Papa John's only winner in last week's pizza trading wars

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

Trading in the runup to National Pizza Week was anything but a celebration for most publicly traded brands, with all but Papa John's posting losses.

Pizza Inn, Pie Five parent company adds top finance leader

January 8, 2020

Rave Restaurant Group, parent company of Pizza Inn and Pie Five parent, has named a former 7-Eleven finance chief as its vice president of finance. Clint…

Domino's, Papa John's clear winners with investors in 2019

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

As the last bites of the 2019 pizza pie disappear, one thing is evident: Domino's and Papa John's have gotten a lot of love from investors this year, driving…

2020 pizza brand planner/predictor

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

As 2019 draws to a close, pizza brands are contending with significant dips in dine-in traffic, as well as peaks in patrons' passion for all things…

As the new 'Roaring Twenties' dawn, what should pizza brands take on?

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

This month's Pizza Puzzler focuses on a question many brand leaders are mulling over at this hour, "How should I change my brand in the coming year for maximum…

Ho, ho, ho! It's sure good to be Domino's

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

Santa was apparently paying keen attention to Domino's leadership when they sent in their wishes for the brand this year, with the giant pizza chain last week…

Pizza Inn, Pie Five parent up, other public pizza brands down

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

Of the major publicly traded U.S. pizza brands, only two-brand parent, Rave Restaurant Group last week had much to celebrate.

Traders gave a little early 'thanks' for pizza brands last week

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

All but one publicly traded U.S. pizza brand got some gratitude a week early last week when investors worked helped raise the value of three of the nation's…

Papa John's price passes $60 for 1st time in 19 months after leadership changes

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

Traders voted with their wallets last week after a major shakeup in Papa John's leadership team. The stock not only closed up, but passed the $60 mark for the…

Pizza Hut parent gets one last 'boo' out of Halloween week

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

The ghosts and ghouls weren't the only ones moaning last week as Halloween week wrapped up the month of October. They had company from the folks at Pizza Hut…

Domino's, Papa John's 'treated,' Pizza Hut ... not so much

On the stock market last week, investors were in a 'tricky' mood when it came to Pizza Hut parent, Yum Brands, though they morphed into little darlings with…

Papa John's only winner in trading last week

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

Pizza commodity prices trended higher last week, even as traders on Wall Street pulled back their support for all but one of the publicly traded pizza…

New financial reporting system standardizes languages, currencies

October 21, 2019

Restaurant analytics company, Revenue Management Solutions, has launched an SaaS application called metiRi that gathers, consolidates, standardizes and…

Before you go: Smoothing a sometime bumpy road for pizza brands

by Carty Davis — Founding Partner, C Squared Advisors

Whether you're moving on to the next opportunity, taking a well-earned retirement or just finished with the restaurant business altogether, don't get out…

Domino's, Pizza Hut + cheese prices all up

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

This week's pizza commodity report reveals a relative oddity in the pizza brand stock values report, while cheese prices trend up, but gas prices show signs of…

Domino's takes a hit from traders, while pizza commodity prices fall

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

Domino's was the big loser of the Big Three publicly traded pizza brands in trading the last week of September, but all pizza brands got some breaks from…

As cheese prices surge, gas price spike set to also strike delivery-centric pizza biz

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

After weekend drone attacks sliced Saudi oil output in half, the delivery-centered pizza business may soon get a one-two punch from both higher gas prices, and…

Hurricane season: Failing to plan now, may be planning to fail later

by Andrew Rosenbloom — Director of Marketing, Consolidated Concepts

While Hurricane Dorian has largely passed, after devastating the Bahamas and spurring flooding in North Carolina, the torrential rains and furious winds of the…

Domino's, Pizza Hut parent see nice stock price hikes

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

As gas prices show signs of starting to stabilize, most of the major pizza players enjoyed higher stock prices last week.

Falling gas prices this fall could be boon to pizza brands' balance sheets

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

Okay, so the majority of publicly traded pizza brands took a bit of a bath on the stock market last week, but not all is lost. Falling gas prices -- with more…