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Commodities: An 'up-and-down' week for pizza stocks, commodities
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Last week's commodities and brand trading results formed a hilly path of ups and downs across the board.
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Mod Pizza promotes 3 executives
April 16, 2018
Mod Pizza has promoted COO Paul Twohig to president and COO, Megan Hansen to senior vice president of people and Lisa Luebeck to senior vice president of legal…
read nowBertucci's files for bankruptcy, asset purchase pact in place
April 16, 2018
Bertucci's, which offers pizza and other Italian specialties, has filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 in the United States Bankruptcy Court…
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[LIVE WEBINAR] How Self-Order Kiosks Improve Restaurant Operations & Bottom Line
April 10, 2018
McDonald's found that average check sizes grow $1 when customers order through kiosks, and 20 percent more customers order drinks. These are just two of the…
read nowKotipizza sees record-breaking sales in March
April 10, 2018
Total sales for restaurants in the Kotipizza chain, part of Kotipizza Group Oyj, grew 19.4 percent in March 2018 compared with the year before. Same-store…
read nowVilla Italian gives customers catering with a click
April 9, 2018
Morristown, New Jersey-based multibrand restaurant operator and franchisor, Villa Restaurant Group, has gotten into online ordering for catering at its Villa…
read nowWhat pizza restaurateurs should know about frozen pie market
April 5, 2018
The popularity of retail pizza chains is helping frozen pizza sales, according to a new report from Allied Market Research. The study, which investigated the…
read nowBlaze 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…
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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…
read nowDelivery 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…
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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…
read nowNational 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 &…
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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.
read nowDomino'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…
read nowSmokin' 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.
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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…
read nowPapa 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…
read nowChuck 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.
read nowMidiCi 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.
read nowRapid 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…
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