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Back Yard Burger CEO moves to Your Pie COO slot
December 3, 2018
Your Pie has named former Back Yard Burgers CEO Dave McDougall as its new COO, a news release said. He has more than 30 years of experience in franchise…
read nowSodexo takes Chef Wolfgang Puck's Pizza 'back to school'
December 3, 2018
Sodexo has joined with Chef Wolfgang Puck too put Puck's pizza on the menu at Spokane, Washington school, Gonzaga University, a news release said. The handmade…
read nowDomino's splashes down in Indian Ocean island nation, Mauritius
December 3, 2018
Domino's Pizza has opened its first store on the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius in the city of Port Louis. A news release said the opening was…
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Commodities: Gas prices drop, but so does Papa John's value
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The final week of November brought some big wins and an equally substantial loss in pizza brand trading, but all brands will profit from the continued…
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Calling all restaurant leaders' ears: Podcast starts here Nov 30
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Ready for an early holiday gift? QSRweb is joining with sister sites, Fast Casual, Food Truck Operator and Pizza Marketplace, to start a weekly podcast on all…
read nowThe money's moving: Study finds $1.3B shift from dine-in to delivery
November 28, 2018
Nearly 1.3 billion dollars has shifted from in-restaurant spending to food delivery spending, according to a Planday U.K.-based survey that found a substantial…
read nowMy Pie plans spring Miami opening
November 27, 2018
My Pie will open it first Florida location next spring, this one in Miami, where the brand said in a news release that it eventually plans to open five…
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Commodities: Pizza stock prices go down the drain with Thanksgiving scraps
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Pizza restaurateurs got little in the way of gratitude from investors during the U.S. Thanksgiving week when it comes to their stock values.
read nowDomino's Cyber divider: Half off online pizza through Dec. 2
November 26, 2018
Domino's wants a byte of this Cyber Monday on Nov. 26 and the brand is hacking off half its prices on menu-priced pizza to do it. Now through Dec. 2, the pizza…
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Keeping customers comin' back: A personal, cross-functional, incremental challenge
by Judy Mottl — Editor: RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com, Connect Media
Repeat visits are top of mind for every brand but few may realize how critical the fourth customer visit is and why it requires a specific strategy. That's…
read nowTarget CEO to chair Yum Brands board
November 20, 2018
Yum! Brands, Inc. has named Target Chairman and CEO Brian C. Cornell to serve as non-executive chairman of its board, a news release said. Cornell has served…
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Commodities: Investors hand 3 pizza brands a 'turkey'
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Three of the four major pizza brands watched weekly by this website had relatively rough trading weeks where they watched their companies' values drop. The…
read nowPizzaRev adds 2 Colorado units plus cauliflower pizza
November 16, 2018
Fort Collins, Colorado PizzaRev franchisee Mark Venditto has acquired two existing restaurants in Boulder and Lafayette, Colorado and is in a site-selection…
read now4 pizza brands opening stores across eastern U.S.
November 15, 2018
There's much end-of-year movement in the pizza community, with four brands announcing openings across the eastern half of the U.S.
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Papa John's franchisees' attorney: Past year had 'a big, big impact on the franchisees' net income'
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Immediate relief, and a new direction for the brand, is what franchisees operating 1,200 Papa John's U.S. stores want, according to Miami-based attorney Robert…
read nowSurvey: Chain operators say stores aren't complying operationally
November 13, 2018
Restaurateurs put plenty of thought and planning into creating and implementing topnotch operational procedures, but a new survey shows that quite often those…
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Commodities: Thanksgiving comes early for pizza brands in stock trading
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
As the U.S. day of giving thanks approaches, pizza brands got plenty to be thankful for last week when investors showed all four brands monitored by this site…
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Pizza brands salute nation's soldiers
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Veterans are front and center this weekend at many pizza brands this weekend and over the official federal holiday on Monday, Nov. 12, as well.
read nowVilla Italian Kitchen puts the pizza in the turkey ... literally
November 9, 2018
Quick-serve pizza brand, Villa Italian Kitchen, is hawking its pizzas as the base ingredients to one of the best new takes on Thanksgiving stuffing since…
read nowPapa Murphy's struggles in Q3, board considers options including sale
November 8, 2018
Papa Murphy's leadership released disappointing Q3 financial results along with news that the company's board is considering actions to "enhance shareholder…
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