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…

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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…

Commodities: Big smiles at Domino's, little grins at Papa John's

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

At the closing bell last Friday, the leadership behind two pizza stocks that have had very different stories this year were both likely going out for a…

Commodities: Yum, Papa John's slide, but so do commodity prices

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

Papa John's and Pizza Hut parent, Yum Brands slid in trading last week, but mostly lower commodity prices took some of the sting out of those losses.

Domino's asks customers to suggest more delivery 'hotspots'

May 29, 2018

Domino's customers can now submit their own recommendations for the chain's U.S. Hotspot delivery locations —those parks and beaches and other popular places…

Commodities: Stock traders, gas producers take toll on pizza brands last week

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

Food commodity prices last week dropped in trading, but increasing prices on all types of fuel, including natural gas more than made up for any potential gains…

April restaurant sales best in nearly 3 years

May 17, 2018

For the restaurant industry, April did indeed bring showers, but those of increased business, according to the most recent data from TDn2K, showing that…

Pizza Hut partnering with Telepizza to grow global footprint

Pizza Hut and Telepizza have partnered in a huge deal that will elevate both brands' status in Latin America, Spain, Andorra, Portugal and Switzerland.

Louisville Domino's, Old Chicago pizza employees diagnosed with Hepatitis A

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

Two Louisville employees — one who recently worked at a Domino's and a second at an Old Chicago Pizza location — have been diagnosed with acute Hepatitis A…

Pizza Hut testing beer delivery in Arizona, California

May 8, 2018

Just two weeks after Papa John's began testing beer delivery in a small Indiana city, Pizza Hut is launching what a news release called its "category first…

Commodities: Cheese, wheat, auto fuel get pricier

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

Most pizza stocks monitored by this site took hits last week during trading, though one brand did get some love from Wall Street.

Menu-labeling enforcement takes effect

May 7, 2018

As of today, restaurant chains with 20 or more stores must be following those long-delayed menu-labeling regulations or face the possibility of penalties. The…

$20 NYC-to-LA-delivered pizza? Believe it

JetBlue has partnered with New York City's East Harlem pizzeria, Patsy's, to deliver 350 pizzas per day to New York City pizza-starved residents in L.A.

Commodities: Domino's, Papa Murphy's win big

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

It was a storybook ending last week on the stock market for Domino's and Papa Murphy's.

Pizza Hut turns 60, celebrates milestones with LTO

April 30, 2018

To celebrate its 60th birthday, Pizza Hut has introduced an LTO called the Double Cheesy Crust Pan pizza —  in honor of its stuffed crust and original pan…

Pizza Patrón: 'Edgy' brand seeks to expand

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

The time may never be better for Pizza Patrón with its mission to promote what it sees as the true "spice of life" -- an edgy multi-cultural take on pizza.