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…

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…

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…

The 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…

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…

Rapid Fired barbecues the pie in July

July 10, 2019

Rapid Fired Pizza introduced two July LTOs that capitalize on barbecue flavors. The Luau pizza returns with Applewood-smoked barbecue sauce topped, mozzarella…

Mountain Mike's reopens rebuilt Santa Rosa location destroyed in Tubbs Fire

July 9, 2019

Mountain Mike's has reopened its Santa Rosa location in Northern California that was destroyed two years ago in the Tubbs Fire that burned parts of Napa…

Pizzeria digital signage: Great content makes the pies fly

What's it take to make your pizza brands pies fly off the shelves? When it comes to the digital signage sell, great content is key.

4 ways to put a doorstop in your pizzeria's 'revolving door'

by Andrew Rosenbloom — Director of Marketing, Consolidated Concepts

The latest numbers are also the highest numbers we've ever seen for restaurant worker turnover rates, and it's become one of the industry's most vexing…

Grubhub CEO counters claims company bought restaurant domain names without permission

July 3, 2019

The CEO of third-party delivery platform, Grubhub, yesterday countered claims first published in a New Food Economy story that it was — without authorization…

Grubhub bought 23,000+ potential restaurant website domains, report says

July 2, 2019

The uneasy relationship between third-party delivery providers and restaurateurs may be taking a turn for the worse now that news has broken that Grubhub and…

Cryogenic pizza? Why not, says Naples pie-maker

July 2, 2019

Cryogenics has long since promised the prospect of a second life in both science fiction and some well-publicized experimental treatments that a few brave…

Blaze signs multi-unit deal for North Dallas

July 2, 2019

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza signed a three-unit deal for the North Dallas area with multi-brand operator, Roz Mallet, who initially joined the fast-growing brand…

Commodity trading hands some pre-Independence Day 'duds' to pizza operators

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

You might call last Friday the "Day of the Dud" for pizza operators, after they watched the price for their needed restaurant commodities like wheat and cheese…

Chuck E. Cheese parent sees value/game initiatives paying off

July 1, 2019

The parent company of Chuck E. Cheese, CEC Entertainment, Inc, said its Q2 2019 financial results indicate that the brand's recently introduced "All You Can…

Toppers takes on the daring diner

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

Toppers pizza is on a mission to live up to its name, by taking pizza 'over the top' and targeting the adventurous pie guy or gal.

Snappy Tomato Pizza puts pies on summer road trip

June 28, 2019

Northern Kentucky-based Snappy Tomato Pizza is driving home it's on-the-go image through a summer promotion that gives guests a free Family Fun Guide featuring…

Pizza Hut 'red roof' logo reboot a bid to establish category dominance

June 25, 2019

If you're a Baby Boomer or even a Gen X-er, you might wistfully remember lots of rowdy teen-age times spent at the once ubiquitous red-roofed Pizza Huts that…

Commodities: Fairly flat week, except for Papa John's stock price tumble

Great gas prices continued to turn frowns upside down for delivery-centered pizza brands across the U.S., but it was likely not enough to erase the worry…

Papa John's to dole out $80M for marketing, US franchisees

June 20, 2019

Beginning in the third quarter of this year, Papa John's said it will push out another $80 million in contributions to its National Marketing Fund and…