Delivery News & Media
Traders give Papa John's, cheese producers most Valentine's Week 'love'
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Love -- in the form of investor dollars -- was most plentiful during the last Valentine's Week for one turmoil-embroiled pizza brand, as well as many of the…
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Blaze tests bigger pies, delivery, in possible run-up to IPO by 2021
February 15, 2019
Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza is testing large 14-inch pizzas as part of a campaign to grow its digital delivery and carryout business, a news release said. In fact…
read nowMountain Mike's Pizza adds DoorDash, UberEats, Grubhub to delivery offerings
February 11, 2019
Mountain Mike's Pizza, a family-style pizza chain with 2,000 locations on the U.S. west coast, is partnering with DoorDash, UberEats and Grubhub to offer…
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Foodservice Packaging Institute: Restaurateurs struggle for options to single-use packaging
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
There may never have been a more contentious time for restaurant brands when it comes to their dependence on single-use packaging. Read on for news about what…
read nowDigital ordering to triple by 2020
February 4, 2019
Restaurant digital orders have grown an average of 23 percent, per year since 2013, and will triple by the end of 2020, according to a report from NPD Group.
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Markets poised for trader action after Papa John's investment announcement
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Pizza stocks will be among those to watch in the week ahead after Papa John's announced its $200 million cash infusion from turnaround company, Starboard Value…
read nowDomino's Saudi Arabia more accurately delivers via what3words
January 30, 2019
Location technology company, what3words, has partnered with Domino's Pizza to improve deliveries in Saudi Arabia, a news release said. The relationship enables…
read nowOregon pot-seller angles in on Super Bowl pizza business
January 29, 2019
A Rhododendron, Oregon marijuana dispensary wants some of all that pizza delivery action pizza brands will be netting Super Bowl Sunday. That's why Mt. Hood…
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In the run-up to Super (pizza) Bowl, commodity winners, losers emerge
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The winners and losers were evident in the commodities report this week, as it was split right down the middle. Half the brands watched here weekly gained…
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Could Pie Five's 'Goldilocks' be its golden opportunity?
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
In the famous children's story, Goldilocks, the pint-sized heroine goes through the paces to land on something that's "just right." Now Pie Five hopes its…
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Commodities: Rising stock values, falling commodity prices help operators fight 2.8 percent cost-of-living increase
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
It's costing nearly 3 percent more to live in the U.S. this year than last, according to the Consumer Price Index cost-of-living adjustment for 2019, but the…
read nowWaitr gobbles up Bite Squad for $323M
January 18, 2019
Restaurant online ordering and on-demand food delivery platform, Waitr Holdings Inc. has acquired Bite Squad, for a purchase price of approximately $32…
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Commodities: National Pizza Week starts off on high note for most brands
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
It's National Pizza Week! But even better than that, it's National Pizza Week with lower prices on most of the essentials pizza brands use in-restaurant daily…
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Commodities: With Super (pizza) Bowl in sight, cheese, wheat prices ignite
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
With less than a month to go before that U.S. pizza holiday of holidays, the Super Bowl, cheese and wheat prices were on the rise last week.
read nowPizza Hut expands beer delivery to 5 more states pre-Super Bowl
January 7, 2019
Less than one month before the Super Bowl, Pizza Hut said this morning that it is adding nearly 300 more stores in Florida, Iowa, Nebraska, North Carolina…
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Schlotzsky's president on brand rebirth at age 50
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
QSRweb Editor Shelly Whitehead talks with Fast Casual Editor Cherryh Cansler about the innovators in the Top 20 Brands to Watch report, then Schlotzsky's…
listen nowDoorDash, GM Cruise start autonomous car tests in March
January 3, 2019
DoorDash and General Motors Cruise Automation have partnered to put the auto company's Cruise self-driving vehicles to the test to improve autonomous delivery…
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Top 10 2018 blogs show industry's interest in delivery is on fire
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
When it comes to top subjects of interest for blogs on Pizza Marketplace this past year, delivery delivered. Our site's many bloggers covered the topic "like a…
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Commodities: Gas prices under $2 in 9 states
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
There was plenty to be jolly about in last week's commodity prices for pizza operators, including under-$2 gas in nine states. But that same cheer failed to…
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Top 10 2018 Pizza Marketplace 'reads': Predictions, problems plus Papa John's
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Innovative approaches to pizza brand problems, pie flavor trends and, of course, the ubiquitous soap opera-in-a-pizza-box, Papa John's, were the leading…
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