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…

Rapid Fired opens eastern Cincinnati suburb store

August 23, 2019

The Cincinnati, Ohio suburb of Milford is the next home for a Rapid Fired Pizza franchise this fall when the new store opens its doors on Chamber Drive, a news…

Brand growth strategy: New data shows smaller cities are HOT

August 21, 2019

Some recent research on the hottest cities for home sales not only informs brands about where the population is moving, but might give some food service brand…

Artichoke Basille's Pizza expands in Northern California

August 16, 2019

New York-style pizza brand, Artichoke Basille's, will open an Oakland, California store on Aug. 24, the second Northern California unit for the chain. The new…

Blaze signs deal for 7 stores in Texas, Louisiana

August 14, 2019

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza signed a multi-unit development deal to grow the brand's Texas presence, including seven new locations of the fast-growing chain in…

Buddy's Pizza widens the pie outside 'Motor City'

August 9, 2019

Invigorated with a recent investment from Capitalspring, Detroit-based, Buddy's Pizza has begun a Midwest expansion that is taking the longtime brand out of…

Pie Five creating pizza-crafting kids

August 8, 2019

Dallas-based Pie Five Pizza will help kids hone their pizza-making skills, thanks to its partnership with KidZania, a global brand of interactive education and…

4 growth guidelines globetrotting pizza brands need to know

by Bill Edwards — CEO, Edwards Global Services, Inc.

Global expansion is no longer only the domain of the pizza brand behemoths. Lots of smaller chains are hitting the worldwide market, and leaders at those which…

Domino's found liable for nearly $9M in franchisee's driver's crash

August 6, 2019

A California jury found Domino's Pizza liable for a car crash involving one of the brand's franchisee's delivery drivers in early 2011, along with damages of…

6 emerging fast casuals will battle to win the Perfect Pitch

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Six operators will pitch their concepts Oct.15 to attendees and a panel of advisers at the annual Fast Casual Executive Summit in Austin.

Taco Bell, Pizza Hut name new CEOs

July 26, 2019

Former adidas Group North America President Mark King will take the reins as Taco Bell CEO, and Yum sister brand, Pizza Hut, has promoted its U.S. President…

Blaze opens 20th Canadian store

July 22, 2019

Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza is opening a store Thursday in Oakville in Ontario, Canada. The Win Park Drive restaurant has an open kitchen, so diners can watch…

Pieology: How a Navy Seal + vegan pies can build a better pizza brand

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

Leadership at Pieology sees the same kind of clear skies in the brand's future that its Southern California home is known for, and on this week's podcast, CMO…

&Pizza opening on Wall Street, adds to executive team

July 9, 2019

Washington D.C.-based &pizza, which has 36 locations across the East Coast, is opening its newest unit Wednesday in New York City and has hired or promoted…

Mountain Mike's reopens rebuilt Santa Rosa location destroyed in Tubbs Fire

July 9, 2019

Mountain Mike's has reopened its Santa Rosa location in Northern California that was destroyed two years ago in the Tubbs Fire that burned parts of Napa…

Former McDonald's COO named Papa John's chief restaurant operations officer

July 9, 2019

A veteran McDonald's executive will take the reins of guiding Papa John's North American corporate and franchise restaurants when Jim Norberg steps into the…

Blaze Pizza adding to Canadian portfolio

July 8, 2019

Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza is opening Friday in Toronto at Vaughan Mills outlet shopping destination, according to a company press release.

Blaze opens in Northern California

July 2, 2019

Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza is opening its next store with a bang on Independence Day this week in the Northern California town of Lincoln. 

Blaze signs multi-unit deal for North Dallas

July 2, 2019

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza signed a three-unit deal for the North Dallas area with multi-brand operator, Roz Mallet, who initially joined the fast-growing brand…

Blaze opening in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina

June 24, 2019

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina will open a new Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza location Thursday, June 27 on Shoremade Road near Greenwise Market. The…