Hungry Howie's opens midwestern Michigan store

January 14, 2020

Hungry Howie's Pizza will open the doors to its Big Rapids, Michigan store tomorrow, with a special $6.99 large one-topping pizza offering and the donation of…

Marco's names operations chief to guide growth

January 14, 2020

Marco's Franchising, LLC. has moved longtime franchisee and area representative, Tim Brown, into the role of vice president and chief of operations. The brand…

California Pizza Kitchen stores tap into customer intelligence platform

January 13, 2020

California Pizza Kitchen has tapped restaurant intelligence platform, Yumpingo, to bring real-time guest insights to the 240-plus unit brand, according to a…

Yum Brands names Godiva, InterContinental Hotels CEOs to board

January 13, 2020

Yum Brands, Inc. today appointed Godiva Chocolatier CEO Annie Young-Scrivnerand InterContinental Hotels Group CEO Keith Barr to its board as non-executive…

Restaurant gift card sales strong despite shorter holiday season

January 13, 2020

Although restaurants felt the affect of the shortened 2019 holiday sales season in gift card sales, those sales are still on an upswing, according to data from…

Grubhub addresses phone order snafu

January 9, 2020

Grubhub customers will be hearing a new prompt when placing a call to a restaurant using the ordering app, which will direct them to press the No. 1 to place…

Stoner's Pizza's Atlanta debut part of Southeastern US push

January 9, 2020

QSR pizza brand, Stoner's Pizza Joint, has opened its first Atlanta location and newest franchisee-owned store at 120 Piedmont Ave. NE, under Chunara Food…

Boston's dishes out options to 'lifestyle' diners

January 8, 2020

Boston's Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar does not intend to let the age of so-called "lifestyle-eating" emerge without giving the pizza a prominent presence…

Pizza Inn, Pie Five parent company adds top finance leader

January 8, 2020

Rave Restaurant Group, parent company of Pizza Inn and Pie Five parent, has named a former 7-Eleven finance chief as its vice president of finance. Clint…

Pizza robot startup, Zume, reportedly laying off most of its workforce

January 7, 2020

SoftBank-backed robotic pizza startup, Zume, plans to lay off up to 400 employees — 80% of its staff— and won't renew its Seattle lease in an effort to stop…

Restaurant operators say low productivity, high non-compliance year's top problems

January 7, 2020

Restaurant chain operators said sagging productivity and overall on-the-job non-compliance will be among their top targets for improvement this year, according…

Little Caesars makes big jump into delivery

January 6, 2020

Longtime pizza delivery holdout, Little Caesars, announced Sunday they are getting into the increasingly important food delivery game by partnering with…

Domino's bites back at NYC mayor's New Year's Eve brand shaming

January 3, 2020

The Big Apple is abuzz with the blasting its mayor, Bill de Blasio, gave pizza giant, Domino's over the price of its pies from its store near Times Square on…

Uno New Year additions designed to delight despite diet restrictions

January 3, 2020

Uno Pizzeria & Grill is showing the love this 2020 for all those with special dietary needs who still want a nice slice. The pizza chain said it has…

Largest Pieology franchisee takes on 21 corporate locations

January 2, 2020

Pieology Pizzeria has refranchised 21 corporate-owned restaurants to one of its largest franchisees, Akash Management, Llc. CEO Amir Siddiqi, who already is a…

Blendid installs its second robotic smoothie kiosk

December 31, 2019

Robotic self-serve smoothie kiosk-maker, Blendid, has  installed its second location, this one at Sonoma State University's Charlie Brown Café earlier this…

Jan. 14 webinar gives even smallest brands mega-marketing powers

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

December 31, 2019

Want to put your brand on the lists of hot dining spots without substantial outlays of cash? Plan to attend this upcoming webinar.

Domino's UK CFO drowns in Mauritius

December 30, 2019

Domino's UK CFO David Bauernfeind was killed in an accident on Dec. 26 while vacationing with his family in Mauritius. According to a report in the UK's Daily…

Blaze Pizza opens 10th North Carolina location

December 30, 2019

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza is making its Jacksonville, North Carolina, debut Thursday at 3040 Western Blvd., and will celebrate Friday by giving customers who…

Real-time restaurant course correction big benefit of integrated POS/ops management system

December 26, 2019

Appetize and Restaurant365 have partnered to provide a merged cloud-based POS and operations management platform to restaurant brands that allows operators to…