Blaze opens in Fountain Valley, California

April 5, 2018

Blaze is opening a locally owned and operated Fountain Valley, California, store today on Brookhurst Street in the Shoppes at Fountain Valley. The…

Pizza franchisors, meet your new competition - Jersey Mike's

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

Pizza franchisors, heads up! Seems there is a new player in the pizza game —one that's eyeing pizza operators willing to venture into a little…

Delivery sales soar: It's 'what's for dinner' ... also lunch, breakfast, snacks

April 3, 2018

Delivery is living up to its name for the restaurant industry, 'delivering' sizable gains in both visits and sales over the last five years for restaurant…

Free Webinar: TalentReef gives lowdown on dynamic recruitment, better employee experiences

April 3, 2018

With 80 percent of their customers in the restaurant business, the recruitment and retention experts at TalentReef understand the challenges restaurateurs face…

National Restaurant Association launches health care for member businesses

April 3, 2018

The National Restaurant Association has launched a UnitedHealthcare-based plan for small restaurant businesses that it's calling the Restaurant &…

Commodities: Traders lay a golden egg in pizza restaurateurs' baskets during Easter week

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

Aside from the mounting price of vehicle fuel, it was a very happy Easter week for pizza operators.

Domino's entices loyalty membership with mobile game

April 2, 2018

Domino's has introduced a mobile-based game that rewards winners with free pizza as part of its claim that is the "first and only" national pizza…

Smokin' Oak Wood-Fired Pizza enters the Gateway to the West this summer

March 29, 2018

Smokin' Oak Wood-Fired Pizza will open a franchise unit in Greater St. Louis this summer with husband-and-wife team — Raj Singh and Khush Gill — at the helm.

Lessons learned about restaurant delivery from another kind of 'delivery experience'

by Noah Glass — CEO, Olo

The restaurant industry is in the midst of a massive $200 billion shift to digital that has become an business imperative for all players who truly want to…

Papa Murphy's names CFO

March 28, 2018

Papa Murphy's has appointed Nik Rupp as its chief financial officer, effective April 9. Incumbent CFO Mark Hutchens remains with the company as executive vice…

Chuck E. Cheese parent reports troubling Q4 financial results

March 28, 2018

Chuck E. Cheese parent, CEC Entertainment, Inc. today reported dismal Q4 2017 results, which leadership said the executive team is already addressing.

MidiCi 1st tenant in new Sarasota luxury development

March 28, 2018

MidiCi Neapolitan Restaurant has been announced as the first tenant in Sarasota, Florida's The Promenade, a news release said. 

Rapid Fired April LTO a trifecta of American flavor favs

March 27, 2018

Rapid Fired Pizza has managed to unite the three American food obsessions of bacon, macaroni and cheese and pizza into one concoction for its April LTO. The…

Restaurant staff wins big with tip regs as budget is signed

March 23, 2018

Restaurant servers and other on-site staff scored a victory today when President Trump signed the budget into law along with a provision that keeps tips in…

Equalizing genders' portions of the pie: Will pizza brands respond to Starbucks' challenge?

March 23, 2018

Equal pay for equal work: Starbucks said it has achieved it in the U.S. and the brand is challenging other restaurateurs to use tools the company is providing…

Tech partnership hones in on  customers' interests,  habits

March 22, 2018

LevelUp and identity resolution provider, FullContact, have joined forces to give restaurateurs new insights into customers' unique interests and social…

The perks for pizza operators in intelligent checklists

The pizza operator's indispensable checklist gets intelligent and brings big perks along for the ride.

Report: The display market set to reach $20 billion by 2024

March 21, 2018

Restaurant usage is helping to drive the overall display market to what is expected to be about $20 billion by 2024, according to a report by Global Market…

Little Caesars doling out free pizza to nation after NCAA upset

March 19, 2018

Little Caesars might very well want to eat its' laurel crown this morning after making a free pizza promise to the nation if the once "all-but-impossible" NCAA…

Commodities: Some pizza brands hit 'pot o' gold' in St. Patrick's Day week trading

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

The "luck of the Irish" was very selective on the brands it blessed during St. Patrick's Day week.