzio Universal Bistro partners with Share Our Strength in grill giveaway

September 17, 2009

Fuzio Universal Bistro is working to extinguish childhood hunger with a fire-grilled pizza promotion designed to support the non-profit organization Share Our…

Maine Papa John's criticized over college promo

September 17, 2009

A Brunswick, Maine, Papa John's has taken heat from the administration of Bowdoin College for an on-campus pizza giveaway designed to build business from…

Papa John's announces management promotions

September 17, 2009

Papa John's International Inc. has announced three promotions from within the company on its management team.   The promotions are: Tim North to senior vice…

NRA outlines strategy for implementing imperatives

The organization seeks to strengthen communication and improve its core products.

Kraft Group invests in NAKEDpizza

September 16, 2009

The Kraft Group, owners of the National Football League's three-time Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots and Major League Soccer's New England Revolution…

Pizzeria owner takes on creditor over interest rate hike

September 16, 2009

Jim Tuckwell, who owns Pizza Gourmet Express in San Diego, has fought back against a rise in the interest rate on his credit line with Capital One, according…

Chains' ad playbooks come under review

September 16, 2009

Advertising Age has published a critique of the ad campaign strategies of Pizza Hut and Domino's. The article compared the companies' TV, social media, online…

Domino's launches iPhone-optimized mobile ordering site

The new site is optimized for the Apple iPhone, Palm Pre and phones that support the Google Android operating system.

Barone's goes fast casual

September 15, 2009

Father-and-son team Mike and Stephan Monteleone have acquired the rights to use the family recipes of Barone's Famous Italian Restaurant of Sherman Oaks…

PizzaVito announces Sopranos star as celebrity spokesman

September 15, 2009

Gainesville, Fla., pizza chain PizzaVito has tapped Federico Castelluccio, famous for his role as Furio Giunta in the HBO series "The Sopranos" as the official…

SpeedLine intros restaurant management automation tools

September 15, 2009

Restaurant point-of-sale developer SpeedLine Solutions Inc. has announced the addition of a range of management automation tools to the SpeedLine POS software.

Papa John's lays off 35

September 15, 2009

Papa John's has laid off 35 of the 600 employees at its corporate office in Louisville, Ky., according to a story in Louisville Business First. The layoffs…

PlayStation adds Papa John's ordering feature

September 15, 2009

PlayStation 3 owners can now order Papa John's pizza directly from their game console, according to a story on the gamer Web site 1up.com. The feature is…

Developer debuts Web-based loyalty club solution

September 15, 2009

Customer-retention solutions developer LoyaltySoft has introduced a new online solution designed to enable restaurants, coffee shops and other small businesses…