Health care reform bill contains menu labeling provision

Pending nutrition fact legislation for chains of 20-plus units has the foodservice industry divided over fairness of its application.

Restaurant industry performance index shows September decline

October 29, 2009

The restaurant industry's performance remained soft in September, as the National Restaurant Association's comprehensive index of restaurant activity declined…

Domino's Pizza honors veterans with contest to cater

October 29, 2009

Domino's Pizza has announced it is proud to offer local VFW Halls the chance to win a catered pizza party this Veterans Day, Nov. 11. In honor of the annual…

Yum! Brands opens 13,000th Restaurant in India

October 29, 2009

Pizza Hut parent Yum! Brands Inc. announced the grand opening of its 13,000th restaurant outside the United States and China by its international division…

Pizza Hut's iPhone app reaches $1 million in sales

October 29, 2009

Pizza's Hut's widely showcased iPhone app has reached $1 million in sales and almost 1 million downloads, according to Mobile Marketer online. Bernard Acoca…

'Quick Service Pizza' model helped Pizza Patron grow comps in Q3 2009

October 28, 2009

Though it doesn't release full numbers to the public, Pizza Patrón said it has posted comparable sales increases each month of 2009, leading to a 5.98 percent…

Pizza Hut VP addresses consumer confidence crisis at marketing conference

October 28, 2009

Bob Kraut, vice president of marketing communications with Pizza Hut, offered solutions for what he called the crisis of consumer confidence at yesterday's…

Papa John's to hold Facebook contest during busy Halloween delivery schedule

October 28, 2009

While the National Retail Federation predicts a drop in Halloween costume and candy sales this year, Papa John's is anything but scared, anticipating a big…

Survey reveals restaurant operators are cautiously optimistic

October 28, 2009

U.S. restaurateurs are cautiously optimistic about the future and concerned about inflationary trends in commodity and labor costs for the remainder of 2009…

Pizza Hut announces online shopping mall initiative

October 27, 2009

Pizza Hut has announced the launch of BlastOffNetwork.com, a Web site that provides online shoppers value and financial rewards. By signing up through…

Extreme Pizza teams with online referral campaign company

October 27, 2009

San Francisco-based Extreme Pizza has collaborated with eMarketing solution provider eWORDofMOUTH to deploy both global and localized online referral and…

Traditional media like direct mail still best for pizza delivery outlets

October 27, 2009

Traditional media influenced more than 30 percent of recently surveyed pizza consumers, while online media like restaurant Web sites were the most influential…

'Brand' -- what does it mean to today's marketers?

by Sandy Lechner — client contact, The Synergy Media Team

With promotional dollars at a premium, "branding" needs to take a distant back seat to return-on-investment-based programs for many regional chains.

Pizza and beer night, reinvented

Adding robust craft beer offerings can put your pizzeria in a category of its own--especially in the growing fast casual segment.

NPD: Foodservice traffic declines for fourth consecutive quarter

October 26, 2009

Summer is historically a peak season for the foodservice industry, but this past summer the industry realized its fourth consecutive quarter of traffic…

Full-service restaurants stopped their freefall in September, report says

October 26, 2009

After perhaps the worst market conditions the restaurant industry has seen in nearly 20 years, full-service restaurants saw some sign of improvement in…

New Marco's Pizza LED lights cut lighting energy use in half

October 26, 2009

New Marco's Pizza franchise restaurants across Georgia that have been fitted with LED lights reported a roughly 50 percent decrease in lighting energy use.

New, broader study finds menu labeling does affect purchases

October 26, 2009

Earlier this month, a New York University study found that menu labeling did not necessarily impact consumers' ordering in poor neighborhoods in New York…

Pizza Hut continues foray into the gaming world

October 26, 2009

Pizza Hut is further pursing its strategy for exposure in the gaming world stateside. Earlier this month, sources announced the company's cameo in Japan's…

Frozen pizza keeps Kraft Foods strong

October 25, 2009

Kraft Foods Inc. will report its third quarter results on Nov. 3. But some preliminary numbers show that frozen pizza has been a winner for the company, even…