Food & Beverage News & Media
Commodities: Papa John's is only gainer
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The price of cheese continues its upward trend, while the prices for other common commodities monitored by pizzamarketplace.com fell over last week.
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Let the spending begin: McDonald's, Papa John's declare quarterly dividends
July 29, 2016
Good news for McDonald's and Papa John's shareholders this week. The boards of both chains declared quarterly dividends for company shareholders late Thursday…
read nowHot Italian hosts annual design, film, and food festival
July 28, 2016
Hot Italian pizza bar, a Californian concept, is partnering with Niello Fiat in hosting the seventh annual Moderno Italiano Festival being held Aug. 12 -14.
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AI meets customer engagement: Creepy or necessary?
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
A new artificial intelligence platform promises to engage diners in a caring way with very little thought and effort from restaurant operators.
read nowPieology pizzeria rolls into new territory
July 27, 2016
Pieology Pizzeria has opened its first Arkansas location in Fayetteville at 1777 Martin Luther King Blvd.
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Cannabis quelling 'the munchies' fast casual style
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
One of the major players in the burgeoning legal marijuana business is lighting up a new franchising concept.
read nowManagers waste food no more: HotSchedules and BiRite announce partnership
July 26, 2016
HotSchedules and BiRite Foodservice Distributors have announced a partnership intended to help restaurant and hospitality managers accurately order and monitor…
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The good, the bad and the ugly about those food holidays
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Hamburgers ... Pinot noir ... peanut butter-and-chocolate: What do they all have in common? They all have specific U.S. days of celebration when the brands…
read nowPieology Pizzeria rolls into second North Carolina location
July 25, 2016
Pieology Pizzeria is opening its second North Carolina location, this one will be at 4158 Main, North Hills, Suite 103, in Raleigh. The franchise is the second…
read nowSodexo aims to make it a cage-free egg world
July 25, 2016
Sodexo, a food service company, is partnering with Humane Society International to supply cage-free eggs across the globe by 2025.
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Commodities: A mostly profitable week for pizza restaurateurs
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The cheese stands alone as the sole item to go up in price last week. On top of that good news for pizza restaurateurs,all but one of the stocks QSRweb.com…
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The Instagram advantage: Seven rules for putting this super-visual tool to work for you
by Seshu Madabushi — Founder & CEO, mKonnekt
Pictures and words and great hashtags — that's the world of Instagram. It's a world restaurateurs must know to engage today's customers. Here are some…
read nowFormer NRA exec moves to Specialty Food Association
July 22, 2016
The not-for-profit Specialty Food Association has hired a new president away from his previous role as chief innovation and member advancement officer with the…
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Canadian restaurant group acquires Kahala, readies for US growth spurt
July 22, 2016
Shareholders approved the merger Thursday of Kahala Brands Ltd and a wholly owned subsidiary of MTY Food group. Kahala — as the parent company of 18 brands…
read nowPie Five is "snicker-ing" about new dessert
July 21, 2016
Pie Five is introducing a concoction next week that is diametrically opposed to swimsuit season. On July 26 the restaurants will begin offering a cheesecake…
read nowDomino's doles out dividend after 90 quarters of global growth
July 21, 2016
Domino's pizza today reported Q2 results, including the company's 90th consecutive quarter of sales growth globally and its 21st in the United States. Domestic…
read nowChinese labor market stabilizes -- restaurant sector is key
July 21, 2016
The labor market in China appears to finally be stabilizing and one of the leading industries driving that turnaround is the food-service sector. That news…
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Six ways your restaurant's reputation is affecting your online orders
by Alex Membrillo — CEO, Cardinal Web Solutions
As technology makes it easier for your customers to order online, it also makes it more important than ever to manage your restaurant's reputation.
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More please! Hungry American business people increase spending on food
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
American workers are clearly hungry. And today, another report from the business dining sector shows just how ravenous we are when we're on the road or just…
read nowCicis reports massive 17-state data breach
July 20, 2016
Here we go again. This time the victims are Cicis customers in at least 17 states. The pizza chain said this morning that an ongoing investigation now…
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