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NRA calls for replenishment of Restaurant Revitalization Fund

August 24, 2021

The National Restaurant Association is calling on Congress to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, due to concerns over the Delta variant affecting…

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NCR acquires Foremost Business Systems

August 24, 2021

NCR Corporation has announced the acquisition of Foremost Business Systems, a point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant solutions provider in Minneapolis, according…

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800 Degrees Pizza to deploy Piestro pizza vending machines

August 24, 2021

800 Degrees Pizza will offer consumers a fully automated culinary experience under an agreement with Piestro, a provider of a robotic pizza machine, according…

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Donatos adds a grilled cheese pizza menu option

August 23, 2021

Donatos is adding an ultimate grilled cheese pizza to its menu for a limited time.

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General Assembly Pizza taps Hormis Tharakan as COO

August 23, 2021

General Assembly Pizza has named Hormis Tharakan as chief operating officer. The brand's parent company is Toronto-based General Assembly Holdings Limited.

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Jollibee deploys temperature monitoring from Digi

August 23, 2021

Jollibee Foods Corp. has deployed digital hazard-analysis-critical-control-point and temperature monitoring solutions from Digi International's SmartSense line…

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Emmy Squared Pizza enters North Carolina

August 23, 2021

Detroit-style Emmy Square Pizza will open its first North Carolina location early next month in Charlotte.

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Aspen Institute, Rouxbe intro online course for safe restaurant dining

August 20, 2021

The Aspen Institute's Food & Society Program has partnered with online culinary school Rouxbe to launch a free online training course on safe restaurant…

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Plant-based proteins for pizza getting very popular

August 20, 2021

Pizza is more popular than ever and consumers are hungry for plant-based protein meat choices and ingredients. In fact, the shipped number of units jumped 56…

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Restaurant spending up in second quarter

August 20, 2021

Consumer spending at U.S. restaurants was up 32% in the second quarter compared to the same quarter last year, and for a pre-pandemic view, flat compared to…

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Nationwide restaurant foot traffic up 52% since start of 2021

August 19, 2021

Foot traffic and in-store visits in food and beverage establishments is up 52% since the start of 2021, according to the data from Zenreach.

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Pizza Inn inks North Carolina multi-unit franchise agreement

August 19, 2021

Pizza Inn has signed a multi-unit development agreement for North Carolina, with the first of the four locations to open in Lincolnton in spring 2022.

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Marco's Pizza taps Keith Sizemore as development VP

August 19, 2021

Marco's Pizza has named Keith Sizemore as vice president of development.

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Pizza Factory expanding California footprint

August 19, 2021

Pizza Factory is expanding within its home state of California as franchisee Tim Nguyen is launching a Pizza Factory Express in Orange County.

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Pyromart intros retailing platform

August 18, 2021

Pyromart, a pyrotechnic pop-up retail platform, has introduced a platform for restaurants and retailers to support seasonal events such as football firework…

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SpotOn adds vaccination status feature

August 18, 2021

Restaurant reservation provider SpotOn has added a vaccination status feature to its SpotOn Reserve system in response to increasing mandates that customers be…

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Little Caesars goes a bit crazy with a calzone

August 17, 2021

Little Caesars is debuting a Crazy Calzony menu item, a "perfect hybrid product for pizza and calzone lovers," for a limited time later this month, according…

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DoorDash posts hefty loss on Q2 2021 revenue gain

August 17, 2021

DoorDash Inc., the food delivery service, reported a hefty loss on higher revenue for the second quarter ending June 30, 2021, according to a press release.

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