Pizza Patrón growth ready to 'hit the gas'

June 18, 2015

Pizza Patrón founder Antonio Swad, developer of Wingstop, commented on the success of Wingstop's IPO and how he hopes to apply what he's learned to Pizza…

Receiving 101: Control and Safety

by John Krebs — President, Axis Purchasing

Whoever is in charge of receiving should follow a standard set of rules in order to maintain the safety of food and ensure you protect your bottom line.

Major Coca-Cola shareholder opens Domino's in Portugal

June 18, 2015

Domino's Pizza opened its first store in Portugal as part of its international growth expansion plan.

Restaurants lead in Hispanic marketing spend

June 18, 2015

Among the top 500 advertisers, the Hispanic share of overall ad spend increased to 8.5 percent, indicating restaurant marketers understand the share of revenue…

NRA wrapped up: Interviews, highlights of the 2015 show

Although the NRA reported that more than 60,000 foodservice providers attended its show last month in Chicago, we knew thousands of others weren't able to make…

Ordering solutions start-up now serving 400 restaurant clients

June 17, 2015

Clorder Inc., a developer of a cloud-based food ordering solution designed to help restaurants enhance their online presence, has added 100 new clients since…

Technomic:Technology still untapped opp for restaurants

June 17, 2015

Digital amenities, including online ordering and mobile payment, have gone from futuristic novelties to modern necessities for restaurant consumers.

Foodservice industry has 3 years to cut the fat

by Nicole Troxell — Associate Editor, Networld Media Group

A FDA decision gives the industry until 2018 to remove trans fats from all foods, which the federal agency estimates causes 20,000 heart attacks and 7,00…

Lightspeed POS enjoying big transaction-processing, customer-base growth

June 17, 2015

Commerce platform player Lightspeed POS today reported that it is processing $10 billion in transactions every year and its customer base now boasts 24,00…

Commodities: Papa John's, Papa Murphy's reach new 52-week highs

by Nicole Troxell — Associate Editor, Networld Media Group

Last week's prices for cheese and wheat moved little, while regular unleaded gas rose five cents.

Gatti's acquired by private equity firm

June 17, 2015

The company hopes to re-energize the brand by capitalizing on its key strengths, and meeting the consumer demand for pizza in a family friendly setting.

Q1 same stores sales up 4% from 2014

June 17, 2015

Technomic tracked data from more than 100 national public and private chains with quarterly sales of more than $40 billion.

Escalon launches flavor trends newsletter

June 17, 2015

Escalon Premier Brands has launched a quarterly newsletter, Better Together, featuring articles with insight on flavor and ingredient trends.

Pieology donates more than $2K to Humane Society

June 17, 2015

To celebrate the opening and show the company's commitment to its local community, the restaurant pledged to donate 100 percent of sales from two pre-opening…

Alliance for Hispanic Health supports FDA trans fats busting

June 17, 2015

The National Alliance for Hispanic Health issued a statement this week on the FDA move to eliminate artificial trans fats from foodservice industry products…

'Consumer counter-revolution' driven by misleading food labeling

June 17, 2015

Packaged Facts: "The mainstream food industry has paid a price for foot-dragging and sleight-of-hand on nutritional and labeling issues, leading to consumer…

Pizza Hut intros Hershey brownie

June 17, 2015

Pizza Hut introduced its Hershey's Triple Chocolate Brownie to its dessert offerings, which includes three types of Hershey's products: Hershey's Cocoa…

Digital menu board execs discuss latest trends

Execs from Peerless and Nextep discuss how operators can benefit from using DMBs.

Uncle Maddio's execs: Fast casual pizza still burning up growth

Uncle Maddio's director of operations, Scott Goodrich, and CEO Matt Andrew discuss how hot the fast casual pizza industry is and what's helped the brand…

Uncle Maddio's expands Florida footprint

June 15, 2015

The build-your-own, fast-casual pizza restaurant signed a franchisee agreement for three units in the Sarasota, Florida area.