Financial Management News & Media
Blaze Pizza taps ex-Smashburger leader as CFO
April 21, 2021
Blaze Pizza, a franchise concept operating 340 restaurants across 38 states and six countries, has named Brad Reynolds as its CFO.
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Domino's to pay off debt with large recap transaction
April 5, 2021
Domino's Pizza Inc. said some of its subsidiaries will complete a recapitalization transaction to refinance a portion of their outstanding securitization debt…
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Money talks: A look into what private equity looks for
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Unprecedented change across any business, like that of the last year, tends to also trigger a flood of interest from investors. Such is the case with the fast…
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SBA to have exclusive PPP loan application for small firms
February 22, 2021
Businesses with less than 20 employees can apply for coronavirus relief for 14 days starting Wednesday, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
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Domino's plunges, Rave rockets forward in volatile trading week
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
There was a lot of action in pizza brand trading last week, much of it connected to news from major leading brands' performances.
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Domino's zooms past $400, setting record high
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Domino's passed the $400 mark last week in trading.
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Pizza Hut parent dips, Papa John's continues ascent
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
As Pizza Hut's parent company, Yum Brands, dipped, Papa John's remained in an upward climb.
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Papa John's, Pizza Hut parent perk up; Rave, Domino's drop
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Pizza stock market wins this week went to Papa John's and Pizza Hut parent, Yum Brands.
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Pizza trading: Soaring Domino's settles, Rave recedes
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
While the news wasn't great for Domino's and Rave Restaurant Group, Pizza Hut parent, Yum Brands, and Papa John's reported gains over last week's trading…
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The pizza stock seesaw: Domino's soars, Rave plummets to new low
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The vast fortunes and losses to be made in the pizza business were evident in last week's pizza stock trading on Wall Street.
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Encouraged traders hoist Domino's, Papa John's, Yum Brands stock values
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Though it was a rough week for Pizza Inn and Pie Five parent, Rave Restaurant Group, other major publicly traded pizza companies fared well over the shortened…
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Pie Five Q3 comp sales plummet with pandemic onset
June 29, 2020
Pie Five and Pizza Inn parent, Rave Restaurant Group, had a brutal third quarter ending March 29, according to a company press release. Pie Five domestic…
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Yum Brands lone loser in last week's pizza stock trading
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Most pizza commodity prices, however, made relatively minute moves downward.
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Pleased pizza investors pump up prices of publicly held brands
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The pandemic has proven that people will get their pizza come hell or high water, and that's continuing to prompt pizza company investors to take positive…
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Dominos early Q2 performance slowed by choppy international sales
May 27, 2020
Domino's Pizza Inc. reported a 14% rise in U.S. same store sales during the first eight weeks of the fiscal second quarter this year.
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Papa John's May North American comp sales soar 33.5%
May 27, 2020
Despite all the challenges of the current restaurant business environment, Louisville, Kentucky-based pizza brand, Papa John's has not only fared well over the…
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Cheese, wheat, gas prices climb, as year's top pizza stocks fall
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
All the staple ingredients that pizza restaurant companies depend on were trending up in price last week, indicating the industry's increasing pace forward on…
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Cheese prices soar as restaurants seek more
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
As restaurant pandemic restrictions ease nationally and pizza restaurants continue to add business, cheese producers are getting significantly higher prices…
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All things considered? A pretty good week to be a pizza restaurateur
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Domino's and Papa John's, as well as the parent companies of Pizza Hut, Pie Five and Pizza Inn, all played favorites with investors last week, with the…
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Papa John's only trading winner last week, as gas use dips to lowest in 27 years
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Gas demand hit the lowest level the markets have seen since 1993 last week, while cheese market inventories stack up as dairy farmers throw milk away amidst…
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