Commodity trading hands some pre-Independence Day 'duds' to pizza operators

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

You might call last Friday the "Day of the Dud" for pizza operators, after they watched the price for their needed restaurant commodities like wheat and cheese…

Chuck E. Cheese parent sees value/game initiatives paying off

July 1, 2019

The parent company of Chuck E. Cheese, CEC Entertainment, Inc, said its Q2 2019 financial results indicate that the brand's recently introduced "All You Can…

Toppers takes on the daring diner

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

Toppers pizza is on a mission to live up to its name, by taking pizza 'over the top' and targeting the adventurous pie guy or gal.

Snappy Tomato Pizza puts pies on summer road trip

June 28, 2019

Northern Kentucky-based Snappy Tomato Pizza is driving home it's on-the-go image through a summer promotion that gives guests a free Family Fun Guide featuring…

Surging off-premise orders call for more flexible restaurant planning

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

An increase in off-premise orders is reducing the footprint for some restaurants, resulting in smaller dining areas. That makes flexibility now 'king' for…

Insurance underwriter introduces comprehensive coverage for restaurants

June 27, 2019

U.S. Risk Insurance Group, a specialty lines underwriting manager and wholesale broker with 16 domestic and international branches, has introduced a…

Yum Brands puts PepsiCo exec in CFO role

June 27, 2019

Chris Turner (Photo provided) Yum! Brands has named a former PepsiCo executive to be its new CFO, effective Aug. 8. A news release said that…

Little Caesars partners with Inkling for mobile training

June 27, 2019

Little Caesars will use mobile learning platform, Inkling, to train its employees, a news release said. The service allows the pizza chain's management to…

Cicis reaches limit on limited time offers

June 27, 2019

Cicis is turning its back on the industry promotional standard — the LTO — instead now focusing its new marketing on how the brand offers guests "unlimited…

ShopAdvisor launches mobile-marketing platform to help small brands boost traffic

June 26, 2019

Using the platform it created to help Evos Restaurants, a four-unit Florida-based fast casual concept, and Smashburger franchisee Regrub, acquire more…

Designer: Don't let restaurant tech wave wipe out customer experience

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

Delivery-heavy pizza brands today depend heavily on all sorts of restaurant tech, but one restaurant designer wants brand leaders to approach their…

UberEats teams up with Olo to simplify third-party delivery

June 26, 2019

Uber Eats has partnered with Olo, a digital food ordering platform for the restaurant industry, to integrate directly into the POS of restaurant brands via Olo…

Grubhub: Plant-based offerings firmly rooted in center of American plates

June 26, 2019

Online ordering and delivery platform, Grubhub, used data from more than 500,000 orders which it said take place "on an average day" through the service to…

ACSI survey: Drooping QSR customer satisfaction dragging down whole industry's scores

June 25, 2019

The restaurant industry scored a solid B-minus on the latest customer satisfaction rating, down 0.6 percent since last year to 78.9 on a 0-to-100 scale, and…

PizzaRev, Beyond Meat partner on plant-based sausage topping

June 25, 2019

Pizza brands are pouring on the plant-based love this week, with Canada's Pizza Pizza launching what it said is the "first all plant-based" pie Monday, and now…

Chuck E. Cheese sends 'mouse' to your house with DoorDash in San Diego

June 25, 2019

Chuck E. Cheese is introducing a new Pizza Party Pack and making it exclusively available through DoorDash for a new way to host all those kids parties on home…

Coke, Omnivore launching restaurant digital marketplace covering apps to third-party delivery

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

June 25, 2019

Coca-Cola North America is making a big move into foodservice tech this fall when the company said it will launch a digital marketplace that can connect…

Pizza Hut 'red roof' logo reboot a bid to establish category dominance

June 25, 2019

If you're a Baby Boomer or even a Gen X-er, you might wistfully remember lots of rowdy teen-age times spent at the once ubiquitous red-roofed Pizza Huts that…

Little Caesars offers stuffed crust LTO

June 24, 2019

Detroit-based QSR pizza chain, Little Caesars, said there's more than three feet of cheese of unknown other dimensions in its latest LTO, dubbed…

NRA philanthropy's EVP to take president's role

June 24, 2019

The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, or NRAEF, promoted its executive vice president to president, effective July 1.  The NRA's…