Cicis successfully completes restructuring

March 16, 2021

Cicis has successfully emerged from Chapter 11 protection, completing the process in less than two months. The company said the reorganization strengthened its…

Pie Five 'reinvents' its pan crust

March 16, 2021

The crust is the star of Pie Five Pizza's latest menu innovation, which the brand said is a "reinvention of its pan crust option," according to a news release.

Webinar: How to hire, train and retain great pizzeria employees

March 15, 2021

The ever-present, but always vexing problem of hiring for restaurant industry in-store positions has only seemed to deepen, despite the layoffs of the…

Mountain Mike's franchisee opens 2 stores in 1 week

March 15, 2021

A longtime Mountain Mike's Pizza franchisee and developer agent has opened two stores in Riverside County, California in a single week. Robby Basati opened…

Pizza Hut AR Pac-Man game triggered via pizza box

March 15, 2021

In its latest campaign, Pizza Hut is harkening back to its shared history with those consumers who spent some of their youth in one of strangely roofed stores…

Domino's promotes executive to leadership team

March 15, 2021

Frank Garrido has been promoted to executive vice president, U.S. operations and support, at Domino's Pizza Inc. Garrido, who had previously served as a senior…

Pizza stock prices bounce as basketball 'madness' begins

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

March Madness begins and the pizza-eating and investing kicks off.

Pizza vending machine in Scotland goes viral on social media

March 15, 2021

A video of a pizza vending machine in action got more than 1.5 million social media views after a 20-year-old woman, Honey Keenan, posted a video on TikTok…

Little Caesars planning 10 more Tampa stores this year

March 12, 2021

Little Caesars is growing its presence in Tampa and surrounding cities with 10 units opening by year's end. By 2024, the brand will have added 30 additional…

Pizza operators making Pi Day a numbers game

March 12, 2021

That annual celebration of the circle — or at least the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter (3.14) — is about to happen Sunday, March 14. The…

Burger King names former Domino's leader as COO

March 12, 2021

Burger King Americas has named former Domino's executive, Tom Curtis, as COO, where he'll oversee field operations, restaurant development and restaurant…

Trends expert: 'Safety and affordability' will drive pizza traffic

Passage of the American Rescue Plan and more widespread vaccinations are providing hope to pizza restaurateurs, but a leading national food trends forecaster…

POS as brand-saver: 1 restaurateur's story

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

Playing in the hyper-competitive pizza restaurant business has induced an even greater case of white-knuckled persistence over the course of the last year, but…

CORE using prepaid cards to disburse funding

March 12, 2021

In hopes of helping restaurant employees struggling to survive the coronavirus pandemic, the nonprofit, Children of Restaurant Employees, has been collecting…

Penn Station snags former Papa John's exec

March 11, 2021

Penn Station East Coast Subs has hired a former Papa John's executive, Mike Bradford, as director of Real Estate, Development and Construction. He will be…

Restaurateurs: American Rescue Plan is beacon of hope

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

With today's presidential signature on the nearly $2 trillion American Rescue Plan stimulus, a collective sigh of relief is being heard from restaurateurs…

Bad February weather proves stormy for restaurant transaction activity

March 11, 2021

Severe weather in many areas of the U.S. in February didn't do much to resuscitate restaurant customer transactions at major chains which were already…

AI-driven, text-to-order solution now available via HungerRush

March 10, 2021

HungerRush, a restaurant management system provider, has launched its AI-driven text-to-order solution — HungerRush TextAI — to help restaurant chains drive…

Women of the pie: 3 pizza industry leaders relay lessons learned

The road to the top in the pizza restaurant industry can be a rough one for professional women, but these three leaders show not only that it can be done, but…

Pizza Guys to open second San Jose location

March 10, 2021

Pizza Guys not only knows the way to San Jose, as the old song goes, but is beating a path to the mid-California city, marking the brand's fourth location in…