Northeast Ohio pizza staple goes west

December 7, 2010

Romeo’s Pizza, headquartered in Medina, Ohio, has inked a deal allowing a franchisee to open 90 stores in the St. Louis area.

Wells Fargo mobile payment pilot ready for roll out

by Valerie Killifer — Editor, FastCasual.com

Wells Fargo & Company is rolling out a Visa microSD mobile payment pilot that will include 200 Wells Fargo team members who are users of specific…

Signature Systems launches mobile reporting solution

December 6, 2010

Signature Systems Inc., the maker of the PDQ POS System, has released PDQ Mobile, a point of sale mobile-reporting solution that gives restaurant owners access…

Pizza Capers inching toward goal

December 6, 2010

Australian chain Pizza Capers kicked off an expansion drive in 2008 with the goal of operating a network of 100 stores within two years.

Marco’s expands in Central Ohio

December 5, 2010

Marco’s Pizza has ambitious plans to climb up the pizza ladder. The company is set to open its third location in the Columbus, Ohio, area Dec. 20. The new unit…

Mazzio’s Italian Eatery approved for franchise registry

December 2, 2010

Mazzio’s Italian Eatery, a Tulsa, Okla.-based pizza chain, is the most recent addition to the Franchise Registry, a listing of approved Small Business…

Papa John’s names fantasy football league finalists

December 2, 2010

As fantasy football teams across the country load up for a playoff push, owners in five elite leagues will square off to determine which league reigns supreme.

Holiday business crime prevention tips

Typically crime increases during the holiday season, and stores and restaurants are not exempt. Unfortunately, dishonest people and criminals are attracted to…

CPK opens unit in China

December 1, 2010

As part of its long-term expansion strategy, California Pizza Kitchen Inc. has opened its first company-owned restaurant in China. The unit is located in the…

SPIN! Neapolitan Pizza partners with Nonprofit Connect

November 30, 2010

SPIN! Neapolitan Pizza is launching an exclusive program with Nonprofit Connect to offer its members a 30 percent discount on catering and a reduced delivery…

Restaurant comps, traffic push RPI to highest level in three years

November 29, 2010

Fueled by improving same-store sales and customer traffic levels, the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) rose to its highest…

Claiming the benefits of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010

by Richard Yelton — Principal, Windham Brannon, P.C.

As many restaurant franchisees are currently contemplating the need to make capital improvements to their restaurants, the recently enacted Small Business Jobs…

Dirty dishware, restrooms and odor are Top 3 customer turnoffs

November 22, 2010

A recent Cintas Corporation survey conducted by Harris Interactive revealed that dirty dishes, unpleasant odor and dirty restrooms are the top reasons…

Papa Gino’s launches customer-interaction solution

November 22, 2010

Conversen Inc., a provider of cross-channel marketing solutions, has partnered with Open-i Media and Papa Gino’s Pizzeria to help the restaurant chain bring a…

Papa John’s brings home the bacon

November 22, 2010

Everything tastes better with bacon and Papa John’s is piling it on its new Double Bacon Six Cheese pizza, available now through Dec. 26.

Stay awake, stay uncomfortable, stay kind

by Joni Doolin — CEO, People Report

We are living in a time of meta-shift. Pick your favorite historian, economist, futuris, or business sage - if you listen closely they are all telling us the…

Coupons and Price Integrity

by Ed Zimmerman — President, pizza.com

Offer consistent products, don't discount off your core price and promote new items.

Wiener: Papa John's in East Village?

New York pizza guru Scott Wiener (Scott’s Pizza Tours) analyzes the market for Papa John's in NYC's famous pizza enclave.  

Taking control of who has what

Do you have control of your restaurant? By that I mean everyone who has keys to the building, and storage areas, codes to the POS system, and combinations to…

Newly formed Craftworks brings beer-and-pizza centric portfolio

November 17, 2010

Earlier this week, private equity firm Hancock Park Associates successfully completed the sale of Gordon Biersch Restaurant Group to Centerbridge Capital…