Dream Dinners makes the meal kit a millennial 'must-have'

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

Newly named Dream Dinners CEO Tina Kuna has been around the block when it comes to making meal kits into big business. In fact, the transformation she led at…

Pizza Hut parent dips, Papa John's continues ascent

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

As Pizza Hut's parent company, Yum Brands, dipped, Papa John's remained in an upward climb.

A pizza restaurateur's guide to COVID-era profitability

The sweet spot when it comes to profitability for pizza brands is 75% capacity. But how is that achievable when the pandemic forces restaurateurs to cut…

Payment speed top of mind for business owners

August 5, 2020

Although small business owners have increased their technology spend in the past two years, 39% said they still spent at least five hours per week dealing with…

Contactless tech: Restaurants' 'new reality'

by Breck Hapner — Director of Marketing, Chepri

For restaurants today, contactless tech is fast-becoming as essential to business as the food itself.

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…

Pizza trading: Soaring Domino's settles, Rave recedes

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

While the news wasn't great for Domino's and Rave Restaurant Group, Pizza Hut parent, Yum Brands, and Papa John's reported gains over last week's trading…

Domino's trounces estimates with Q2 results

During the difficult second quarter of 2020, pizza powerhouse Domino's turned in an outstanding performance in the U.S. particularly, despite a downturn in…

The pizza stock seesaw: Domino's soars, Rave plummets to new low

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

The vast fortunes and losses to be made in the pizza business were evident in last week's pizza stock trading on Wall Street.

Discover commits $5M to support Black-owned restaurants

July 6, 2020

Discover Financial Services has committed $5 million to provide assistance to Black-owned restaurants in the U.S. in the form of $25,000 grants for…

Encouraged traders hoist Domino's, Papa John's, Yum Brands stock values

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

Though it was a rough week for Pizza Inn and Pie Five parent, Rave Restaurant Group, other major publicly traded pizza companies fared well over the shortened…

US franchise giant files Chapter 11; its Pizza Hut, Wendy's locations remain open

July 1, 2020

With more than 1,200 Pizza Hut locations and nearly 400 Wendy's stores, NPC International Inc. is the nation's largest restaurant concept franchisee by units.

Papa John's preliminary North American Q2 comp sales up 28%

June 30, 2020

Papa John's International Inc. leadership said the brand delivered its third consecutive month of double-digit sales growth in North America, along with what…

Pizza stocks riding the roller coaster

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

With half of 2020 in the books, Pizza Marketplace looked at stock values for four publicly traded pizza restaurant companies. On paper, the ups and downs…

Using Back-of-House Systems to Fight COVID-19

Cleanliness always has been a determinant in the success of a restaurant. A dirty facility, be it the interior or exterior, can quickly turn away prospective…

Yum Brands lone loser in last week's pizza stock trading

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

Most pizza commodity prices, however, made relatively minute moves downward.

&pizza COO breaks down the business-building power of activism

On the unofficial national holiday of Juneteenth — commemorating the proclamation of the freeing of slaves in Texas, final remaining U.S. state to do so —  the…

US restaurant transaction decline easing up a bit

June 15, 2020

U.S. restaurant chain customer transactions were down -14% for the week ending June 7, revealing improvement for an industry hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aside from Domino's, US pizza stocks fall

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

Domino's made some gains in stock price last week, though investors were tighter with their purse strings with the remaining publicly traded U.S. pizza brands…

Robotic video display kiosk can invite diners to 'roll on in' for pizza

What if you had a way to send out a kind of unpaid pizza emissary who displayed enticing video of your brand's menu items to passersby to pull them in to eat?