Pizza Factory January same-store sales up 15%

March 3, 2021

Pizza Factory has started the new year on a high note, with its sales up more than 11% over the previous year, while same-store sales grew more than 15% in…

How to keep fraudsters from bilking your QSR via Telegram

March 3, 2021

If there's one thing we know about criminals, it's that they're always improving their methods of ripping off the rest of us. That has certainly been the case…

White House amps up NRA's pro-Restaurant Revitalization Fund letter to Congress

March 2, 2021

Shortly after the National Restaurant Association sent an urgent request to Congress in support of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund Tuesday, the White House…

Yum Brands to buy AI-based consumer insights company

March 2, 2021

Yum Brands Inc., parent company of KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and The Habit Burger Grill, has signed a deal to buy AI-based customer insights and marketing…

Romeo's romances Northern Ohio

March 2, 2021

Romeo's Pizza has opened a store in the northern Ohio city of Streetsboro, on State Route 43, a news release said.

Pizza execs will discuss how to hire, train, retain great employees

March 1, 2021

A restaurant brand is only as strong as its employees, which is why QSRWeb has tapped Hotbox Pizza Founder Gabe Connell and Mary Kay Haas, Pizza Factory's…

MOD Pizza reports 5% systemwide sales decline for 2020, boosts digital revenue

March 1, 2021

MOD Super-Fast Pizza Holdings LLC reported a 5% decline in systemwide sales, to $461 million, and a 1% net revenue decline, to $388 million in fiscal 2020…

Little Caesars franchisee opening Mutts locations in Arizona

March 1, 2021

Mutts Canine Cantina, a restaurant for dogs and their owners, will open six locations in Phoenix via a franchise agreement with Cafrema Investments, which owns…

Campaign provides free restaurant services, aid

March 1, 2021

Bellevue, Washington-based software developer, Pacific Software Publishing Inc., has launched a campaign to help restaurants struggling to recover from…

RFIS postponed to August, Focus Brands president will keynote

March 1, 2021

Networld Media Group, the parent company of FastCasual, has postponed the Restaurant Franchising and Innovation Summit to Aug. 10-12, according to Cherryh…

ParTech adds Lunchbox to POS ecosystem

February 26, 2021

ParTech Inc., a provider of POS software for the restaurant and retail industries, is weaving Lunchbox, a suite of online ordering tools, to its expanding…

National Restaurant Association cancels May show

February 26, 2021

Event organizers of the National Restaurant Association Show are cancelling the 2021 National Restaurant Association Show, which was scheduled May 22-25 at…

Everything's coming up pizza for Papa John's

February 26, 2021

Consumers in lockdown due to COVID-19 are staying busy ordering pizza at Papa John's given the brand's fourth quarter and full year financial results.

Mod Pizza intros high school diploma program

February 26, 2021

Mod Super Fast Pizza Holdings LLC recently announced its Mod Scholars high school diploma program as an education benefit for the company's more than 8,30…

Finnish company gives pizza a vegan cheese option

February 26, 2021

Valio USA, known for its Finlandia brand of cheeses and butter through its Finnish parent company, is launching Oddlygood Mozzarella in the U.S., which it said…

Digital orders up nearly 275% at Mod Pizza

February 25, 2021

Although 2020 sales and revenue were slightly down for Mod Super-Fast Pizza's, CEO Scott Svenson was happy with the chain's 275% growth in digital sales as…

Making third-party delivery work for your brand

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com

February 25, 2021

Although delivery has been available at Alfredo's Pizza since it opened over 20 years ago in West Babylon, New York, owner Rob Tarsio needed to streamline…

Free vaccination plan available for restaurant brands

February 25, 2021

StrasGlobal, a provider of contract operations, has developed a comprehensive vaccination plan that business may download at…

Oven company seeking students for pizza mastery program

February 25, 2021

Attention all pizzaioli, a Scotland-based outdoor pizza oven company wants you.

PizzaForno automated pizza provider readies US launch in March

February 25, 2021

PizzaForno, a Toronto-based manufacturer and provider of automated artisanal pizza machines, plans to have its first U.S. installations as of March following…