Study: Restaurant brands going public can rake it in with 2-stage IPO

September 20, 2018

Restaurant leadership mulling over the process of taking brands public would do well to listen to some of the recent findings from a Florida Atlantic…

Pizza Rev powers up franchise team, adds incentive program

September 19, 2018

PizzaRev has beefed up its franchise development leadership with the hiring of Ed Yancey as franchising director and Brian Durkin as real estate strategist…

Blaze opens in Florida, Oklahoma, Illinois

September 18, 2018

Blaze PIzza announced three more openings this week in Florida, Oklahoma and Illinois. The Viera, Florida, location opening today on Citadel Way will have its…

Pizza, Pizza begins Vancouver expansion

September 18, 2018

Canadian pizza chain, Pizza Pizza, has opened a store in New Westminster, kicking off a planned expansion throughout Greater Vancouver in British Columbia. The…

Squisito back on the Eastern Shore

September 18, 2018

Squisito Pizza & Pasta has opened its fourth franchised location, this one in Queenstown, Maryland, under the leadership of franchisee, Martin Hernandez, a…

Russo's Dubai store No. 7 opening next month

September 17, 2018

Russo's New York Pizzeria will open its seventh location in Dubai this October with an open-kitchen design and pizza chef station. A news release said the…

Blaze opens in California, Georgia, Tennessee

September 13, 2018

Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza, named this week as the strongest pizza brand, according to the latest Harris Poll, is bringing its pies to at least three more…

NBA star, restaurateur open 800 Degrees luxe location in NYC

September 10, 2018

800 Degrees Woodfired Kitchen has opened at 1 East 33rd St., in New York City. Mario Zeniou, who formerly oversaw business at Estiatorio Milos in Midtown…

Mod Pizza Florida franchisee opens store No. 5

September 10, 2018

Mod Pizza's exclusive Florida franchisee, BBX Capital, opened its fifth store across from the University of Florida on Northwest 13th Street in Gainesville, a…

Happy 'middle age' Hungry Howie's

September 10, 2018

Hungry Howie's Pizza is celebrating its 45th anniversary this month, beginning today by offering customers large single-topping pizzas for 45 cents with the…

Refining the recipe: Leading a pizza legacy brand into its best future

Growing a legacy brand into a lasting future is never easy and always time- and personnel-intensive. In this blog, Mr. Gatti's President Michael Poates shares…

Blaze to open doors in Liberty, Missouri

September 5, 2018

Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza will open a 3,500-square-foot open kitchen Sept. 10 in Liberty, Missouri. The Stewart Road store will seat 90 patrons, a news release…

Pie Five thinks 2nd casino location a 'sure bet'

September 4, 2018

Pie Five Pizza opened its first Rhode Island location in the Tiverton Casino Hotel over the Labor Day weekend as a spot for casino-goers to take a break, a…

Pizza Inn franchisee gives candid look inside franchisee-franchisor relationship

Pizza Inn franchisee Daven Acker gives an unusually candid look at franchisee/franchisor relations.

2 pizza brands open in Chicago Midway Food Hall

August 28, 2018

Woodgrain Neapolitan Pizzeria and Pizza Vino are now part of Chicago Midway's newly opened food hall that also features 19 quick-service concepts offering…

Russo's 'slices' in to Pearland, Texas market

August 28, 2018

Russo's New York Pizzeria has opened its 47th location in Pearland, Texas, a news release said. This location is actually the first to give form to the brand's…

Papa John's opens 1st Kazakhstan location

August 28, 2018

Papa John's International may have trouble stateside these days, but the brand continues to expand in Central Asia, with the opening this week of its first…

Mountain Mike's Pizza opens in Moreno Valley

August 23, 2018

Mountain Mike's Pizza has opened a location in the Lakeside Plaza Shopping Center in Moreno Valley, California. The 2,585-square-foot restaurant features a…

Blaze opens a big one in Toronto's Entertainment District

August 21, 2018

Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza is opening a 3,100-square-foot store in Toronto today that features an open kitchen and seats 66. The store is on John Street in the…

Donatos ready to roll out 5 more in Raleigh

August 17, 2018

Donatos Pizza is looking to expand in Raleigh, North Carolina, five years after opening its Seaboard Avenue store in Oaks, a news release said. The company…