Pie Five parent wraps up rights offering

September 15, 2017

Pie Five parent company Rave Restaurant Group Inc. has completed its shareholder rights offering. Shareholders exercised subscription rights to purchase all…

Study: Higher pay might equal lower restaurant hygiene

September 14, 2017

In the months leading up to wage increases in places like Oregon and elsewhere, we've heard incessant cries that higher wages would lead to higher menu prices…

7-Eleven launches fresh meals to compete with QSRs

7-Eleven is aiming squarely at the restaurant industry with a line of prepared foods to go in its sprawling network of northern Texas stores. Even the news…

Pie Five begins global expansion in Pakistan

September 5, 2017

Pie Five Pizza Co. is going international, announcing that it's opening its first global location in Pakistan next year, followed by as many as 4…

Commodities: The cheese stands alone

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

September 5, 2017

At the markets last week, cheese was about the only thing making pizza restaurateurs crack a smile.

Longtime Chipotle exec named Fresh Brothers COO

August 30, 2017

Fresh Brothers has added a couple of well-known industry vets to its leadership team. Former Chipotle Mexican Grill director of operations and Darden Specialty…

Pizzafire ignites growth with new POS tech

August 29, 2017

HD View Technologies has signed on to install its POS system in all 19 current locations of Pizzafire nationwide. According to the brand's leadership, not only…

Domino's, Ford partnering to test driverless delivery

August 29, 2017

The last 50 feet of the delivery is the main focus of Domin's Pizza and Ford Motor Co. The companies have partnered to test self-driving car pizza…

Commodities: Domino's fall where they may as take-and-bake comes into play

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

Eating out is fast becoming eating in, and Wall Street appears to be taking notice when it comes to prices paid for pizza stocks of late.

Papa John's signs deal for at least 40 restaurants in 3 Eastern European nations

August 25, 2017

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Poland are the latest stops on Papa John's international development trek, with agreements signed for new units in all three…

Top take-homes in teaching restaurant tech to work together

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

Competition and narrow margins in the restaurant business demand a nip-and-tuck approach to efficiency. Uncle Maddio's recently worked with ParTech to…

Fazoli's 'Comeback Kid' shares turnaround story at London summit

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

"It was ugly," Fazoli's President and CEO Carl Howard exclaimed as he detailed the state of the chain when he arrived to lead it nine years ago. "I mean…

Commodities: Last week's markets a preview of eclipse for some brands

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

It might have seemed to some last week that today's total eclipse was coming early, as stock prices fell or flattened for the majority of brands monitored here…

Study shows 'anytime eaters' here to stay: Are you ready?

The anytime eater is upon us and many chains have found that feeding "the new normal" requires a shift away from traditional meal packaging, both in portion…

Animatronic-less Chuck E. Cheese redesign not so 'cheesy'

August 17, 2017

Children may shed a few tears, but their party-addled parents are likely overjoyed to learn of Chuck E. Cheese's new, more downplayed look and feel. After…

Hungry Howie's set to add 20 stores to Arizona landscape

August 16, 2017

Hungry Howie’s Pizza has signed a multiunit franchise agreement for 20 new Arizona locations to be opened within the next five years, a news release said. The…

London Summit: Coyote Ugly's key considerations before taking on the world

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

Coyote Ugly has learned to speak a lot of different languages along its path to global growth. Here, one of the chain's leaders shares the key elements for any…

Are you paying to power your competitor when they could be paying for you?

By Jeff Julia/Author, Navigating the Maze of Energy Efficiency Projects

The New Economy: It's all about restaurants

August 14, 2017

In Cleveland and New York City, more than a third of the new jobs added since 2015 are food and drink service industry positions, while the entire state of…

New tool helps small restaurant brands handle big turnover problem

August 11, 2017

Snagajob, the mammoth hourly worker recruiting service and website, has introduced a new tool that helps smaller restaurant business owners recruit, schedule…