Domino's stock value dives, but so do cheese, wheat, natural gas prices

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

Pizza chain investors showed Domino's their disappointment with the brand's lackluster Q2 financials last week, reining in the brand's stock value to the tune…

From food trucks to popping pearls, Wetzel's Pretzels CEO sees bright future

In the twists and turns of everyday QSR operations, few brands get more twisted, tasty and fun than West Coast-born and bred, Wetzel's Pretzels. On this week's…

Domino's US same-store sales up just 3%, misses estimates

July 16, 2019

The world's biggest-selling pizza brand was watching its stock value drop at the time of this writing after reporting its Q2 U.S. same-store sales failed to…

Domino's, Yum stock prices push up

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

Pizzeria operators probably suspected those lower gas prices wouldn't last. Now tight supplies are pushing auto fuel prices up, while wheat prices also rose…

Domino's cashless store test underway in Australia

July 12, 2019

Domino's Australia is testing a new "Tap & Take" payment model at five of its stores, which Domino's will take most other forms of payments, aside from…

Commodity trading hands some pre-Independence Day 'duds' to pizza operators

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

You might call last Friday the "Day of the Dud" for pizza operators, after they watched the price for their needed restaurant commodities like wheat and cheese…

Chuck E. Cheese parent sees value/game initiatives paying off

July 1, 2019

The parent company of Chuck E. Cheese, CEC Entertainment, Inc, said its Q2 2019 financial results indicate that the brand's recently introduced "All You Can…

Yum Brands puts PepsiCo exec in CFO role

June 27, 2019

Chris Turner (Photo provided) Yum! Brands has named a former PepsiCo executive to be its new CFO, effective Aug. 8. A news release said that…

Commodities: Fairly flat week, except for Papa John's stock price tumble

Great gas prices continued to turn frowns upside down for delivery-centered pizza brands across the U.S., but it was likely not enough to erase the worry…

Papa John's to dole out $80M for marketing, US franchisees

June 20, 2019

Beginning in the third quarter of this year, Papa John's said it will push out another $80 million in contributions to its National Marketing Fund and…

Are cracks developing in domestic cheese market?

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

While gas prices prove to be the pizzeria's "gift that keeps on giving" -- thanks to plentiful supply, despite equally plentiful demand -- there are signs…

June starts on high note: Domino's, Pizza Hut, Papa John's values up, gas prices down

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

How do you make a pizza brand leader croon a little at the start of summer? Push up their brand's stock values and keep things like the price of gas low.

Kotipizza applies to go private

June 7, 2019

Kotipizza's board has applied to end public trading in the brand and to delist Kotipizza's shares from the Nasdaq Helsinki, a news release said. 

Pizza commodity prices tick up, amidst tornadoes, flooding

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

With reports of some 500 tornadoes ripping mostly across the nation's farmland-rich mid-section in May, prices on some pizza commodities, including wheat, are…

XtraChef raises $7.5M for recruitment, product roadmap advancement

May 30, 2019

Cloud-based restaurant management platform provider xtraChef has closed on $7.5 million dollars in Series A funding and plans to use the money to drive growth…

Mod Pizza scores $160M in financing to grow

May 23, 2019

Mod Super Fast Pizza Holdings LLC this week announced a $160 million equity financing to grow the chain. The financing is being  led by private investment…

Papa John's founder sells $6M in stock

May 15, 2019

An SEC filing this week indicated that Papa John's Founder John Schnatter sold nearly 115,000 shares of common stock in the company, worth more than $…

Chuck E Cheese parent readies for Q3 merger propelled by healthy Q1 results

May 14, 2019

A little more than a month after news broke that Chuck E. Cheese parent company, CEC Entertainment was planning to go public, following a merger with Leo…

A pizza operator's week to pout as brand values fall, cheese prices rise

It's a good thing pizza operators got to spend some time with dear ol' mom Sunday after investors left the four major publicly traded brand needing a consoling…

As Papa John's Q1 sales fall, CEO tells investors, 'Lasting consumer sentiment change takes time'

May 8, 2019

As Papa John's founder John Schnatter mulls selling his 31% stake in the chain, the brand reported continued Q1 2019 losses, equaling 12 cents a share or $3.…