As cheese prices surge, gas price spike set to also strike delivery-centric pizza biz

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

After weekend drone attacks sliced Saudi oil output in half, the delivery-centered pizza business may soon get a one-two punch from both higher gas prices, and…

Pizza Inn, Pizza Inn Express opening 7 Midwest units

September 12, 2019

Pizza Inn is moving out, with an announcement this week that it will expand operations in southern Kansas and Northern Oklahoma through an area development…

Domino's, Pizza Hut parent see nice stock price hikes

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

As gas prices show signs of starting to stabilize, most of the major pizza players enjoyed higher stock prices last week.

August 2019 bids adieu to pizza brands ... with a kiss, especially for Papa John's

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

The final week of August was a relatively glorious one for most pizza brands, with all major pizza restaurant commodity prices on the wane, while stock values…

Mountain Mike's scales to new heights in the art of 'family' as customer

Knowing the customer has always been essential to any restaurant endeavor and pizzerias are certainly no different. But when your customer is actually four or…

Experts to share survey-proven success strategies on Sept 10 webinar

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

What are the key success factors of the best restaurant brands? Join this Sept. 10 webinar to find out what owners, operators, staff and customers say are the…

Arby's turnaround chief named Papa John's CEO

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

Papa John's said today that its CEO for the past 19 months, Steve Ritchie, is out and former Arby's President Rob Lynch is in.

Falling gas prices this fall could be boon to pizza brands' balance sheets

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

Okay, so the majority of publicly traded pizza brands took a bit of a bath on the stock market last week, but not all is lost. Falling gas prices -- with more…

Research: When leadership scandals crush or help save careers

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

When brand leaders are at the center of a public scandal or other significant failing, new research indicates it's not always a crushing blow to their careers.

Domino's doubles down on tech innovation with new 'Garage'

August 20, 2019

Domino's has given its innovation efforts a home in the brand's new Ann Arbor-based Innovation Garage at Domino's Farms. The 33,000-square-foot facility…

Domino's takes a dive as gas demand soars to all-time high

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

National gasoline demand hit an all-time high last week, while Domino's stock value hit close to an annual low.

Chuck E Cheese parent Q2 performance profits from 'All You Can Play'

August 14, 2019

Chuck E. Cheese parent company, CEC Entertainment, Inc., reported Q2 and half year financial results for this year that show the pizza brand's introduction of…

The potential cash in pizzeria plastic trash

by Robert Kim

Granted, the bans on single-use plastics becoming increasingly common nationwide, do present supply chain and other logistics issues. But in his blog, Ritual…

Domino's deploys e-bike delivery nationwide in US

August 13, 2019

Domino's stores nationwide in the U.S. will soon have the option to use custom e-bikes for pizza delivery through the brand's partnership with e-bike brand…

Buddy's Pizza widens the pie outside 'Motor City'

August 9, 2019

Invigorated with a recent investment from Capitalspring, Detroit-based, Buddy's Pizza has begun a Midwest expansion that is taking the longtime brand out of…

Former Snapchat exec takes California Pizza Kitchen's top marketing spot

August 9, 2019

California Pizza Kitchen, or CPK for short, has named a former Snapchat marketing executive to lead its global marketing efforts. Scott Hargrove has been named…

Domino's found liable for nearly $9M in franchisee's driver's crash

August 6, 2019

A California jury found Domino's Pizza liable for a car crash involving one of the brand's franchisee's delivery drivers in early 2011, along with damages of…

Removing friction in digital ordering, delivery discovery

by Jackie Berg — mArketing director, olo

Digital presence is everything today, but too many brands are unwittingly diverting sales to third-parties thanks to a cluttered digital path that drags the…

At 60, Pizza Hut makes 500-store move to become delivery-devoted brand

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

During Yum Brands' Q2 financial report conference call this week, the multi-brand company set off something of a pizza industry bomb when CEO Greg Creed…

Papa John's approves Q2 dividend

August 1, 2019

Papa John's International, Inc. — which will report its quarterly financial results next week — said it will issue a $0.225 quarterly dividend of per common…