Famed Dough Pizzeria changes hands

April 15, 2020

Los Angeles' famed Sunset Strip restaurant, Dough Pizzeria and Bar, has new owners, including a Food Network-featured chef, former Dominick's Restaurant…

&pizza, Pizza Hut give great feeds + reads, to hospital workers, school kids

April 14, 2020

Pizza chains continue to step up to honor, feed and enrich health-care workers and kids in need of meals amid the closures necessitated by COVID-19. Pizza Hut…

Pizza Inn sees sales boost with contactless buffet to go

April 10, 2020

Pizza Inn, a pizza franchise chain owned by RAVE Restaurant Group Inc., recently launched its Contactless Buffet To Go for carryout and delivery in late March.

Frontline QSR, pizza workers walk out over COVID-19 fears

April 9, 2020

Today in California, workers at 30 different QSRs will stage a walk-out in an effort to force management at those stores to provide more safety protection…

Passover, Easter Week can still be 'pizza week' at 4 brands

April 8, 2020

This is one of the most sacred weeks for Christians and Jews, since adherents to both religions are in the midst of high holy days. For Christians, this is…

DC home pizza-makers 'bake it out' in Paisano's 'Make-at-Home' pizza contest

April 7, 2020

Washington, D.C.-area Paisano's pizza has launched a Make-at-Home Pizza Contest that runs through April 23, awarding of pizza for life for one family and…

To AI or not to AI: Researcher says proceed with caution

Research just published by a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor indicates that AI may not always serve restaurant brands well, depending on their…

Oregon marijuana dispensary 1st to deliver 'pizza + pot'

April 7, 2020

Marie Jane's Cannabis Connection said it's the first marijuana dispensary in the country to add in-house pizza to its "pot delivery menu," according to a news…

Pizza brands fill up hearts, grocery carts with incentives for orders

April 1, 2020

Philosopher Francis Bacon, once famously said, "If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain."

Foodservice distributors praise passage of CARES Act, say more is needed

March 30, 2020

The International Foodservice Distributors Association is applauding the government's passage of the CARES Act, but Mark Allen, president and CEO of the…

Yelp findings show consumer interests in pandemic-stricken US

March 25, 2020

Yelp released its Coronavirus Economic Impact Report that shows some consumer trends developing amidst the nation's fight against COVID-19 infections…

Restaurant food distributors estimate losses of $24B in 3 months

March 23, 2020

The restaurant industry is hurting and so are its food distributors, who are expected to lose $24 billion over the next three months alone as the pandemic…

Heifer International helps pizza brands help world's hungry

by Liz Ellis — Corporate Brand Partnerships Manager, Heifer International

Pizza brand customers today have made it clear: The restaurants they patronize must also be strong citizens of the world. The global hunger-fighting…

Report: Foodservice operators seek innovations in flavor variety, packaging, labor-saving solutions

March 4, 2020

Frozen foods are used by foodservice operators of all types. But a Datassential study found operators are hungry for innovation.   "Frozen has a…

Waste not, want not: 5 tips to trimming restaurant food waste

by Matthew Hollis — President, Elytus

Customers now expect it. Your business benefits from it. The planet demands it. Trimming the food waste your pizza brand generates is no longer an option, but…

Pizza Hut 'wings it' with 25% bigger Nashville Hot wings LTO

March 3, 2020

Pizza Hut is doubling down on the national passion for heat and spice in its new Nashville Hot wings, which it said in a news release are not only…

Pizza trading mega-movement sees Domino's stay aloft, while competitors sink

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

What's going on with pizza stock trading lately? The last two weeks have left more than a few stumped as the value of mega-player Domino's stays well above the…

The invisible pizza brand: Making customers 'see' you online

by Saleem Khatri — CEO, Lavu

While invisibility may be a coveted capability in fantasy films, it can be a death sentence for great pizza brands that just don't show up on the web. Use…

General Mills Foodservice introduces Pillsbury professional online community

February 24, 2020

General Mills Foodservice has launched its Pillsbury Professional Online Community, a resource to help foodservice professionals, according to a press release.

Making Minnesota menu magic beyond the pizza pan

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

In this second and final part of a story on Davanni's Pizza's success with menu item testing, the brand highlights how changes in the current pizza market may…