Incorporating gluten-free crusts doesn't have to be difficult

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

The global gluten-free market is set to grow by $1.2 billion throughout the next five years, eventually reaching $4.3 billion by 2015, according to recent…

Pizza Patrón expanding QSP model

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Chain preps for throwback 25th anniversary promotion.

NAPICS 2011: How to turn service into sales

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Restaurant consultant provides tips on server-salesmanship training that could boost your bottom line by up to 10 percent.

NAPICS 2011: Finding the silver lining

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

The same economic conditions that pressured the restaurant industry are now creating tremendous growth opportunities.

NAPICS seminar reveals secrets of the dough

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

"The Dough Doctor" touches on calories, ovens, gluten and more.

NAPICS kicks off in Columbus, Ohio

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Green, gluten-free among focuses of annual show.

Restaurants continue efforts to reduce sodium

The American Heart Association has claimed Americans eat too much sodium and is asking restaurants to reduce sodium in their recipes.

Will Google Offers help or hurt restaurant sales?

Some experts are apprehensive about the new program’s fit for restaurants and believe the concept may even lower a brand's value.  

2011 provides optimism for restaurant industry

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Trends will surround healthy, sustainable, local, social and technological components.  

Big three gear up for the big game

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Pizza chains offer promotions, expect record-breaking orders for the biggest delivery day of the year.

Straw Hat spreads its wings

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

President of California-based pizza company discusses big changes for the 52-year-old company.  

Toppers’ social media efforts yielding results

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Toppers Pizza’s recent promotion did exactly what it set out to do – pique the interest of the company’s faithful younger demographic.

Four score: Loop Pizza Grill testing variety-friendly deal

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

As major chains continue to battle it out in the unending $10 pizza wars, some smaller systems are quietly flexing their own competitive price advantages.

PizzaMarketplace.com’s top stories of 2010

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Pizza giants battled out a price war and a wheat crisis, while smaller companies touted healthy pies and make-your-own concepts.

Wells Fargo mobile payment pilot ready for roll out

by Valerie Killifer — Editor, FastCasual.com

Wells Fargo & Company is rolling out a Visa microSD mobile payment pilot that will include 200 Wells Fargo team members who are users of specific…

15 minutes with Brad Mason, CEO, Stone Flats

Newest made-to-order concept targets females with a healthy "eatertainment" model. 

Thank You Card helps CPK Q3 comps

California Pizza Kitchen released more depressed numbers from its most recent earnings statement for the quarter ended October 3, including a net loss of $7.…

Anatomy of fast casual drive-thru pizza

Home Run Inn, Chicago's casual pizza dining institution, has a frozen pizza product that outsells national brands and a new retailed wine brand that's taking…

FoodParc: Pizza's digital signage prototype?

by Christopher Hall — w, t

Some digital signage company heads will tell you, in confidence, that QSR pizza restaurants are less likely to use digital menu boards and signage than their…

Survey: Restaurants get raw deal with Groupon

A recent study from the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University concluded that restaurant businesses fare the worst of all…