Vapiano opens 5th Hungarian location

December 1, 2016

Pizza- and pasta-focused chain Vapiano opened its fifth Hungarian location this week in Gyor. It is the first Hungarian location outside the capital city of…

Free pizza for Visa Checkout users at Papa John's

December 1, 2016

NFL sponsors, Papa John’s and Visa, have announced a partnership that makes Visa Checkout available for Papa John’s purchases. The brands are kicking off the…

Menu Labeling: Recent clarification means law goes into effect as planned

by Betsy Craig — pres, menutrinfo.com

Yesterday when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent out its Clarified Statement on Compliance Date, regarding the activation on Dec. 1 of the new menu…

Fast Casual Summit: 4 questions restaurant brands must answer

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

At last month's Fast Casual Executive Summit outside Los Angeles, restaurant marketing consultant Gerry O’Brion said the difference between winners and losers…

Pieology opens 4th Michigan restaurant

November 30, 2016

Pieology has opened its fourth Michigan location, this one in West Bloomfield Township. This is the second unit owned and operated by 221 Holdings, which…

Hungry Howie's franchisee opens 11 unit in Tar Heel State

November 29, 2016

Hungry Howie's Pizza opens its newest location to the public Wednesday in Gastonia, North Carolina, on Robinwood Road. Aside from offering opening-day pizza…

Technomic downgrades restaurant growth projections

November 29, 2016

The company said its May results released for the two-year period were overly optimistic and that declining traffic across food service has prompted the…

KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell leading Chinese health initiatives

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

The Chinese government wants to help its people live longer, healthier lives and has enlisted the support of the nation’s leading fast-food operator, Yum…

Kono spreads out to conquer PB&J's

November 28, 2016

The people who brought you pizza in a cone, Kono USA , are spreading out into that all-American spread of choice, peanut butter. In a news release, Kono said…

Commodities Report: Thanksgiving week gives pizza traders a lot to be grateful for

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

Pizza stocks traders were clearly overjoyed at the news last week of a federal injunction halting enactment of the federal overtime pay laws that were set to…

Japanese Domino's customers get pies by reindeer

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

November 28, 2016

Domino's — never one to shy away from a delivery challenge — has opted to go "old school" for its latest delivery dilemma work-around in the snowy…

Papa John's and Pepsi partner for Super Bowl promo

November 28, 2016

Papa John's and Pepsi have partnered on a Halftime of a Lifetime promotion that kicks off Nov. 28 and gives fans a chance to get a front-row seat to the…

Fast Casual Summit: 5 lessons learned from m-commerce innovators

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

Why restaurants must "adapt to mobile commerce or die."

Last-minute federal injunction halts OT rules

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

Less than a week before the overtime regulations were to kick in, a federal judge in Texas has blocked the rule that would have made an estimated 4 million…

Pizza Hut LTO gives thanks for the 'season of eves'

November 23, 2016

As pizza restaurateurs well know, this Thanksgiving eve is proving to be a very busy day for the business with all those cooks struggling over turkey resorting…

3 steps to choose the right technology

We all know that the amount of investment capital flowing into the food tech space has led to a virtual saturation of new restaurant technology in everything…

Is it time for restaurateurs to really talk turkey?

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

Thanksgiving, when you think about it, is the celebration of eating out with friends. Why then, doesn't the restaurant industry claim it and give restaurateurs…

Study predicts 5-year restaurant industry growth, but also new competition

November 22, 2016

There is some fairly positive news this Thanksgiving week in the latest IBIS report on the chain restaurant industry nationally. The study indicated that chain…

Study: Americans love meal kits

November 21, 2016

Technomic today released research showing that the U.S. is the largest market for the global meal kit industry, which has grown to a multi-billion dollar…

Commodities: Most pizza stocks see bump, supply prices mixed

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

Commodity prices were truly a mixed bag this week with the cost of some of the most commonly used items in pizza restaurant operation truly varied, although…