Lessons for pizza brands in Panera's mobile pay experience

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

If Panera's CEO and his brand's experiences with tech tools like Apple Pay, is any indication, pizza brands stand to gain possibly more than other food service…

Blaze reports 51 percent system-wide 2017 sales growth, adding nationwide delivery

February 27, 2018

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza has grown phenomenally fast over the last year reporting an eye-popping 51 percent growth in system-wide 2017 sales to $279 million…

Commodities: A little bit of everything over week's trading activity

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

All players were heading in their own directions in commodity and brand trading last week.

Taco Bell trounces Burger King, Domino's outdoes Pizza Hut, KFC catches up

February 22, 2018

Taco Bell has overtaken Burger King in sales, according to a comparison by research firm Technomic on last year's sales data. The company still puts…

Domino's misses mark on year-end financials

February 20, 2018

The world's top-selling pizza chain, Domino's, released its Q4 and FY17 financials this week showing that the brand aimed high and performed well but fell…

Commodities: Good news in gas prices, not-so-good news in stock prices

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

It was a "bad news, good news" kind of week for most pizza restaurateurs, with some encouragement from gas prices which appear to be finally leveling out over…

'17 sales growth awards go to fast casual, fine dining brands

February 14, 2018

In its latest report, research company Technomic said the 500 chains it recognizes as industry leaders have, for the second straight year, experienced slow…

Commodities: Heart-dropping pre-Valentine's Day losses for pizza brands in Wall Street sell-off

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

There wasn't a lot of love being shown toward pizza operators in either Wall Street or commodities trading last week. A largely business-hostile stock market…

Commodities: Patriots aren't the only ones licking their wounds today

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

The end-of-week stock market plummet Friday took no prisoners, capturing pizza brands as well in its value-depleting trend.

Kotipizza Group shoots for $224.7 million for 3 brands by 2020

February 5, 2018

Kotipizza Group Oyj's board of directors has approved a new strategy and financial goals for the next three years to manage a portfolio of franchised fast…

Commodities: Gas prices climb, Papa Murphy's value declines

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

Though most pizza commodity prices are falling as of late, the steady rise in vehicle fuel costs is eating up the savings for the delivery-heavy pizza industry.

Gatti's got its groove back

January 25, 2018

Leaders of a favorite pizza of baby boomers said that 2017 was a stellar year for restaging it as a favorite of boomers' kids and grandkids, too. Two years…

Commodities: Up, up and up ... mostly

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

Pizza stock prices have continued the steady rise that began in earnest in 2018.

Commodities: Somebody must have hit replay ... but no complaints

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

It was another nice week of pizza stock trading and largely lower commodity prices last week, almost an exact replay of the previous week's financial stats.

Domino's CEO leaves a chain reborn, flying high

January 10, 2018

Domino's President and CEO J. Patrick Doyle will step down in June from the top spot at a chain he led from its "cardboard crust" and "ketchup" sauce days to…

Commodities: Stock prices pumped up, but pump prices siphon gains

Pizza brands did well as the market soared on Wall Street last week, but the highest New Year's pump prices since 2014 stole back some of the profits.

Commodities: 'Dear Santa, please put some oomph in my stock price!'

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

Some pizza brands might be firing off a letter to Santa this week before Christmas in one last effort to make something magical happen to their stock prices.

Commodities: What goes up must come down

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

The nice uptick in stock market prices for most brands two weeks ago was all but erased  last week in trading of some of the major pizza stocks.

Commodities: Nice week for most pizza brands

It was a largely favorable week for pizza stocks, while commodity prices were mixed.

Commodities: A tale of 2 papas

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

A short trading week still revealed plenty about the current restaurant pizza market in the popularity, or lack thereof, of two brands with different…