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Papa Murphy's franchisee acquires 13 more Dallas-area stores
November 29, 2018
Papa Murphy's franchisee, Tom Lovelace Company, Lkc. has acquired 13 stores in the chain, including nine company-owned and four franchised units in Dallas.
read nowCalifornia restaurateur takes home world pizza championship
November 29, 2018
California-based pizzaoloand restaurateur, Tony Gemignani, took home his 13th global pizza championship this week in Porto, Portugal, where this time he won a…
read nowSmashburger franchisee's big mobile marketing 'smash hit'
November 29, 2018
Smashburger franchise owner, Regrub Inc., is using ShopAdvisor’s mobile marketing system to draw new customers and expand customer engagement. So far the…
read nowBlaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza partners with (RED) in support of World AIDS Day
November 28, 2018
Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza is teaming up with (RED) Saturday in support of World AIDS Day, according to a company press release. The chain is offering a…
read nowThe money's moving: Study finds $1.3B shift from dine-in to delivery
November 28, 2018
Nearly 1.3 billion dollars has shifted from in-restaurant spending to food delivery spending, according to a Planday U.K.-based survey that found a substantial…
read nowPapa John's loses Trian interest, report says
November 28, 2018
The entity that the Wall Street Journal has said was looking into buying the troubled Papa John's brand, Trian Fund Management, has now opted out of the…
read nowUS romaine contamination problems: FDA says better labeling starts now
November 27, 2018
Federal food safety authorities at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health officials have taken some…
read nowMy Pie plans spring Miami opening
November 27, 2018
My Pie will open it first Florida location next spring, this one in Miami, where the brand said in a news release that it eventually plans to open five…
read nowDomino's Cyber divider: Half off online pizza through Dec. 2
November 26, 2018
Domino's wants a byte of this Cyber Monday on Nov. 26 and the brand is hacking off half its prices on menu-priced pizza to do it. Now through Dec. 2, the pizza…
read nowMod Pizza to open store No 400
November 23, 2018
Mod pizza will open its 400th location on Friday, Nov. 23, in Kalispell, Montana, also the brand's tenth birthday, a news release said. The company said…
read nowPizza Hut, Pepsi launch Super Bowl LIII halftime show contest
November 21, 2018
Official NFL sponsors, Pizza Hut and Pepsi are partnering again on the the 53rd Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 3, as well as offering fans a chance to win a…
read nowRestaurants pull romaine lettuce after CDC issues E coli warning
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
November 20, 2018
Updated: 8:30 a.m., Nov. 21
read nowTarget CEO to chair Yum Brands board
November 20, 2018
Yum! Brands, Inc. has named Target Chairman and CEO Brian C. Cornell to serve as non-executive chairman of its board, a news release said. Cornell has served…
read nowMarco's puts franchisee in CDO role
November 20, 2018
Marco's Pizza has promoted one of the brand's area representatives and franchisees to fill the chain's chief development officer role as the brand approaches…
read nowPizzaRev adds 2 Colorado units plus cauliflower pizza
November 16, 2018
Fort Collins, Colorado PizzaRev franchisee Mark Venditto has acquired two existing restaurants in Boulder and Lafayette, Colorado and is in a site-selection…
read now4 pizza brands opening stores across eastern U.S.
November 15, 2018
There's much end-of-year movement in the pizza community, with four brands announcing openings across the eastern half of the U.S.
read nowPizza Patron LTO invites diners to (h)eat
November 15, 2018
For a lot of the nation right about now, temperatures are plummeting and Latin-inspired pizza brand, Pizza Patrón, is using that to launch its Diablo Pizza…
read nowFrom ice cream-serving robot arms to 'future stores,' Yum China pours on digital charm
November 14, 2018
Yum China is pushing hard to establish primacy in the Asian fast food market, most recently with a series of digitally-enabled initiatives at KFC stores in…
read nowLong John Silver's hires Pizza Hut exec for COO spot
November 14, 2018
Long John Silver's has hired former Pizza Hut executive, Blain Shortreed, as COO, effective Jan. 1.
read nowSurvey: Chain operators say stores aren't complying operationally
November 13, 2018
Restaurateurs put plenty of thought and planning into creating and implementing topnotch operational procedures, but a new survey shows that quite often those…
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