Pizza Guys brings 'double cheeseburger' pies to Vegas

October 1, 2019

The 60-plus-location Pizza Guys franchise opened its first Vegas store this week, as a second location for franchisee, Simran Singh, who also operates the…

Blaze to open 2nd Tampa location

October 1, 2019

Blaze is opening a second Tampa, Florida-area location Monday on Word Way in Trinity, with the brand's traditional giveaway of free 11-inch pies scheduled for…

Domino's takes a hit from traders, while pizza commodity prices fall

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

Domino's was the big loser of the Big Three publicly traded pizza brands in trading the last week of September, but all pizza brands got some breaks from…

Pie Five's dismal Q4 results drag down Rave's overall performance

September 30, 2019

Pizza Inn and Pie Five parent, Rave Restaurant Group Inc., reported sizable sales decreases at Pie Five over the fourth quarter of the company's financial…

Uber Eats to screen for food allergies, end automatic utensils and straws

September 27, 2019

Uber Eats is launching an initiative to make the food delivery business healthier and more sustainable, announcing that it will add allergy-friendly filters to…

DoorDash data breach affects 4.9M merchants, consumers, drivers

September 27, 2019

DoorDash said Thursday that earlier this month it determined that on May 4 an unnamed "third-party service provider" had gotten its hands on customers…

Pizza: Once again, Americans' 1st and only choice

September 27, 2019

Pizza restaurateurs can rejoice again this year as California Pizza Kitchen said again this year, Americans are unequivocal: most would choose pizza if they…

Mod Pizza launches inclusiveness campaign for disabled

September 26, 2019

Mod Pizza said this week that it's partnered with Best Buddies International — which works for inclusiveness for those with intellectual and other disabilities…

Live webinar: 30 days to more profitable delivery

Pizza Marketplace will host a live webinar, "30 Days to More Profitable Delivery." The one hour event starts at 2 p.m. EST on Oct. 8 and is sponsored by…

Gusto Farm to Street snags Cava's former marketing director

September 25, 2019

Gusto Farm to Street, a fast casual restaurant specializing in salads and fast-fired pizzas, has named Meg Schiffman as its VP of brand and marketing…

Pizza — good for what ails ya' ... if you eat it in Italy

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

The annual Harvard 'Ig Nobels' are out and pizza is in, as long as it's pizza in Italy.

Rapid Fired caps 4 years with $4 pizzas

September 25, 2019

Today is Midwest-based chain, Rapid Fired Pizza's fourth birthday and the pizza pre-schooler is celebrating that fact with its customers by offering $…

La Boulangerie owners launch pizza concept

September 24, 2019

There's another limited-service pizza brand in the mix now that the two men who run fast casual brand La Boulangerie — Pascal Rigo and Nicolas Bernadi — have…

Pieology opens 3rd Mexican store

September 24, 2019

Pieology has opened another store in Mexico, this time at Anahuac University in Mexico City last week, continuing the brand's established goal to expand…

Labor Dept finalizes OT rule: 1.2 million more workers eligible

September 24, 2019

The U.S. Department of Labor has made official an overtime rule that sets $35,568 as the minimum salary threshold for overtime pay, making about 1.2 million…

Pizza players see hefty hikes in cheese, wheat, gas prices

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

Last week was harder to swallow than most on the markets for pizza brands, with only moderate gains in some pizza brand values, but steeply higher wheat…

Papa John's opens 1st Portuguese store

September 23, 2019

Papa John's International, Inc. has officially expanded into Portugal by opening a store in Lisbon's Amoreiras zone. The brand's master franchisee in the…

&pizza set to 'Zume' into new markets with mobile kitchens

September 19, 2019

D.C.-based brand 36-unit, &pizza, has paired up with Zume, Inc., to deploy Zume Forward Mobile Kitchens to expand in new markets, as well as to test…

Rapid Fired to fire up at University of Dayton

September 19, 2019

Rapid Fired Pizza will open a 3,300-square-foot location at the University of Dayton in Ohio this fall, a news release said. The Brown Street store will seat…

Touchbistro raises $119.24M to expand payments portfolio

September 18, 2019

Touchbistro, a provider of foodservice iPad and POS payment solutions, has raised CDN$158 million ($119.24 USD) in Series E funding in a round led by Omers…