Pizzeria will make sci-fi a reality with AI-powered assembly line

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

The AI-driven automated pizza assembly line made public this morning promises to take pizza brands' make-stations out of human hands and turn them over to a…

Pizza Guys brings 'double cheeseburger' pies to Vegas

October 1, 2019

The 60-plus-location Pizza Guys franchise opened its first Vegas store this week, as a second location for franchisee, Simran Singh, who also operates the…

Blaze to open 2nd Tampa location

October 1, 2019

Blaze is opening a second Tampa, Florida-area location Monday on Word Way in Trinity, with the brand's traditional giveaway of free 11-inch pies scheduled for…

Rapid Fired caps 4 years with $4 pizzas

September 25, 2019

Today is Midwest-based chain, Rapid Fired Pizza's fourth birthday and the pizza pre-schooler is celebrating that fact with its customers by offering $…

La Boulangerie owners launch pizza concept

September 24, 2019

There's another limited-service pizza brand in the mix now that the two men who run fast casual brand La Boulangerie — Pascal Rigo and Nicolas Bernadi — have…

Pieology opens 3rd Mexican store

September 24, 2019

Pieology has opened another store in Mexico, this time at Anahuac University in Mexico City last week, continuing the brand's established goal to expand…

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…

Papa John's opens 1st Portuguese store

September 23, 2019

Papa John's International, Inc. has officially expanded into Portugal by opening a store in Lisbon's Amoreiras zone. The brand's master franchisee in the…

&pizza set to 'Zume' into new markets with mobile kitchens

September 19, 2019

D.C.-based brand 36-unit, &pizza, has paired up with Zume, Inc., to deploy Zume Forward Mobile Kitchens to expand in new markets, as well as to test…

Rapid Fired to fire up at University of Dayton

September 19, 2019

Rapid Fired Pizza will open a 3,300-square-foot location at the University of Dayton in Ohio this fall, a news release said. The Brown Street store will seat…

Rapid Fired Pizza Comes to UD District

Rapid Fired Pizza is proud to announce a brand new restaurant that will be opening this Fall.  The newest Rapid Fired Pizza will be located at 1200 Brown…

Grimaldi's names franchise development chief

September 18, 2019

Arizona-based, New York-style pizza brand, Grimaldi's Pizzeria, has named a packaging company CEO and multi-unit Cold Stone Creamery franchisee and area…

Pizza Inn, Pizza Inn Express opening 7 Midwest units

September 12, 2019

Pizza Inn is moving out, with an announcement this week that it will expand operations in southern Kansas and Northern Oklahoma through an area development…

Artichoke Basille's founders open 2nd Detroit-style pie brand location in NYC

September 11, 2019

Artichoke Basill's founders said this week they will open a second location of their Detroit-style pizza brand, Lions & Tigers & Squares (LTS for short…

Pizza brand openings from A(rtichoke Basille's) to Z(eek's)

September 4, 2019

Pizza brands nationwide are on the move with new openings, beginning with New York City brand, Artichoke Basille's, which will open its second Connecticut…

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…