Fired Pie dishes out a little something different

August 9, 2018

Fired Pie is adding some decidedly non-pie elements to the menu with its new Mac 'N Cheese dish offering, with options to customize the hearty pasta concoction…

DoorDash offers subscriptions, pick-up options

August 9, 2018

Restaurant delivery service, DoorDash, said this week it is now offering a subscriber model as well as a call-ahead/pick-up option with its restaurants.

Cicis buffet adds pies, baked pasta

August 9, 2018

Cicis has added a pair of pan pizzas to its buffet with crusts that are first baked, then pan fried, a news release said. The two new versions include a…

Pizza Pizza, Pizza 73 have disappointing Q2

August 9, 2018

The parent company of Pizza Pizza and the Pizza 73 chains shared disappointing quarterly and half-year financials today for the period ending June 30. Pizza…

Papa John’s: 'Actions of 1 person' could cost brand $50 million this year

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

Leadership at Papa John’s took on the woeful task last night of talking to investors about the brand’s devastating second quarter financials, vowing not to let…

MOD Pizza CEO on the 'happy accident' that launched a winning brand

MOD Pizza CEO Scott Svenson sits down with Pizza Marketplace Editor Shelly Whitehead to provide some background on how some of society's most marginalized…

Digital 6 releases technology to 'improve effectiveness of food-safety practices'

August 7, 2018

Digital Six Laboratories, an Oklahoma-based corporation, is releasing FoodSafe.io  technology, a comprehensive IoT solution designed to help improve the…

Oath Pizza scales up with investment, partnership from Aramark

Oath Pizza is pairing up with food, facilities and uniform provider, Aramark, to bring the certified humane pizza brand to new location categories including…

Kotipizza's record-breaking July hits $12.7M in sales

August 7, 2018

Kotipizza can do no wrong lately, and that luck held out for the brand in July when it broke a personal best sales record, hitting total monthly sales of 11.…

BBQ Pizza is back at PizzaRev

August 6, 2018

PizzaRev is bringing back BBQ Pulled Pork pizza for summer, according to a press release. 

Commodities: Most brands rebound

Most pizza brands rebounded in value last week, while commodity prices remained fairly tame.

Schnatter's name coming off Purdue center

August 6, 2018

Purdue University is removing Papa John's founder John Schnatter's name from its economic research building and has offered to return Schnatter's $8 million…

Pupatella opens 2nd Richmond, Virginia location

August 6, 2018

Pupatella Neapolitan pizzeria is expanding its Virginia presence, with Franchisee Zeeshan Kaba signing a lease for his second Pupatella location on West Broad…

Healthy Dining launches 'virtual menu concierge'

August 3, 2018

Healthy Dining, a nutrition service provider for the restaurant industry,  has created a virtual menu concierge," called MyMenu, according to a company press…

How Wow Bao 'wows' 'em with cartoon-adorned cubbies

Wow Bao's Geoff Alexander talks about how the brand uses kiosks, cubbies and cartoons to delight busy customers even when they are in a huge hurry to pick up…

Pizza Hut performance drags down Yum China Q2 results

August 2, 2018

Yum China reported an overall 1 percent dip in same-store sales for the company during Q2 2018, stemming from a hefty 4-percent drop in its Pizza Hut brand's…

Papa John's pays dividend, wins back Texas Rangers

August 2, 2018

Papa John's — which is scheduled to release its financial results next Tuesday — said that it will pay out its quarterly dividend rate of $0.225 per common…

Preventing 2 workplace problems that land pizza restaurateurs in court

by Jeffrey Frankel — VP of Marketing, Traliant

The restaurant industry and its workers are the subject of more sexual harassment claims than any other industry, according to a recent Harvard Business Review…

Rapid Fired Pizza signs multi-unit deal

July 31, 2018

Rapid Fired Pizza signed a multi-unit deal with Ed Newsome to develop more than 20 units in  West Virginia, according to a company press release.  

US Foods buys SGA's Food Group for $1.8 billion

July 30, 2018

Illinois-based US Foods said Monday that it's acquiring Arizona-based Services Group of America in a $1.8 billion deal that includes five companies known…