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Domino's celebrates store No. 15K with $15K donation
March 6, 2018
According to Domino's CEO Patrick Doyle, the brand has opened "roughly three stores a day" for the past few years, leading to the opening on Wednesday of store…
read nowPizza Hut's new March Madness shoe orders pizza, pauses play
March 5, 2018
Pizza Hut's second iteration of its "Pie Tops" sneakers, timed to coincide with March Madness, not only orders pizzas with the push of a button, but also can…
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Commodities: Prices begin to rise, along with temperatures
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The annual changing of the seasons is beginning; for proof, look no further than the price of commodities.
read nowBlaze opens north LA county store
March 2, 2018
A Northeastern Los Angeles County community, Glendora, is home to the latest Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza.It opened March 1 on South Lone Hill Avenue, a news…
read nowPizza Inn celebrates 60 with local heroes, '58 Skyliner
March 2, 2018
Pizza Inn is kicking off its 60th-anniversary celebration with a campaign centered on local heroes, a news release said. Customers can nominate their "heroic…
read nowTechnomic: US Restaurant industry to see 'healthy growth' over next 5 years
March 1, 2018
A supplier-focused report released today by Technomic anticipated that the U.S. restaurant industry will grow over the next five years at a "healthy" rate, a…
read nowWoodstock's Pizza deploys ID tech to spot under-age drinkers
March 1, 2018
California pizza chain, Woodstock's Pizza. has enlisted new tech to control underage drinking at its locations, choosing Intellicheck's Age ID to prevent…
read nowPapa John's enters $100M accelerated share repurchase
March 1, 2018
Papa John's International today said it has entered into a $100 million accelerated share repurchase agreement with Bank of America, N.A. The company will…
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The NFL: What Papa John's giveth away, Pizza Hut picks up
February 28, 2018
A sales-hemorrhaging Papa John's last night announced it was cutting its NFL organizational sponsorship and designation as the NFL's "official pizza." Pizza…
read nowDomino's, Ford take self-driving delivery tests to Miami metro
February 28, 2018
Domino's Pizza and Ford have begun a two-month second round of testing on a self-driving delivery vehicle in Miami, according to a news release. These tests…
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Lessons for pizza brands in Panera's mobile pay experience
by Judy Mottl — Editor: RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com, Connect Media
If Panera's CEO and his brand's experiences with tech tools like Apple Pay, is any indication, pizza brands stand to gain possibly more than other food service…
read nowBlaze reports 51 percent system-wide 2017 sales growth, adding nationwide delivery
February 27, 2018
Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza has grown phenomenally fast over the last year reporting an eye-popping 51 percent growth in system-wide 2017 sales to $279 million…
read nowPizza Hut U.K. offers new way to order, pay
February 27, 2018
Pizza Hut is offering customers in the U.K. a new way to order and pay that is designed to eliminate some of the common hassles experienced when ordering by…
read nowBlaze opens in Chicago, New York and Michigan this week
February 26, 2018
Chicago, east-central Michigan and Upstate New York all get new Blaze franchises this week, beginning with a grand opening in the auto-centric city of Auburn…
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Commodities: A little bit of everything over week's trading activity
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
All players were heading in their own directions in commodity and brand trading last week.
read nowPunchh adds 9 new brands to now reach 20M total customers
February 23, 2018
Cloud-based engagement and loyalty platform Punchh has signed on nine new brands to its Punchh Restaurant Marketing Cloud. Among them are Fazoli's, Norms…
read nowHungry Howie's opens 1st Lubbock, Texas, location
February 23, 2018
Hungry Howie's Pizza has opened its first Lubbock, Texas, store. The location is operated by franchisee Deep Singh, a veteran QSR manager who has 15 years of…
read nowPapa Murphy's names new CMO
February 23, 2018
Papa Murphy's has named Laura Szeliga as its CMO, putting her at the helm of brand strategies and marketing plans for the company, a news release said.
read nowArtichoke Basille's Pizza opens in Staten Island
February 22, 2018
New York City-based Artichoke Basille's Pizza is opening its first Staten Island location at Empire Outlets, New York City's only retail outlet center opening…
read nowTaco Bell trounces Burger King, Domino's outdoes Pizza Hut, KFC catches up
February 22, 2018
Taco Bell has overtaken Burger King in sales, according to a comparison by research firm Technomic on last year's sales data. The company still puts…
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