KFC US CEO on building a better bucket of chicken + Chowly CEO on streamlining third-party delivery

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

This week we go inside that heavenly scented bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken as we pull back the curtain on the 89-year-old KFC brand with the help of KFC…

Hungry Howie's fires up in Little Rock

June 13, 2019

Hungry Howie's Pizza opened a Little Rock, Arkansas location this week, as part of a multi-unit deal with franchisee, Zac Deem, signed last year. As part of…

Restaurant index: Traffic dips in April, same-store sales post a gain

June 12, 2019

U.S. restaurant traffic declined in April despite restaurant operators reporting a modest net increase in same-store sales, according to the National…

Time is running out to nominate your brand for the 'Perfect Pitch'

June 12, 2019

The deadline is June 14.

Playing a powerful pizza game in an Amazon-Uber-fied world

Pizzerias have long been players in the delivery game, but Amazon's model of how that delivery happens, along with Uber's model of who does it, has changed the…

Digital ordering is bigger business than delivery

June 12, 2019

Delivery seems to be the darling of the industry these days, but digital ordering is even more important, according to The NPD Group. It found that delivery …

Pizza Inn's PIE debuts in Louisiana

June 12, 2019

Pizza Inn Express opened its first Louisiana location late last week in Lafayette. The new PIE store on West Pont Des Mouton Road is located in the new Exxon…

Live webinar: Boosting the employee experience

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

Retail, restaurant and service employees play a critical part in a rewarding customer experience and that's why the employee experience must be as fulfilling…

Payments startup raises $40M to enhance restaurant division

June 11, 2019

SpotOn Transact LLC, a San Francisco-based payments startup, has raised $40 million in funding to enhance its restaurant division, according to a news release.

Blaze, Mountain Mike's open central California stores

June 11, 2019

Both Mountain Mike's and Blaze have announced store openings in the grizzly bear state of California. Mountain Mike's Pizza said it has opened in the Cypress…

Your Pie puts Peach Prosciutto Pie back on plates this summer

June 11, 2019

Your Pie's famed and favored Peach Prosciutto Pie returns to the world on Wednesday, June 12, for a full summer stay — or as the brand said in a news release…

Rapid Fired raises tornado relief funds Thursday

June 11, 2019

Dayton, Ohio-area based Rapid Fired Pizza is raising funds Thursday, June 13, to help residents in the area who suffered damage in a recent series of tornadoes…

Blaze signs multi-unit Wisconsin deal

June 10, 2019

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza has signed a multi-unit deal for Wisconsin with franchise operator Dianne Mayer to open six stores in Madison, Appleton, Fox Valley and…

June starts on high note: Domino's, Pizza Hut, Papa John's values up, gas prices down

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

How do you make a pizza brand leader croon a little at the start of summer? Push up their brand's stock values and keep things like the price of gas low.

Marco's makes its mark as Harris Poll 'Pizza Brand of the Year'

June 10, 2019

Marco's Pizza hauled in a heavy-hitter in the awards department this month when the 2019 Harris Poll EquiTrend Study found that Americans chose it as Pizza…

Kotipizza applies to go private

June 7, 2019

Kotipizza's board has applied to end public trading in the brand and to delist Kotipizza's shares from the Nasdaq Helsinki, a news release said. 

Square for Restaurants wipes out 'tablet farms' with DoorDash, PostMates, Chowly integration

June 7, 2019

Square for Restaurants has launched a set of order management integrations that allows orders from Postmates, DoorDash and the POS integration solution…

Blaze rebrands pizzas in June to support (RED)

June 6, 2019

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza is working this month with the AIDS-fighting (RED) on the "Eat (RED) Save Lives campaigns and has rebranded its Red Vine pizza as the…

Playing pizza for keeps? 3 tech trends to consider

by Donna Cobb — Executive Director, Enterprise Marketing, Comcast Business

The pace of technological change in the pizza segment can be mind-blowing, but future-minded operators will keep their eyes and minds on at least these three…

OpenTable, Upserve partner to connect the diner data dots

June 5, 2019

Online restaurant reservation provider, OpenTable, has connected with restaurant management platform, Upserve, in what a news release said is an…