Your Pie adds CMO, training chief + 9 stores in Q3

October 22, 2019

Fast casual pizza brand, Your Pie, has hired a former Yum, Arby's and Tropical Smoothie executive to lead its marketing efforts. Lisa Dimson will assume the…

Shaquille O'Neal, Miles College pledge to put Papa John's on 39 black college campuses

October 22, 2019

Papa John's board member and investor, former NBA star, Shaquille O'Neal told Black Enterprise that he is working with Alabama liberal arts school, Miles…

Blaze opens 11th North Carolina store

October 22, 2019

Blaze Fast Fired Pizza will open on West Wendover Avenue in Greensboro, North Carolina on Oct. 24 with free 11-inch build-your-own the next day for those who…

Revel joins 7Shifts to sync labor management with sales

October 22, 2019

Cloud-based POS provider, Revel Systems, has joined with restaurant labor management solution company, 7shifts, to create a way for operators to synchronize…

Papa John's only winner in trading last week

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

Pizza commodity prices trended higher last week, even as traders on Wall Street pulled back their support for all but one of the publicly traded pizza…

New financial reporting system standardizes languages, currencies

October 21, 2019

Restaurant analytics company, Revenue Management Solutions, has launched an SaaS application called metiRi that gathers, consolidates, standardizes and…

Pizza Inn, Pie Five parent names former Domino's, Pei Wei exec as CEO

The man behind Domino's "pizza theatre" steps into the top spot at Rave Restaurant Group.

Domino's UK 4-nation expansion pulls back, Pizza Hut UK vegan fare pushes forward

October 18, 2019

Pizza action in the U.K. this week, includes some pullback from European expansion by Domino's in the U.K. and extra vegan offerings at its rival, Pizza Hut…

Noble partners with Epson to streamline in-venue mobile food, drink orders

October 17, 2019

Noble, an on-premise experience platform that streamlines food and beverage operations for venues, has adopted the Epson TM-m30 and TM-T20II POS receipt…

The dark side of restaurant automation: data management challenges

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Self-service kiosks, and other automation technologies, deliver greater efficiencies to restaurants, but managing the data for managing equipment presents more…

B.Good, Wahlburgers, Salata, Gloria Jean's leaders on the state of fast casual 'front'

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

The fast casual restaurant "front" is inncreasingly a rough-and-tumble one on the restaurant industry field of play. But the four brand leaders on the Fast…

Before you go: Smoothing a sometime bumpy road for pizza brands

by Carty Davis — Founding Partner, C Squared Advisors

Whether you're moving on to the next opportunity, taking a well-earned retirement or just finished with the restaurant business altogether, don't get out…

Mod expands in Colorado, Wyoming

October 15, 2019

Mod Super Fast Pizza Holdings Llc. plans a significant expansion in the U.S. Rocky Mountains region, through the growth of a development agreement with Best…

Fancy Foods shows' host rebrands, widens membership

October 15, 2019

The 67-year-old Specialty Food Association — representing 3,800 member companies in the $148 billion specialty food industry — is itself rebranding. The SFA…

What to do when franchisees go rogue

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

As franchise organizations expand, they oftentimes find it makes sense to allow franchisees some freedom in how they market the brand. But knowing how much…

Order ahead app Ritual launches in Germany, Hong Kong, Netherlands

October 14, 2019

Toronto's Ritual, an on-demand food pickup service, has expanded its international footprint by launching its mobile app in Germany, Hong Kong and the…

Panera Bread SVP: 'Mission matters, purpose matters'

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

The complexities of operational excellence in the omnichannel environment are challenging restaurants, and employers are challenged more than ever to unlock…

Is your kitchen-bar crossover management blowing money out the door?

by Andrew Rosenbloom — Director of Marketing, Consolidated Concepts

Pizza restaurant operators are rethinking their kitchen crossover, as more beverages from the bar are becoming infused with ingredients typically reserved for…

Mountain Mike's gives fan chance for 49ers halftime kick

October 14, 2019

Mountain Mike's Pizza, the Official Pizza of the San Francisco 49ers, is giving football fans the chance to potentially win $49,000 if they are selected in the…

If 41% of diners eat it once weekly, does your restaurant care?

October 11, 2019

For some of us, it's like something from a horror story: Technomic's recent consumer trend report showing that desserts are disappearing from increasingly…