California Pizza Kitchen, Your Pie, &pizza sprouting spring innovations

March 21, 2019

The pizza world is primed and ready for spring with all kinds of menu items sprouting up like daffodils do this time of year. Here's a roundup of some of the…

5 pizza box brand benefits worth opening up to

by Phil Bagdasarian — President, Packwire

In today's ever-growing landscape of online ordering and home delivery, pizza brands need to play up the prizes inside their pizza boxes more than ever to…

Millennials with kids increase restaurant visits by 5 %

March 20, 2019

Millennials with children increased their restaurant visits by 5 percent last year over 2017, according to recent information from NPD Group. This compares…

Kotipizza parent reports profitable 2018 results, presses ahead with brand, franchising growth

March 20, 2019

Kotipizza Group Oyj — parent of Kotipizza, No Pizza, Social Burgerjoint, Chalupa and others — said its 2018 fiscal year ended with comp net sales growth of 1…

Papa John's UK promises Marmite in every bite with stuffed crust LTO

March 19, 2019

Papa John's in the U.K. is readying to launch a pizza with a crust stuffed with a substance that could be a metaphor for our times: marmite. The ultra-salty…

Unique Foods acquires Pizza Fusion, plans CBD-infused offerings

March 19, 2019

Unique Foods Corporation today said it has acquired the three-location organic food-focused, Pizza Fusion brand, as a wholly owned subsidiary. A news release…

3 brand leaders on the good, the bad, the ugly of third-party delivery

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Love it or hate it, third-party delivery is likely here to stay. At this week's Restaurant Franchising & Innovation Summit in Louisville, three restaurant…

Huddle House executive on deploying digital to serve small towns better

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

Think of Huddle House and you might think "small town," "home-cooking," maybe even "old-fashioned." But, on that last count, you'd be wrong. In fact, this year…

Papa John's new board members bring expertise in marketing, tech, women's advocacy

March 15, 2019

Days after Papa John's founder John Schnatter agreed to leave the brand's board earlier this month, the company's leadership has named media and marketing…

Arizona pizza brand to occupy cannabis retail entertainment complex

March 15, 2019

The relatively new Arizona-based pizza brand, Rickety Cricket, will soon be part of the Las Vegas cannabis retail and entertainment complex, Planet 13. The…

March 14: The irrational li'l sweetie 'Pi' that stole the pizza leader's heart

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

Hopefully, you as a restaurant industry executive have already appropriately "circled" this Thursday on your calendar as that celebration of all things…

&pizza CEO on the limited-service leader's key role as employee advocate

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

In the final half of the podcast interview with &pizza CEO Michael Lastoria, the discussion revolves around something the restaurant industry also revolves…

Smoke’s Poutinerie founder: 'We are entertainers'

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Ryan Smolkin, whose Smoke's Poutinerie has opened more than 150 locations in North America in less than 10 years, insists he is in the entertainment business…

What in the world is blockchain?

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

Blockchain, cryptocurrency, bitcoin: These terms can often be highly confusing to those not in some level of the IT industry. Ray Wiley, CEO and co-founder of…

Domino's suffers another down week on NYSE

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

Papa John's, Papa Murphy's and Pizza Hut all posted nice gains in value in stock trading last week, while Domino's continued to fizzle for another week.

&pizza CEO talks about restaurant worker pay, brands as community unifiers

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

It's the counter-culture pizza brand behind "The Hallway Pizza Guy," with those offbeat oval pies and a business mission to unite communities, even in its very…

PizzaRev awards franchisee 2 California territories

March 7, 2019

PizzaRev has awarded two key growth areas in Central Valley and Southern California to one of its current franchisees in the state, Ajay Maini, who plans to…

Blockchain, POS, online ordering services partner in on-demand restaurant biz solution

March 7, 2019

Blockchain tech-based platform, Serve, has joined with online ordering and POS provider, ItsaCheckmate, to create a service that extends the reach of the…

Putting the brakes on pizza lease problems before they start

It's not just "what you don't know" that can hurt a pizza operator in a leasing arrangement, but also what you don't anticipate. Here, the two men behind "The…

Schnatter agrees to resign board post, drop suits against Papa John's

March 5, 2019

Papa John's founder John Schnatter has agreed to resign his position on the brand's board of directors, after reaching a settlement with the Louisville-based…