QR-scanning app helps restaurant owners find employees

September 28, 2015

ZippyApp enables job seekers to complete one common job application online and submit it in on a smartphone, tablet or computer to apply to any restaurant in…

Commodities: Cheese down, wheat up and gasoline unchanged

by Travis Wagoner — Editor, Networld Media Group

The price for cheese dropped during the week, wheat increased and gasoline remained unchanged.

PAR launches POS terminal for restaurant, retail deployments

September 28, 2015

The eighth-generation platform uses Intel processor technology to maximize performance and enhance guest experience.

Payroll pains: The mistakes killing your restaurant’s bottom line

There are three main payrolls risks: errors, cheating and compliance.

Pie Five to open 3 new locations

September 25, 2015

Pie Five Pizza will open stores in the Kansas City, Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston areas this weekend.

Report: Fast casuals seeking huge slice of $41B pizza market

September 25, 2015

Combined with increased fast casual restaurant competition, many pizza restaurants are improving their menu offerings.

RAVE's Pie Five, Pizza Inn report strong sales for Q4

September 25, 2015

RAVE Restaurant Group, parent company of Pizza Inn and Pie Five, reported this week that both consolidated revenues and store retail sales increased during the…

Sanfratello’s remembers dark day in Chicago history with commemorative pizza

September 25, 2015

Chicago White Sox baseball player "Shoeless" Joe Jackson shocked the world when admitting he was part of the 1919 plan "to fix" the World Series. Sanfratello's…

3 ways to use technology to identify food waste

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Waste is especially prevalent in restaurants, where diners leave about 17 percent of their food uneaten.

New mobile platform now available for small businesses

September 25, 2015

The technology was created to empower smaller brands and retailers with powerful mobile marketing and loyalty tools that up until now have only been attainable…

Hungry Howie's celebrates annual 'Love, Hope & Pizza' campaign for breast cancer awareness

September 24, 2015

Hungry Howie's will honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month through fundraising and social media efforts.

Grandfather invents 'safe' cleaning agent to disinfect restaurants' indoor playgrounds

September 24, 2015

After taking his grandchild to a dirty indoor playground at a restaurant, a grandfather created a three-step system to help restaurant and other facility…

MOD Pizza makes key hires in construction, store design

September 24, 2015

Mike Hilgers will join MOD Pizza as vice president of design and construction, and Darren Medina will serve as vice president of store design.

Download now available: Taking Your POS to the Cloud: How to get ahead of the industry's must-have technology

September 23, 2015

Experts discuss how cloud-based POS systems work and if they are worth the investment.

Pieology to open stores in Guam, Saipan

September 23, 2015

Pielogy plans to open at least three stores in Guam and Saipan under the direction of Progressive Pies, LLC.

Pizza-by-the-slice: A reaction to the hyper-competitive pizza market

With ludicrous competition in the pizza industry — 73,000-plus unique U.S. pizza stores fight for more than $38 billion in annual sales — operators need to…

Domino's customer returns $1,300 found in delivery box

September 23, 2015

Domino's customer Mike Vegas will receive free pizza for a year for returning $1,300 a delivery driver had accidentally left in a box delivered to Vegas' home.

Papa John’s announces appointment of new board member

September 23, 2015

Papa John's announced the appointment of Sonya E. Medina to the company’s board of directors

Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom going to Kansas City

September 22, 2015

Kansas City will have an Old Chicago Pizza on Oct. 5.

Zenput debuts thermometer integration for food quality control, compliance

September 22, 2015

Zenput, a provider of mobile operations management for retailers and restaurants, has announced an integration with BlueTherm probe thermometers, which lets…