Papa 'Alaura/Brent/Dougie's' new commercial takes emphasis off of 'John'

In a new 30-second video commercial, Papa John's puts the focus on just about everyone involved in the company except its founder, the embattled and all but…

Rave names president, CAO

September 20, 2018

Rave Restaurant Group, parent company of Pizza Inn and Pie Five, has promoted Pizza Inn President Bob Bafundo to president of the entire restaurant group and…

Does your website throw up hurdles for disabled customers?

California employment litigation attorney, Brian E. Cole II sees website accessability lawsuits soaring, and pizza brands are certainly not immune. In this…

Pizza Rev powers up franchise team, adds incentive program

September 19, 2018

PizzaRev has beefed up its franchise development leadership with the hiring of Ed Yancey as franchising director and Brian Durkin as real estate strategist…

FDA videos show restaurant workers 'real-life' consequences of foodborne illness

September 18, 2018

Restaurant leadership and frontline employees hear a lot about food safety prevention, but little is heard about the illnesses and even deaths that some diners…

Blaze opens in Florida, Oklahoma, Illinois

September 18, 2018

Blaze PIzza announced three more openings this week in Florida, Oklahoma and Illinois. The Viera, Florida, location opening today on Citadel Way will have its…

Pizza, Pizza begins Vancouver expansion

September 18, 2018

Canadian pizza chain, Pizza Pizza, has opened a store in New Westminster, kicking off a planned expansion throughout Greater Vancouver in British Columbia. The…

Squisito back on the Eastern Shore

September 18, 2018

Squisito Pizza & Pasta has opened its fourth franchised location, this one in Queenstown, Maryland, under the leadership of franchisee, Martin Hernandez, a…

Commodities: Down, down, down ... unless you're Papa John's

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

Pizza operators got a break from most commodity prices last week, which turns out to be a particularly good thing since three of the four brands monitored here…

Domino's peps up Pepperoni Day with promo

September 17, 2018

As surely all pizza operators know, Thursday, Sept. 20, is National Pepperoni Pizza Day, and Domino's is promoting a special to cash in on the marketing…

Russo's Dubai store No. 7 opening next month

September 17, 2018

Russo's New York Pizzeria will open its seventh location in Dubai this October with an open-kitchen design and pizza chef station. A news release said the…

Pizza Hut, Burger King among 23 chains now ending no-poach pacts

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said that eight additional corporate, "fast-food chains" will end no-poach practices nationwide, joining 1…

Blaze opens in California, Georgia, Tennessee

September 13, 2018

Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza, named this week as the strongest pizza brand, according to the latest Harris Poll, is bringing its pies to at least three more…

Glance Pay, PayMe now integrate fully with 15 top POS systems

September 13, 2018

Canada-based, Glance Technologies Inc. this week announced that its Glance Pay & Glance PayMe mobile payments platforms now fully integrate with 15 leading…

Making your pizza pack 'em in this pro football season

by Andrew Rosenbloom — Director of Marketing, Consolidated Concepts

Pro football season is off and running and pizza is usually not far behind. But pizza purveyors without a plan for capitalizing on all that potential business…

Commodities: Changes ahead?

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

Changing weather, politics and consumer demand could foreshadow equally changing commodity and stock prices in the weeks ahead. This week though values for…

NBA star, restaurateur open 800 Degrees luxe location in NYC

September 10, 2018

800 Degrees Woodfired Kitchen has opened at 1 East 33rd St., in New York City. Mario Zeniou, who formerly oversaw business at Estiatorio Milos in Midtown…

Mod Pizza Florida franchisee opens store No. 5

September 10, 2018

Mod Pizza's exclusive Florida franchisee, BBX Capital, opened its fifth store across from the University of Florida on Northwest 13th Street in Gainesville, a…

Happy 'middle age' Hungry Howie's

September 10, 2018

Hungry Howie's Pizza is celebrating its 45th anniversary this month, beginning today by offering customers large single-topping pizzas for 45 cents with the…

Delivery driver crime: The restaurant industry problem nobody talks about

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

With restaurant online ordering expected to reach $365 billion by 2030, it's little wonder delivery driver is one of the hottest jobs around. But there's a…