Virginia pizza brand raises $7.5M to expand footprint

August 4, 2021

Pupatella, a Neapolitan pizza brand, aims to expand in the Washington, D.C. metro area and beyond with a $7.5 million investment from private investors.

Lunchbox gobbles up Spread

August 4, 2021

Online ordering engine Lunchbox has acquired online marketplace Spread which offers delivery and take-out services.

NRA raises concerns on NYC restaurant vaccination rule

August 3, 2021

New York City's requirement, announced Tuesday, that restaurants check for vaccination proof of customers wanting to eat indoors is drawing more than one…

Appetize introduces subscription plan bundling hardware, software, payments

August 3, 2021

Appetize Technologies Inc., a digital and mobile commerce platform, has introduced Appetize Plus, a subscription plan that bundles cloud-based software…

PepsiCo to divest Tropicana, Naked Juice and more

August 3, 2021

PepsiCo Inc. has entered into an agreement with PAI Partners to sell Tropicana, Naked Juice and other select juice brands across North America, and an option…

Pieology celebrating summer with a special pie, topping item

August 3, 2021

Pieology is launching a limited-time BBQ luau pizza topped with a unique offering — French's fried onions.

Marco's Pizza celebrates National Sandwich Month with contest

August 3, 2021

Marco's Pizza, a delivery and carry-out chain, is enticing customers to get creative and honor National Sandwich Month with a contest called Marco's Pizza…

DoorDash expands ghost kitchen footprint

August 2, 2021

DoorDash has opened its second DoorDash Kitchens location in San Jose, California.

RFIS 2021 Sponsor Preview: Workstream

Workstream is a hiring tool that helps restaurants source, screen, and onboard candidates faster through texting and automation. With Workstream, brands like…

Basil Street completes pilot for automated pizza vending machines

August 2, 2021

Basil Street, which manufactures a pizza oven vending machine, recently completed a pilot program consisting of five machines in California, Texas, North…

Gymnastics most popular Olympic sport for food delivery

August 2, 2021

Seventy-eight percent of American consumers will order food for delivery at least once while watching the Olympics this summer, according to a survey by…

RFIS 2021 Sponsor Preview: Ovation

Voted the #1 guest feedback platform in a nationwide RestaurantOwner.com survey, Ovation uses a 2-question SMS-based survey as a digital Table Touch™ that has…

Blaze Pizza blazing multi-unit franchise trails

July 30, 2021

Blaze Pizza is growing its footprint in Southern California and Alaska with multi-unit franchise deals.

The curbside revolution: Evolving your channels to drive sales

by Brittany Maroney — Sr Product Marketing Manager, Punchh

Curbside, a trend that once saw a boom in the early 2000s, is back in a big way and now is a prerequisite for any brand looking to grow, cultivate customer…

SOCi acquires marketing platform Brandify

July 30, 2021

SOCi, which offers a marketing platform for multi-location markets, has acquired Brandify, a provider of location-based digital marketing solutions.

Synergy Restaurant Consultants launches training platform

July 29, 2021

Restaurant consultancy Synergy Restaurant Consultants has launched Synergy SYNC, an integrated cloud-based restaurant training and management platform that…

Yum Brands bests Q2 earnings estimates with 23% SSS growth

July 29, 2021

Like McDonald's yesterday, and Domino's a week back, multi-QSR parent company, Yum Brands, managed to beat analysts' estimates for it second quarter earnings…

Mountain Mike's Pizza Q2 same-store sales grow 16.4%

July 29, 2021

Southern California-based Mountain Mikes Pizza said its same-store-sales grew 16.4% in Q2, while total system sales grew 25.9% over 2020. AUVs for the brand…

Pandemic pushes home coffee consumption, sustains interest in gourmet products

July 29, 2021

At-home coffee consumption jumped from 73% to 81% during the pandemic over foodservice coffee consumption, according to research from The NPD Group.

Company behind burger-flipping robot beefs up leadership

July 28, 2021

Miso Robotics, the company behind a number of foodservice kitchen production robotics products, like the modified Flippy machines used at some White Castle…