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Yum China tramples expectations; profit up 31%
February 8, 2017
Yum China's first earnings report as an independent company proves that sometimes breaking up can be a very beautiful thing. In fact, its first report since…
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Rave Q2 results show Pie Five, Pizza Inn struggles
February 8, 2017
With a new CEO in place now in the form of former Smashburger CEO Scott Crane, Rave Restaurant Group today reported its relatively downbeat Q2 2017 financial…
read nowPapa John's hires away Panera IT leader
February 7, 2017
Papa John's has hired former Panera Bread IT and Enterprise Architecture VP Mike Nettles to be the brands SVP and chief Information and digital officer…
read nowPizza Inn puts new 'Punchh' in loyalty
February 7, 2017
Pizza Inn worked with mobile engagement platform, Punchh, to partially launch the chain's app-based loyalty program that gives diners points for purchases and…
read nowMore than 6,000 restaurants put new chatbot to use
February 7, 2017
Restaurant tech business, Orderscape.com, is bringing a full food-ordering chatbot to more than 6,000 restaurants in the U.S. early in the second quarter of…
read nowPie Five opens restaurant No.100
February 7, 2017
Pie Five is opening its 100th location this week in Independence, Missouri, according to a news release from Pie Five parent company, Rave Restaurant Group.
read nowBlaze opens doors on 4 this week
February 6, 2017
Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza is opening four new U.S. locations this week. Of the four, two are in California, one is in Iowa and a fourth is in New Mexico.
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Commodities: Heavy trading week brings a mixed bag of results
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
In last week's heavy trading, pizza stocks and pizza commodities were all headed in different directions as far as overall value is concerned.
read nowFinnish pizza chain finishes FY up 16.3 percent
February 6, 2017
Finnish pizza chain Kotipizza has reported a 16.3-percent increase in cumulative chain sales for the fiscal year that ended Jan. 31, 2017, for a total of 89.…
read nowBlimpie's resurrects fast food of Roman gladiators
February 6, 2017
Blimpie's is hoping to slay the competition with an Italian street food that dates back to the time of gladiators in ancient Rome, according to a news release.
read now3 pizza brands expand
February 2, 2017
Two pizza brands are putting down roots in new territory this month, while a third brand signed a new franchisee in the Deep South, according to separate news…
read nowMarco's Pizza leaps to top of fastest-growing pizza chains
February 2, 2017
Marco's Pizza has been named fastest-growing U.S. pizza franchise on the Entrepreneur Franchise 500 list this year, ranking 38th overall on the list of notable…
read nowPizzaRev LTO plants garden goodies atop pies
February 2, 2017
PizzaRev is flirting with vegetable lovers this month with its LTO that packs cauliflower and kale pesto into a plant-based pie that veggie lovers can gladly…
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Pizza Hut puts the PJs back in pizza night
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Pizza and PJs just go together, and in the U.K. Pizza Hut is making that perfectly acceptable, even if diners choose dining out over delivery.
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New England Chuck E.Cheese's dials it down to delight kids with autism
February 1, 2017
Chuck E. Cheese's locations in New York, New England and New Jersey are launching Sensory Sensitive Sundays in conjunction with the Center for Autism and…
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3 brands discuss sweating out Super Bowl's 'super Busy-ness'
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Across the U.S. this pre-Super Bowl week, restaurant owners, employees and vendors are probably popping extra vitamins — maybe even carb-loading a little in…
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Big brands hoping to score with a variety of marketing tactics on Super Bowl Sunday
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Brands will fight for their piece of the pie on what the USDA describes as the No. 2 food holiday of the year. Fifteen percent — or about 48 million people …
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Why the restaurant industry's relationship with US government is still #Complicated
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
Considering President Donald Trump's passion for business, many were hoping the relationship between the restaurant industry and the government would be less…
read nowCalifornia Pizza Kitchen app: Call it 'pay Dough'
January 31, 2017
California Pizza Kitchen has launched its CPK Pizza Dough Rewards mobile app which allows diners to both pay and be paid by phone, according to a news release.
read nowPie Five LTO makes lower-cal pizza possible
January 31, 2017
Pie Five is offering a 600-calorie pizza LTO starting today, according to a news release. The new Low Five menu item features a 7-inch pie with a side salad…
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