Kraft Heinz invests $48M to expand Missouri manufacturing operation

July 14, 2020

Kraft Heinz has announced plans to invest in its Springfield, Missouri manufacturing facility as part of a five-year, $48 million project to enhance its…

Merchants Foodservice CEO urges support for emergency foodservice relief bill

July 14, 2020

Andy Mercier, president and CEO of Merchants Foodservice, based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, has called for support of the bipartisan bill introduced to…

Small, independent restaurants lag in COVID-19 recovery

July 10, 2020

A report from Bank of America shows that large restaurant chains are recovering faster from the COVID-19 outbreak than the rest of the industry, as small…

With patent in hand, Mici 'presses' forward with national franchising

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

Don't tell the restaurateurs behind Mici Handcrafted Italian this might be an inopportune time to launch a franchise nationally. They'll just tell you why the…

As COVID-19 cases grow, restaurant transactions fall

July 7, 2020

For the second week, previous signs of recovering recovery for U.S. restaurants are wavering as the number of COVID-19 cases grows nationally. For the last…

Pizza stocks riding the roller coaster

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

With half of 2020 in the books, Pizza Marketplace looked at stock values for four publicly traded pizza restaurant companies. On paper, the ups and downs…

Single-use pizza packaging: The pandemic imperative born from a 'common' cup

Is single-use packaging having a new heyday with pizza brands during the pandemic?

Partial single-use packaging trend turnaround with COVID-19

June 23, 2020

In the wake of COVID-19, many, if not most, restaurants have gone back to single-use products to provide customers with clean, first-use packaging and utensils…

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.

Online catering marketplace debuts COVID-smart service

June 19, 2020

ezCater is launching a service, called Relish, that offers employers a safe approach to providing office-based workers with boxed lunches from local…

&pizza COO breaks down the business-building power of activism

On the unofficial national holiday of Juneteenth — commemorating the proclamation of the freeing of slaves in Texas, final remaining U.S. state to do so —  the…

Blaze Pizza's 1-day LTO 'Clawing' its way into customers' hearts

June 17, 2020

Blaze Pizza has developed a White Claw Pizza and is offering it one-day-only — Thursday —  at 40 of its stores. The pie pizza crust is made with the hard…

Aside from Domino's, US pizza stocks fall

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

Domino's made some gains in stock price last week, though investors were tighter with their purse strings with the remaining publicly traded U.S. pizza brands…

Steritech 'Hometown Heroes' program helped 8,100 on front lines

June 10, 2020

Food safety company, Steritech, recently paid its respects to what it calls its Hometown Heroes — front line health, long-term care and emergency workers — in…

Reimagining the Customer Experience

The way consumers interact with your restaurant has changed dramatically over the years. Continuing to meet their expectations is critical to success.

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Domino's dips, as competitors, commodities trade up

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

Last week was a bit depressing for Domino's investors as the stock price for the pizza powerhouse dropped almost $10 over the week's trading. But all other…

Top restaurant trends place premium on home, health, purpose, price

June 5, 2020

This year, the market researchers at Euromonitor expect per capita global consumer expenditure to decline by approximately 5% and the global economy to enter…

Displaced restaurant workers create web series amid pandemic

June 5, 2020

In hopes of changing how people view the foodservice industry, a group of Atlanta-based restaurant workers created a web series called, "Gratuity Not Included…

Keeping tabs on Top 100 winners' traits plus Oracle expert's pandemic-era performance tips

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

On today's podcast, FastCasual Editor Cherryh Cansler gives her take on top traits of this year's Top 100 Movers & Shakers winners, while an Oracle restaurant…

Flexibility Act en route to president: Restaurant industry breathes sigh of relief

June 4, 2020

Better loan terms, loosened FTE rehire requirements and a longer coverage period are just some of the benefits of the PPP Flexibility Act passed by the Senate…