Coronavirus / COVID-19 News & Media
New protocol, food safety tools audit restaurant COVID-19 practices
April 1, 2020
Steritech, a North Carolina-based food safety and pest control firm, a launched two new COVID-19 check services that can be operated virtually to ensure…
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Pizza Hut puts 'contactless' deal in play
April 1, 2020
Like most brands working to maintain sales during the pandemic, Pizza Hut is working to make deals to meet the needs of customers forced to stay at home…
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Leading your pizza brand through the pandemic: Expert's top tips
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Now is the time for pizza brand leaders to summon all the courage and call on all the brainpower they possess to ensure their businesses make it to the "other…
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Papa John's withdraws annual guidance, provides preliminary Q1 results
March 31, 2020
Papa John's International, Inc. today said it is withdrawing its annual financial guidance for 2020 and providing an update on the business impact of the…
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Restaurateurs, start your engines! It's Takeout Tuesday
March 31, 2020
The Great American Takeout is amping up the activity in its second consecutive week, by both asking Americans to order delivery or pickup "at least one…
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Yum Brands CEO relinquishes salary to fund GM bonuses, employee aid fund
March 31, 2020
The CEO of Louisville-based QSR and pizza brand parent, Yum Brands, is contributing his salary for the remainder of the year to fund one-time $1,000 bonuses…
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Domino's CEO warns investors on Q1 sales outlook
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Domino's advanced its own earnings release -- set for April 23 -- with some estimates showing sales growth is still anticipated by the world's largest pizza…
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Farmers Insurance temporarily adds free delivery coverage to individual policies
March 31, 2020
With states enacting restaurant seating restrictions and stay-at-home orders to help deter the spread of the COVID-19, Farmers Insurance said it's temporarily…
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Pieology offers make-it-yourself 'Care Packs' for groups
March 30, 2020
Pieology has launched Pizza Care packages to send pies and other goodies to doctors, area medical professionals, first responders, family members, friends or…
read nowUS restaurant chain transactions drop by 36%
March 30, 2020
The mandated restaurant dine-in closures are hitting chains hard, according to the NPD Group. Total restaurant customer transactions declined by 36% in the…
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Domino's climbs, Rave crashes in volatile pandemic-era pizza trading
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Scale and an owned delivery system are both paying off for pizza brand, Domino's, as skittish investors show their support for the world's biggest pizza…
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2 restaurateurs' views over 2 weeks of US pandemic
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
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Marco's steps up for communities
March 26, 2020
Marco's Pizza President Tony Libardi sent an open letter to the nation today calling attention to the brand's readiness to respond to community members in…
read nowStimulus package to provide $350B in small business loans
March 25, 2020
The largest stimulus bill in U.S. history is almost reality, thanks to a deal struck this morning between the White House and U.S. Senate okaying $2 trillion…
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Pizza vs Pandemic site supports pizzerias, care workers
March 25, 2020
Online pizza ordering platform Slice has partnered with the community non-profit Slice Out Hunger and the Pizza to Polls organization to launch the Pizza vs.
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Yelp findings show consumer interests in pandemic-stricken US
March 25, 2020
Yelp released its Coronavirus Economic Impact Report that shows some consumer trends developing amidst the nation's fight against COVID-19 infections…
read nowRevention launches order/delivery bundle providing no-contact delivery
March 25, 2020
Revention, a restaurant order management provider, is offering an online ordering and delivery starter bundle, at a reduced price, as restaurants grapple with…
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Yum Brands closing 7,000 stores globally due to COVID-19
March 25, 2020
Yum Brands is closing 1,000 Pizza Hut Express outlets and at least 900 U.K. KFC stores in a group of 7,000 restaurant outlets the Louisville, Kentucky-based…
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COVID-19 blindsided restaurateurs right from start, Ohio poll shows
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
As early as March 8, as COVID-19 restrictions in the U.S. were just beginning, Ohio restaurateurs were hit with a sucker punch that knocked sales down 20…
read nowNational Restaurant Show canceled due to COVID-19 safety concerns
March 24, 2020
The National Restaurant Association is canceling this year's show citing concerns regarding the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
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