Say 'elote' to Blaze's seasonal pizza

October 3, 2018

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza has introduced Street Corn pizza throughout North America today, featuring roasted corn, pepitas, chipotle ranch and chimichurri…

'5 more pints a keg': Speedline partnership holds big potential savings for pizza brands

October 3, 2018

Data insights and consumer engagement company, BeerBoard, has partnered with pizza POS provider, SpeedLine, to give pizza brands better efficiency and more…

Qu gives delivery brands in-house alternative to third-party providers

October 3, 2018

Qu, formerly Gusto POS, has launched a delivery management platform to provide restaurant brands dependent on third-party delivery a better choice, according…

Blaze busts into Big Sky country

October 2, 2018

Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza is opening its first location under the stars of Big Sky country this week. The 2,700-square-foot open kitchen restaurant opens…

Commodities: 3 brands get National Pizza Month gifts from investors

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

While commodity trading was a mixed bag last week, pizza investors were in a good mood and plunged some of their cash into three of the four brands monitored…

Papa John's CIO Mike Nettles on the human at the heart of technology

In this video recorded last spring, Hughes Director of Enterprise Solutions Tim Tang talks to Papa John's CIO Mike Nettles about the brand's digital…

Papa John's sale chatter widespread

September 27, 2018

Papa John's International Inc has requested offers to buy the company, according to Reuters and other news outlets. The information is attributed to…

Pie Five moves 2 into north Texas

September 27, 2018

Pie Five Pizza has signed two franchise deals to open restaurants in the northern Texas cities of Murphy and Prosper later this year, a news release said. 

California Pizza Kitchen Pizza Month survey shows Americans' deepest pizza passions

September 27, 2018

California Pizza Kitchen released its second pizza survey a few days before October's National Pizza Month in the U.S. with some fun results about the nation's…

Rave Restaurant Group reports 6th quarter of growth for Pizza Inn, Pie Five struggles

September 27, 2018

Pie Five and Pizza Inn parent, Rave Restaurant Group, Inc. said its fourth-quarter results indicate comparable store retail sales increased 0.4 percent over…

eTouch Menu/CompuTant partner for easier kiosk, mobile payments

September 27, 2018

eTouchMenu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of House Advantage, LLC, has teamed with CompuTant, Hawaii's only certified NCR reseller for independent and multi-unit…

Commodities: Investors do a U-turn from last week in favored brands

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

The tables turned this week in pizza stock trading as investors shifted their confidence in Papa John's from a week earlier to the three other publicly traded…

Oggi's now only pizza brand at San Diego University's stadium

September 21, 2018

Oggi's Sports, Brewhouse Pizza has now partnered with San Diego County Credit Union Stadium to be the only pizza available at the stadium. The brand's pie …

Study: Restaurant brands going public can rake it in with 2-stage IPO

September 20, 2018

Restaurant leadership mulling over the process of taking brands public would do well to listen to some of the recent findings from a Florida Atlantic…

Papa 'Alaura/Brent/Dougie's' new commercial takes emphasis off of 'John'

In a new 30-second video commercial, Papa John's puts the focus on just about everyone involved in the company except its founder, the embattled and all but…

Rave names president, CAO

September 20, 2018

Rave Restaurant Group, parent company of Pizza Inn and Pie Five, has promoted Pizza Inn President Bob Bafundo to president of the entire restaurant group and…

Does your website throw up hurdles for disabled customers?

California employment litigation attorney, Brian E. Cole II sees website accessability lawsuits soaring, and pizza brands are certainly not immune. In this…

Pizza Rev powers up franchise team, adds incentive program

September 19, 2018

PizzaRev has beefed up its franchise development leadership with the hiring of Ed Yancey as franchising director and Brian Durkin as real estate strategist…

FDA videos show restaurant workers 'real-life' consequences of foodborne illness

September 18, 2018

Restaurant leadership and frontline employees hear a lot about food safety prevention, but little is heard about the illnesses and even deaths that some diners…

Blaze opens in Florida, Oklahoma, Illinois

September 18, 2018

Blaze PIzza announced three more openings this week in Florida, Oklahoma and Illinois. The Viera, Florida, location opening today on Citadel Way will have its…