Smokey Bones' virtual brands ask, 'Are you experienced?'

August 5, 2020

Smokey Bones, a casual dining brand, has added a second virtual brand to its repertoire, in addition to its virtual Wing Experience, according to a spokeswoman…

Grubbrr teams with BlueStar to meet commerce automation demand post COVID-19

August 5, 2020

Grubbrr, a commerce automation company, has teamed with with BlueStar, a global distributor of solution-based technologies, to help meet the demand for…

Boston's Pizza's new menu builds on kitchen efficiency, patio dining

August 4, 2020

Boston's Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar debuted a new menu last week focusing on improving kitchen efficiency and addressing menu gaps.

Onosys, ItsaCheckmate join to create restaurant-ordering solutions

August 3, 2020

Onosys, a platform for restaurant digital ordering, and ItsaCheckmate, a provider of end-to-end integrations between POS systems, third-party delivery and…

Restaurant transactions improve slightly

August 3, 2020

Restaurant chain transactions dropped 11% nationally for the week that ended July 26, which is a slight improvement from the 12% drop the previous week…

Domino's promotes brand officer to CMO

August 3, 2020

Domino's Pizza Inc. has promoted its chief brand and innovation officer, Art D'Elia, to CMO, where he'll oversee global marketing for the Ann Arbor…

Pizza Inn, Pie Five parent dives, Papa John's soars to all-time high

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

The struggle to stay listed on the Nasdaq continues for Rave Restaurant Group, which took another step backward last week, but in Papa John's home turf of…

Delivery driver food-safety course launched

July 31, 2020

In response to the pandemic-induced uptick in delivery and to-go orders, foodservice training provider, StateFoodSafety has launched an online training course…

California Pizza Kitchen files for Chapter 11

July 30, 2020

California Pizza Kitchen has entered into a restructuring support agreement with its lenders to equitize much of its debt. As part of the agreement, California…

Webinar revealing 2 pizza brands' delivery success secrets

This August webinar will help any pizza operator develop his or her A-game for pandemic-era delivery program success.

Qu-Franklin Junction solution aggregates delivery orders, gives brands power to multiply

July 30, 2020

API-based POS provider, Qu, has joined two-sided restaurant marketplace, Franklin Junction, to create a platform that uses a Qu tablet product to collect…

New book reveals inequities faced by immigrant restaurant workers

A University of New Mexico sociology professor's recent work and upcoming book look at the inequities restaurant workers face both before and during the…

Fired Pie selling branded masks

July 29, 2020

Arizona-based Fired Pie is selling branded masks to customers for $4 at all 21 locations, and customers wearing them may receive $1 off their purchase each…

Contactless tech: Restaurants' 'new reality'

by Breck Hapner — Director of Marketing, Chepri

For restaurants today, contactless tech is fast-becoming as essential to business as the food itself.

Mod Pizza buys back 13 North Carolina stores

July 28, 2020

Mod Super-Fast Pizza, based in Bellevue, Washington, has acquired 13 of its existing North Carolina stores, spread between Charlotte, Wake Forest, Raleigh…

Papa John's, Domino's hiring 12,000 workers

July 28, 2020

The pizza-hiring party is continuing with Papa John's seeking to hire 10,000 more workers nationally and Domino's set to take on 2,000 more in Atlanta…

How 1 pizza chain drove mid-market growth in the digital age

July 28, 2020

As the nation struggles with a resurgence of COVID-19 cases from L.A. to the Big Apple and many places in between, restaurateurs are struggling to adjust…

Restaurant recovery efforts stall

July 28, 2020

COVID-19 case surges and the rollbacks in reopening plans have stalled the U.S. restaurant industry's recovery, according to The NPD Group. Major restaurant…

NRA: 'Second wave of closings hinders recovery efforts'

July 27, 2020

The National Restaurant Association wants all U.S. governors and mayors to know the restaurant industry has maintained an "unwavering commitment to customer…

Yelp: Pandemic permanently closes nearly 16K restaurants

July 27, 2020

Sixty percent of the more than 26,000 restaurants that were temporarily shuttered by the pandemic will not reopen, according to the Yelp Economic Average…