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Study: Why hourly workers forced to work multiple jobs
April 20, 2018
About 38 percent of American workers earn $20 or less an hour through hourly jobs or gig work and need more hours to make ends meet, according to Snag's State…
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Papa Murphy's refranchises all Colorado stores
April 20, 2018
Papa Murphy's is refranchising its 28 Colorado company-owned stores to Fresh Take LLC — owned by Ryan McCallister, Tyler Ross and Brad Seymore — as part of its…
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Large-scale corporate catering comes to Caviar with Zesty acquisition
April 20, 2018
Caviar food ordering platform's parent company, Square Inc., has acquired certain assets of another company-centered catering platform called Zesty. The…
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Menu labeling law enforcement starts May 7: Last-minute checklist
by Betsy Craig — CEO and Founder, MenuTrinfo
With full FDA backing this year, menu labeling regulations will be enforced starting, Monday, May 7. These five last-minute status checks will help you ensure…
read nowPizza Hut Museum opens at Wichita State
April 19, 2018
Wichita State University is hosting a grand opening April 25 at its Pizza Hut Museum on the Innovation Campus, according to a press release.
read nowBlaze opens in Azusa, California
April 19, 2018
Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza has moved into a 2,700-square-foot location in Azusa, California, on Alosta Avenue, a news release said. The Citrus Crossing store has…
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Compostable pizza box promises restaurateurs cost savings
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
It's round, like the pies it is designed to hold, costs more than cardboard boxes and is made of something that's usually thrown away. But PizzaRound may just…
read nowYour Pie expects to be open in 10 new markets 1st half of 2018
April 17, 2018
After breaking into three new markets in Q1 this year, Your Pie leadership said the10-year-old chain expects to add another five cities in Q2, which ends June…
read nowDomino's now delivering to a dog park near you
April 17, 2018
Domino's will now deliver to some 150,000 outdoor locations, or "Domino's Hotspots" as they are referred to in the company's app or website, following a…
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Commodities: An 'up-and-down' week for pizza stocks, commodities
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Last week's commodities and brand trading results formed a hilly path of ups and downs across the board.
read nowMod Pizza promotes 3 executives
April 16, 2018
Mod Pizza has promoted COO Paul Twohig to president and COO, Megan Hansen to senior vice president of people and Lisa Luebeck to senior vice president of legal…
read nowBertucci's files for bankruptcy, asset purchase pact in place
April 16, 2018
Bertucci's, which offers pizza and other Italian specialties, has filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 in the United States Bankruptcy Court…
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Sub Station II, Chicken Salad Chick, Pizza Inn franchisees: Tech buy-in demands time, trust
by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator
Franchisors who want franchisees to invest in tech tools, like mobile ordering and menu boards, would do well to remember that it pays to put yourself in their…
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KFC Ad Director on turning Col. Sanders into brand's 'James Bond'
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
In 2015, deep in a tunnel beneath the "lions and tigers and bears" of the Louisville Zoo where KFC stored its corporate archives, the chicken chain's ad agency…
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[LIVE WEBINAR] How Self-Order Kiosks Improve Restaurant Operations & Bottom Line
April 10, 2018
McDonald's found that average check sizes grow $1 when customers order through kiosks, and 20 percent more customers order drinks. These are just two of the…
read nowKotipizza sees record-breaking sales in March
April 10, 2018
Total sales for restaurants in the Kotipizza chain, part of Kotipizza Group Oyj, grew 19.4 percent in March 2018 compared with the year before. Same-store…
read nowSkinnyPizza squeezes into Connecticut
April 9, 2018
SkinnyPizza, a New York City-based chain that specializes in serving a healthier version of traditional New York-style pizza, is opening its first Connecticut…
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Commodities: Prices rise for operating essentials, but so do stock values
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Pain at the pump for most Americans these days is accompanied by pain at the commodities market for pizza restaurateurs in the U.S., with the price of most of…
read nowVilla Italian gives customers catering with a click
April 9, 2018
Morristown, New Jersey-based multibrand restaurant operator and franchisor, Villa Restaurant Group, has gotten into online ordering for catering at its Villa…
read nowFree webinar: Sonny's BBQ CIO will give inside look behind brand's switch to cloud-based POS
April 5, 2018
Switching to a cloud-based POS system helped Sonny's BBQ streamline operations and boost customer engagement, a story that Sonny's CIO Joe Tenczar will share…
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