The money's moving: Study finds $1.3B shift from dine-in to delivery

November 28, 2018

Nearly 1.3 billion dollars has shifted from in-restaurant spending to food delivery spending, according to a Planday U.K.-based survey that found a substantial…

Papa John's loses Trian interest, report says

November 28, 2018

The entity that the Wall Street Journal has said was looking into buying the troubled Papa John's brand, Trian Fund Management, has now opted out of the…

Presidents of Krystal, Schlotzsky's, Auntie Anne's, Huey Magoo's make up 'Franchising Think Tank'

The Franchising Think Tank is part of the Restaurant Franchising and Innovation Summit, March 11-13, in Louisville.

US romaine contamination problems: FDA says better labeling starts now

November 27, 2018

Federal food safety authorities at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health officials have taken some…

My Pie plans spring Miami opening

November 27, 2018

My Pie will open it first Florida location next spring, this one in Miami, where the brand said in a news release that it eventually plans to open five…

Checklist for the Effective Outdoor Digital Signage in Retail

by Egor Belenkov — CEO, Kitcast

The retail digital signage is changing the market forever. Offline business owners can now improve their customer engagement and deliver more relevant dynamic…

Commodities: Pizza stock prices go down the drain with Thanksgiving scraps

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

Pizza restaurateurs got little in the way of gratitude from investors during the U.S. Thanksgiving week when it comes to their stock values.

Domino's Cyber divider: Half off online pizza through Dec. 2

November 26, 2018

Domino's wants a byte of this Cyber Monday on Nov. 26 and the brand is hacking off half its prices on menu-priced pizza to do it. Now through Dec. 2, the pizza…

Mod Pizza to open store No 400

November 23, 2018

Mod pizza will open its 400th location on Friday, Nov. 23, in Kalispell, Montana, also the brand's tenth birthday, a news release said. The company said…

Keeping customers comin' back: A personal, cross-functional, incremental challenge

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

Repeat visits are top of mind for every brand but few may realize how critical the fourth customer visit is and why it requires a specific strategy. That's…

Pizza Hut, Pepsi launch Super Bowl LIII halftime show contest

November 21, 2018

Official NFL sponsors, Pizza Hut and Pepsi are partnering again on the the 53rd Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 3, as well as offering fans a chance to win a…

Restaurants pull romaine lettuce after CDC issues E coli warning

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

November 20, 2018

Updated: 8:30 a.m., Nov. 21

Target CEO to chair Yum Brands board

November 20, 2018

Yum! Brands, Inc. has named Target Chairman and CEO Brian C. Cornell to serve as non-executive chairman of its board, a news release said. Cornell has served…

Marco's puts franchisee in CDO role

November 20, 2018

Marco's Pizza has promoted one of the brand's area representatives and franchisees to fill the chain's chief development officer role as the brand approaches…

Commodities: Investors hand 3 pizza brands a 'turkey'

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

Three of the four major pizza brands watched weekly by this website had relatively rough trading weeks where they watched their companies' values drop. The…

Nov. 27 live food safety webinar: 10 things to consider when purchasing food safety traceability software

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

Supply chain traceability and visibility is essential to every brand's ongoing viability. Join this Nov. 27 live webinar to learn how to take the complex tasks…

PizzaRev adds 2 Colorado units plus cauliflower pizza

November 16, 2018

Fort Collins, Colorado PizzaRev franchisee Mark Venditto has acquired two existing restaurants in Boulder and Lafayette, Colorado and is in a site-selection…

4 pizza brands opening stores across eastern U.S.

November 15, 2018

There's much end-of-year movement in the pizza community, with four brands announcing openings across the eastern half of the U.S. 

Pizza Patron LTO invites diners to (h)eat

November 15, 2018

For a lot of the nation right about now, temperatures are plummeting and Latin-inspired pizza brand, Pizza Patrón, is using that to launch its Diablo Pizza…

Papa John's franchisees' attorney: Past year had 'a big, big impact on the franchisees' net income'

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

Immediate relief, and a new direction for the brand, is what franchisees operating 1,200 Papa John's U.S. stores want, according to Miami-based attorney Robert…