Firestorm Pizza open third North Carolina location

November 8, 2016

Firestorm Pizza announced today that the fast casual brand is opening its third location in North Carolina on Dec. 10, this one located in Huntersville, at…

Little Caesar's LTO gives new meaning to '6 feet under'

November 8, 2016

Six feet of pepperoni, laid end to end. That's how much pepperoni Little Caesars says it has stuff in, on and basically all over its new Pepperoni Stuffed…

Commodities: Prices echo country's 'case of nerves' this week

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

With one day to go before a potentially game-changing presidential election, pizza stocks echoed the country's overall trepidation and commodity prices were no…

Report: 4 top pizza industry growth factors

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

Good news came this morning in the form of a new report on the global pizza market for the next three years. Technavio's latest research shows that the market…

Holy Guacamole! Are avocados back or not?

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

Is the avocado shortage still on? The answer, it seems, depends on who you ask and what news source you rely on.

Pieology opens NC location No. 3

November 3, 2016

Pieology opened its third North Carolina location in Greensboro's Friendly Center. The site is the 10th owned and operated by Segovia Aslan Enterprises, which…

Webinar: 7 essential strategies to recession-proof your restaurant

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

Are you leaving money on the table? Learn how to turn your POS into a money-producing machine for what some analysts believe is a coming restaurant recession.

Fast Casual Summit: 10 moves to maximize your manpower

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

A one-hour session on optimizing restaurant labor yielded many more hours worth of proven strategies to maximize the efforts of your workforce. This article…

Papa John's credits digital and international for positive Q3 results

November 2, 2016

Papa John's today announced strong financial results for the third quarter of 2016, and year to date, ending Sept. 25. 

Toast POS introduces inventory solution

November 1, 2016

Toast Restaurant POS has released Inventory, a platform that manages inventory and automatically generates a variance report for restaurateurs.

Uncle Maddio's opens 1st units in New York

November 1, 2016

Uncle Maddio's has signed a three-store development agreement with franchisee, Rajesh Parihar, to open the brand's first New York locations in the upstate…

Year-to Year-comparison proves Blaze Pizza ablaze with sales

November 1, 2016

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza today announced year-to-date highlights that include nearly doubling the brand's system-wide sales and restaurant locations when…

Yum China rings in on NYSE this morning

November 1, 2016

Yum China completed separation from Yum Brands and begins trading as an independent company on the New York Stock Exchange today under the ticker symbol…

Fast Casual Summit helps industry 'brains' exchange experience

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

Been there. Done that. That old saying, indicating a shared experience — often the challenging ones — aptly describes a series of continuing sessions that took…

Uncle Maddio's moves into Tampa area

October 28, 2016

Uncle Maddio's Pizza is opening the first of five Tampa-area restaurants in the metro area town of Lutz today on Van Dyke Road in the Northgate Square Shopping…

Webinar: Testing digital signage systems for maximum results

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

October 27, 2016

Few restaurateurs have spare cash to risk installing digital signage without taking some time to test the technology in its various forms, locations and uses…

Multi-million dollar deal could mean Taco Bell is headed for New Zealand

October 26, 2016

A report on New Zealand-based, Stuff.co.nz, says that a huge fast food company, Restaurant Brands, has signed a $105 million deal with Pacific Island…

'Cubs love' = pizza for a lifetime at Giordano's

October 26, 2016

Giordano's pizza, based in Chicago, is celebrating the Cubs World Series appearance by offering one winner, drawn at random, a lifetime's supply of its Chicago…

California pizza concept offers 'create-your-own' beer

October 26, 2016

A new pizza brand is setting up shop on the California coast called Blast & Brew. The fast casual Neapolitan pizza restaurant offers artisanal pizzas and…

No-weight waiting: 4 pickup order problems and their solutions

by Jackie Berg — mArketing director, olo

How clear is the path to both your digital and in-store pickup points? Avoid these four common problems with the fixes provided here.