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NRA: 'Second wave of closings hinders recovery efforts'

July 27, 2020

The National Restaurant Association wants all U.S. governors and mayors to know the restaurant industry has maintained an "unwavering commitment to customer…

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Yelp: Pandemic permanently closes nearly 16K restaurants

July 27, 2020

Sixty percent of the more than 26,000 restaurants that were temporarily shuttered by the pandemic will not reopen, according to the Yelp Economic Average…

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Russo's franchises cloud-kitchen concept

July 24, 2020

Russo's New York Pizzeria & Italian Kitchen is expanding its cloud kitchen concept, a smaller version of its original concept. The 1,300-square-foot…

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Chicago pizzeria owner pumps pies, sodas to front-line workers

July 24, 2020

Although the pandemic has only been a fact of life in the U.S. since March, to many, it feels like years. In fact, even the generous offers of restaurant food…

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Virtual restaurant group launches ghost kitchen franchise model

July 22, 2020

Miami-based virtual restaurant group, The Local Culinary, has launched a ghost kitchen franchise model.

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Marco's to add 13 South Florida stores

July 21, 2020

Marco's Pizza will add 13 locations in Palm Beach County, Florida, over the next five via strategic franchise partnerships, according to a company press…

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Study: Only 42% would dine out

July 21, 2020

Fewer than half (42%) of Americans said they are planning to dine out even as regulations restricting their rights loosen, according to Harris Interactive and…

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Global Franchise Group adds to exec team

July 21, 2020

Global Franchise Group — the parent company of Great American Cookies, Hot Dog on a Stick, Pretzelmaker, Marble Slab Creamery and Round Table Pizza — has added…

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Pie Five opens 1st Oregon store

July 21, 2020

Pie Five Pizza has opened the doors of a location in Corvallis, Oregon, location, which is its first store in the state, according to a news release.

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Rapid Fired LTO solves the 'pizza or barbecue' dilemna

July 21, 2020

With many of us in these warm summer days torn on dinner choices between ordering pizza and firing up the grill, Ohio-based Rapid Fired Pizza is providing…

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Domino's throws substantial pizza muscle behind box-recycling effort

July 20, 2020

After the American Forest & Paper Association released industry guidance last week letting consumers know that despite what they've heard, pizza boxes are…

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'Wow. What a ride!' says retiring Domino's CFO

July 17, 2020

Just as Domino's announced its thoroughly successful Q2 results yesterday, the company also said its CFO and Executive Vice President Jeffrey D. Lawrence is…

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Full-service Paxti's Pizza to open San Fernando Valley store

July 16, 2020

Despite the nationwide slump in full-service restaurant brand traffic due to the pandemic, full-service chain, Patxi's Pizza is continuing its California…

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Hungry Howie's expands Oklahoma presence, featured on QSRweb podcast next Friday

July 16, 2020

Flavored-crust pizza brand, Hungry Howie's, opened a store in Tulsa, Oklahoma yesterday, July 16, under franchisee Matt Kelley, as his first location of the…

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Zalat Pizza to open 8th store — in the cloud

July 15, 2020

Dallas, Texas-based Zalat Pizza will open its eighth location Thursday, July 16, on Belt Line Road in Addison, Texas, according to a news release. The brand…

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Bbot raises $3M to drive contactless dining platform forward

July 14, 2020

Bbot Inc., a restaurant and hospitality startup focused on simplifying and improving order and pay processes, has raised $3 million in a seed funding round led…

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Kraft Heinz invests $48M to expand Missouri manufacturing operation

July 14, 2020

Kraft Heinz has announced plans to invest in its Springfield, Missouri manufacturing facility as part of a five-year, $48 million project to enhance its…

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Merchants Foodservice CEO urges support for emergency foodservice relief bill

July 14, 2020

Andy Mercier, president and CEO of Merchants Foodservice, based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, has called for support of the bipartisan bill introduced to…

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