Commodities: Papa John's in free fall

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

The turmoil around the Papa John's brand expressed itself clearly on the trading floor last week when that chain's value continued to fall, while pizza…

DoorDash offers subscriptions, pick-up options

August 9, 2018

Restaurant delivery service, DoorDash, said this week it is now offering a subscriber model as well as a call-ahead/pick-up option with its restaurants.

Commodities: Most brands rebound

Most pizza brands rebounded in value last week, while commodity prices remained fairly tame.

Pizza Hut performance drags down Yum China Q2 results

August 2, 2018

Yum China reported an overall 1 percent dip in same-store sales for the company during Q2 2018, stemming from a hefty 4-percent drop in its Pizza Hut brand's…

Commodities: Pizza brands take a beating

Last week was a tough one for most pizza restaurateurs as the prices for all essential commodities rose, while all but one brand monitored by this site…

Restaurant leaders discuss 3 digital categories turning industry on its head

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

Digital signage, online ordering and loyalty apps are collectively transforming the restaurant business as we've known it for most of the past several decades.

Toppers returns to its 'rebel' roots with items 'outside the (pizza) box'

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

Toppers is going back to its quirky beginnings by thinking "outside the (pizza) box" when it comes to the brand's menu.

Commodities: Pizza brands make nice gains ... especially Papa John's

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

Despite the global news swirling around Papa John's brand and its controversial founder, John Schnatter, it was a pretty profitable week for pizza…

Survey finds Gen Zers, families lead the restaurant spend race

A study reveals three ways for restaurant brands to increase sales.

Commodities: A good news-bad news kind of week

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

Commodity and pizza stock prices were a true blend of good and bad news last week with the bright spots in this week's report revolving around a plentiful…

An inside look at Taco Bell’s digital transformation to deliver an enhanced customer experience

by Judy Mottl — Editor: RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com, Connect Media

Rafik Hanna, senior director of Taco Bell’s All Access, shared insight on how the QSR is transforming to drive a best-in-class customer experience and why…

Pizza brands get the scoop on Ice Cream Day action

July 6, 2018

With National Ice Cream Day — as we're sure our readers already know — approaching on July 15, at least two pizza brands are trying to scoop up some of the…

Kotipizza's sizzling summer starts with record-breaking sales

June was a sizzler for Northern European brand, Kotipizza, which reported record-breaking sales for the month and a 14.7 percent same-store sales increase in…

Commodities: A brutal week for most pizza brands

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

Growing pizza commodity prices, but falling stock prices for most brands, left pizza restaurateurs with a weekend headache and hopes for a better July.

[WEBINAR] Online Brand Makeover: Winning the Restaurant Delivery Race

It all boils down to mobile in a lot of ways these days for pizza brands, meaning the better your online ordering experience, the better your sales. That was…

Fast food pizza drives QSR customer satisfaction gains

Fast food pizza brands are making customers very happy this year and that's helping to  push the whole QSR category up a notch in its measurement of customer…

Pizza Hut named in wrongful death suit after fatal delivery driver crash

June 26, 2018

Pizza Hut's delivery practices are being called into question in a lawsuit filed this month by the son of a woman killed in a crash, which also injured his…

Commodities: Prices down on some pizza ingredients

Restaurateurs enjoyed lower costs last week on the commodities markets with cheese, vehicle fuel and some wheat prices falling, while two of the publicly…

RDI: Why restaurant leaders should know what that means today

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

Where there is a will there's a way and in the restaurant industry consumers "will" take the easiest route to getting food delivered to their doors, one reason…

Commodities: Gas demand up, some grades' prices down

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

Despite an all-time high consumer demand, there was downward movement over the last week in some gas prices. Unfortunately, the same trend was in effect for…