Pizza: Once again, Americans' 1st and only choice

September 27, 2019

Pizza restaurateurs can rejoice again this year as California Pizza Kitchen said again this year, Americans are unequivocal: most would choose pizza if they…

Pizza players see hefty hikes in cheese, wheat, gas prices

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

Last week was harder to swallow than most on the markets for pizza brands, with only moderate gains in some pizza brand values, but steeply higher wheat…

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…

Fired Pie, Your Pie add new menu options

September 13, 2019

Two pizza brands are adding menu options this week, beginning with a plant-based offering at Fired Pie, where the chain's plant-based chorizo crumbles are now…

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.

'There's oil in those grills!' - Turn it from wasteful to useful

Every restaurant brand is working today to cut food waste, and one of the easiest and potentially valuable ways to do that is by giving your stores' used…

August 2019 bids adieu to pizza brands ... with a kiss, especially for Papa John's

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

The final week of August was a relatively glorious one for most pizza brands, with all major pizza restaurant commodity prices on the wane, while stock values…

Pizza Inn launches Bourbon Chicken Pizza as fall LTO

August 28, 2019

Pizza Inn is getting ready for fall with the launch of its Hickory Bourbon Chicken Pizza. The pizza, available for a limited-time only, is on the…

Mountain Mike's scales to new heights in the art of 'family' as customer

Knowing the customer has always been essential to any restaurant endeavor and pizzerias are certainly no different. But when your customer is actually four or…

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…

Little Caesars plays 'mean game' of Quarters with LTO

August 20, 2019

Little Caesars this week introduced an LTO that has different toppings for each quarter of the pie. The Quattro pizza is a large pie with one-fourth topped…

Domino's takes a dive as gas demand soars to all-time high

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

National gasoline demand hit an all-time high last week, while Domino's stock value hit close to an annual low.

Chuck E Cheese parent Q2 performance profits from 'All You Can Play'

August 14, 2019

Chuck E. Cheese parent company, CEC Entertainment, Inc., reported Q2 and half year financial results for this year that show the pizza brand's introduction of…

KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut parent names new CEO

The triple-brand powerhouse, Yum Brands, will see a changing of the guard in 2020 after the company announced its current CEO Greg Creed will retire.

(Lucky) dog days of August: Pizza stocks up, commodities down

As the oft-referred to 'dog days of August' wrapped up last week, pizza restaurateurs got a bone in the form of lower overall commodity prices and higher stock…

Canadian Pizza 73 goes all in for plant-based base + toppings

August 7, 2019

Canadian-based pizza chain, Pizza 73 is debuting a cauliflower crust in all 88 traditional Alberta-area restaurants, as well as two new plant-based protein…

Impossible Foods partners with key McDonald's beef supplier to boost production

July 31, 2019

Starting next month, Impossible Foods will begin producing its flagship product, the Impossible Burger, with food producer, OSI Group, which is also one of…

Beyond Meat reports strong second quarter

July 30, 2019

Beyond Meat, Inc., a provider of plant-based meat, reported net revenues increased 287%, gross profit jumped 33.8% as a percentage of net revenues while net…

Pizza Hut parent Yum Brands' stock value continues climb

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

Aside from cheese, pizza commodity prices last week were mostly lower -- and yes, that includes vehicle fuel prices which also trended downward, But the best…