Food & Beverage News & Media
Why Domino's 'offensive game' may be big winner Super Bowl Sunday
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
How does a pizza brand really use Super Bowl Sunday pizza orders to break into a cache of new customers? Domino's offensive game this Sunday appears to be a…
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At Spin Pizza, growth means rolling right into community's 'embrace'
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
Spin Pizza Founding Partner Ed Brownell discusses how the brand's recent rebranding will help it grow.
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Is your supply chain management system really 'app' to the job?
by Andrew Rosenbloom — Director of Marketing, Consolidated Concepts
Inventory and problem-spotting as you go, massive time and money savings, and just maybe a restaurant staff mood-improving makeover: These are some of the…
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In the run-up to Super (pizza) Bowl, commodity winners, losers emerge
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The winners and losers were evident in the commodities report this week, as it was split right down the middle. Half the brands watched here weekly gained…
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Could Pie Five's 'Goldilocks' be its golden opportunity?
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
In the famous children's story, Goldilocks, the pint-sized heroine goes through the paces to land on something that's "just right." Now Pie Five hopes its…
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Cicis partners with 'Turtles' to prompt families out of their winter shells
January 22, 2019
This Tuesday, Jan. 22, is the beginning of weekly Rise of the Turtles Tuesdays at Cicis. The buffet pizza brand is partnering with Nickelodeon's Rise of the…
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Commodities: Rising stock values, falling commodity prices help operators fight 2.8 percent cost-of-living increase
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
It's costing nearly 3 percent more to live in the U.S. this year than last, according to the Consumer Price Index cost-of-living adjustment for 2019, but the…
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'So, what are ya' drinkin'?' One of this year's most complicated questions
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
The answer to that age-old question, "So, what are you drinkin'?" has gotten a lot more complicated. But pizza brands that don't brush up on their answers to…
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Commodities: National Pizza Week starts off on high note for most brands
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
It's National Pizza Week! But even better than that, it's National Pizza Week with lower prices on most of the essentials pizza brands use in-restaurant daily…
read nowGovernment shutdown halts food facility inspections, 'puts our food supply at risk'
January 9, 2019
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gotlieb told the Washington Post that the agency — which oversees most of the nation's food supply — has…
read nowScience plays big role in nonprofit foundation's 5 key 2019 US food trends
January 9, 2019
American citizens want to know not only where their food originated, but how it was produced and how it traveled from farm to fork, according to a study…
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Commodities: With Super (pizza) Bowl in sight, cheese, wheat prices ignite
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
With less than a month to go before that U.S. pizza holiday of holidays, the Super Bowl, cheese and wheat prices were on the rise last week.
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Schlotzsky's president on brand rebirth at age 50
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
QSRweb Editor Shelly Whitehead talks with Fast Casual Editor Cherryh Cansler about the innovators in the Top 20 Brands to Watch report, then Schlotzsky's…
listen nowPizza Inn puts a little "Philly" in its pies
January 4, 2019
Pizza Inn has introduced a Philly Cheesesteak Pizza as an addition to its All Day Buffet, a news release said. The new offering includes steak, onions, green…
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How 'ancient grains' help pizza operators roll in the dough
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Teff, amaranth and other ancient grains have been going strong in the restaurant world for several years. But pizza restaurateurs stand to gain more than most…
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Top 10 2018 blogs show industry's interest in delivery is on fire
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
When it comes to top subjects of interest for blogs on Pizza Marketplace this past year, delivery delivered. Our site's many bloggers covered the topic "like a…
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Commodities: Gas prices under $2 in 9 states
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
There was plenty to be jolly about in last week's commodity prices for pizza operators, including under-$2 gas in nine states. But that same cheer failed to…
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8 pizza operational perks from mobile food safety software
by Terry Dolan — Head of Solutions, WorldAPP
Mobile food safety software can provide pizza brands an array of other operational benefits, including everything from increased accountability to overall…
read nowFired Pie wedges in 'cheesy' LTO
December 26, 2018
Though we're almost dead in the middle of one of the biggest holiday periods of the year, surely most pizza operators are also gearing up for that other…
read nowChinese Pizza Hut puts truffles on pies, money in farmers' pockets
December 26, 2018
Yum China Holdings has completed its first Grow Local Initiative project, using company supply chain management expertise to source and distribute agricultural…
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