Papa John's picks specialty pizza challenge winner

August 30, 2010

Papa John's pizza fans can now say "bonjour" to the "The Cheesy Chicken Cordon Bleu" -- the winning pizza in Papa's Specialty Pizza Challenge. Created by…

Yum! signs McLane Foodservice Inc.

August 29, 2010

Yum! Brands, parent company of A&W, KFC, Long John Silver's, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell restaurants, has signed a distribution deal with McLane Foodservice…

Wheat back up after last week's dip

Wheat prices climb back into the solid $7 range not seen in the past couple of years.

Mintel outlines fast casual setbacks

Mintel's recent foodservice survey and report on fast casual echoes what many in the limited service segment already know – the rampant growth of fast casual.

Are we missing something?

by Janet Eden-Harris — CMO & SVP Strategy, Market Force

Recently Market Force ran a series of studies with over 4,00 consumers to investigate their attitudes and behaviors around fast casual and family restaurants…

NPD Group: Population growth to outpace restaurant growth

August 24, 2010

A new report released by market research firm NPD Group predicts that restaurant visits will grow less than 1 percent per year throughout the next decade.

Restaurants get extension for menu labeling compliance

August 24, 2010

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given restaurants more time to comply with new healthcare stipulations that require calorie and nutritional…

Mr. Goodcents finds success with flatbread pizza

August 23, 2010

Mr. Goodcents Subs & Pastas has added a meatball parmesan option to its quickly expanding line of flatbread pizzas. The rectangular, single-serving portion…

Behind The Melting Pot's new "Peel"

The Melting Pot Restaurants president tells us what he was thinking when he started designing Neapolitan concept, Peel.

Pizza cone company aims at QSR saturation

Cono Italiano's owners intend it to be distributed to quick-service restaurants, supermarkets, convenience stores, entertainment facilities and sports arenas.

Retro makeover helps Pizza Inn's future

August 19, 2010

Pizza Inn has announced an expansion campaign designed to add several new restaurants nationwide over the next year. The move includes an updated new look, a…

Domino's tries out breakfast subs

August 16, 2010

Residents of Central Manchester who fancy breakfast in bed are in for a treat as Domino's Pizza in Manchester is now delivering just that: hot sweetcured back…

Brazilian Pizza Huts faring exceptionally well

August 16, 2010

Brazil Fast Food Corp., the country's second-largest restaurant chain with 735 points of sale, operating in Brazil under the Pizza Hut São Paulo brand as…

Building revenue through back to school

By Ed Zimmerman

Via Napoli video debuts

August 12, 2010

One of the first videos inside Via Napoli, the new Neapolitan pizzeria at Disney’s Epcot theme park, has debuted on Disney blog, Chip & Co.

U.S. Foodservice announces new leadership

August 12, 2010

One of the country's largest foodservice suppliers has new leadership. U.S. Foodservice has announced that John A. Lederer will join the company on Sept. 8 as…

Anatomy of a premium pizza buffet

How one brand positioned itself for growth by letting outsiders in for a cause.

Denver, Las Vegas, and D.C. “get naked”

August 11, 2010

NakedPizza has awarded area development contracts to experienced multiunit operators in the Denver, Las Vegas, Washington D.C., and Salt Lake City…

Domino’s runs Facebook-heavy ‘extreme delivery’ promo

August 10, 2010

Domino's Pizza is once again delivering in unexpected ways, giving Facebook users the power to choose the company's next "Extreme Delivery." Now through August…

Baskin-Robbins names Papa John's veteran to new post

August 3, 2010

While many companies continue to downsize, Baskin-Robbins has created a new positon to oversee U.S. operations. Bill Mitchell has been named vice president…