Equipment & Supplies News & Media
Papa Murphy's stock soars post-acquisition announcement
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The stock value for Papa Murphy's soared up to late 2017 levels last week after Wall Street learned of the chain's pending $190 million acquisition with MTY…
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&pizza 'Cubed' = 300 kiosk-cooked pies an hour
April 12, 2019
D.C.-based &pizza is plunging into the restaurant kiosk business next week when it opens what it called the industry's first "cube kiosk." The brand, which…
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Deciphering the digital marketing puzzle: 3 brands discuss their games
by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator
Making and then keeping up with the pace of change in digital marketing can be a source of challenge, innovation and frustration for pizza brands, as was…
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A tale of (investor) love regained: Papa John's crosses $50, Domino's stock soars
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Investors carried Papa John's stock value over the $50 threshold last week for the first time since late November 2018, while Domino's got a huge infusion of…
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Commodity prices up, stock values down: Spring starts on sour note for most pizza brands
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The first week of spring brought higher prices for all the basic pizza commodities and — aside from Papa John's — lower stock values for the brands monitored…
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5 pizza box brand benefits worth opening up to
by Phil Bagdasarian — President, Packwire
In today's ever-growing landscape of online ordering and home delivery, pizza brands need to play up the prizes inside their pizza boxes more than ever to…
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Domino's suffers another down week on NYSE
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Papa John's, Papa Murphy's and Pizza Hut all posted nice gains in value in stock trading last week, while Domino's continued to fizzle for another week.
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Starbucks franchisee’s tips on going 'off-brand' + why QSRs should go ‘clockless’
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
In this week's edition of the QSRweb podcast, food trends forecaster Suzy Badarraco tells QSRs why "clockless eating" can drive more sales, while Starbucks…
listen nowPizza Hut, FedEx may begin bot delivery tests this summer
February 27, 2019
Pizza Hut and FedEx are teaming up to "explore" using the delivery company's autonomous delivery device, SameDay Bot, for pizza delivery. The bot will be…
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Why pizza brands should pay attention to the buzz about non-buzz-producing drinks
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Is non-alcohol drinking really a "thing"? Well, if Coke, Gordon's or some of the world's best chefs have anything to say about it, it is. Here's why pizza…
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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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Is your supply chain management system really 'app' to the job?
by Andrew Rosenbloom — Director of Marketing, Consolidated Concepts
Inventory and problem-spotting as you go, massive time and money savings, and just maybe a restaurant staff mood-improving makeover: These are some of the…
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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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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…
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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.
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How 'ancient grains' help pizza operators roll in the dough
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Teff, amaranth and other ancient grains have been going strong in the restaurant world for several years. But pizza restaurateurs stand to gain more than most…
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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…
read nowPartnership yields new digital signage content creation platform
December 20, 2018
A new digital signage content creation option has emerged with a partnership between Signagelive and PosterMyWall that allows customers to create images and…
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