Business Strategy and Profitability News & Media
California Pizza Kitchen launches nationwide 'take-and-bake' pies
August 1, 2019
California Pizza Kitchen or CPK said it's launching take-and-bake takeout and delivery pizzas across the country, greatly expanding the West Coast brand's…
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Pulling pizza patrons in your door with these social media 'hooks'
by Hannah Hambleton — Content Manager, Beambox
One reason social media is a such a well-loved and used business tool is that it offers all kinds of cost efficiencies as a marketing platform. Check out these…
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Blaze tops Papa Murphy's, Marco's in 2019 Market Force customer ratings
July 30, 2019
Pasadena-based brand-on-growth-hormones, Blaze Pizza, topped Market Force's 2019 survey of best QSR brands as chosen by consumers. Early results of the study…
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Pizza Hut parent Yum Brands' stock value continues climb
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Aside from cheese, pizza commodity prices last week were mostly lower -- and yes, that includes vehicle fuel prices which also trended downward, But the best…
read nowFetchRev debuts additional language support, signs multi-year licensing deal
July 24, 2019
Automated marketing platform, FetchRev, is expanding its global footprint beyond North America with new language support, privacy capabilities and…
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5 ways to snap up pizzeria customer engagement with Snapchat
by Hannah Hambleton — Content Manager, Beambox
Seeking ways for your pizza brand to snap up customer engagement, loyalty and sales? Consider Snapchat as well as these five tips to getting the most bang for…
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Pizza Hut Hollywood pilots 'frictionless' storefront with automated pickup cubbies
July 24, 2019
In still further proof that it's all happening on Sunset Boulevard, the Pizza Hut at that Hollywood California location at 6660 Sunset Blvd. is testing the…
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Is time up for 3rd party delivery's customer experience problems?
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Customers often complain about failed or unsatisfactory deliveries from third party deliveries. And the sad fact is that though your brand had little…
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Domino's stock value dives, but so do cheese, wheat, natural gas prices
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Pizza chain investors showed Domino's their disappointment with the brand's lackluster Q2 financials last week, reining in the brand's stock value to the tune…
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From food trucks to popping pearls, Wetzel's Pretzels CEO sees bright future
In the twists and turns of everyday QSR operations, few brands get more twisted, tasty and fun than West Coast-born and bred, Wetzel's Pretzels. On this week's…
listen nowSOCi's Google My Business integration puts brands where the online search action is
July 19, 2019
SOCi took another step toward providing its clients chains better capabilities to localize messages system-wide. The chain social media management platform…
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Domino's Australia launches proprietary plant-based beef pies in September
July 18, 2019
Domino's Australia is again making headlines by announcing today that it will be that nation's first pizza chain to offer a pizza with plant-based "meat…
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Like toppings on pizza, pictures portray your brand's personality on social media
by Ashley Davidson — Senior Director, Media & Industry Relations, Fish Consulting
While pizza toppings may tell a lot about a diner's personality, great images and video can serve the same purpose for pizzerias on social media. Follow these…
read nowDomino's US same-store sales up just 3%, misses estimates
July 16, 2019
The world's biggest-selling pizza brand was watching its stock value drop at the time of this writing after reporting its Q2 U.S. same-store sales failed to…
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Domino's, Yum stock prices push up
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Pizzeria operators probably suspected those lower gas prices wouldn't last. Now tight supplies are pushing auto fuel prices up, while wheat prices also rose…
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Domino's AI pizza checker boosts customer quality scores 15% a month in
July 15, 2019
Domino's Australia said its AI/machine learning order accuracy tool — the so-called "DOM Pizza Checker" — is turning in some pretty amazing results, just…
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Pieology: How a Navy Seal + vegan pies can build a better pizza brand
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Leadership at Pieology sees the same kind of clear skies in the brand's future that its Southern California home is known for, and on this week's podcast, CMO…
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Domino's cashless store test underway in Australia
July 12, 2019
Domino's Australia is testing a new "Tap & Take" payment model at five of its stores, which Domino's will take most other forms of payments, aside from…
read nowThe weather effect: Report tracks weather trends related to dining traffic
July 12, 2019
Rain tends to spawn traffic at noodle and ramen QSRs, while so-called "indulgent" brands — along the lines of bakeries and frozen yogurt shops — are nearly…
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Online ordering in an age of 'pie-high' expectations for pizza brands
by Elizabeth Kelly — Marketing Specialist, https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/590905/
Increasing demand for delivery and decreasing customer tolerance for waiting mean that pizza brands must absolutely have an online ordering portal today and…
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