Franchising News & Media
Pizza franchisors, meet your new competition - Jersey Mike's
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Pizza franchisors, heads up! Seems there is a new player in the pizza game —one that's eyeing pizza operators willing to venture into a little…
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Smokin' Oak Wood-Fired Pizza enters the Gateway to the West this summer
March 29, 2018
Smokin' Oak Wood-Fired Pizza will open a franchise unit in Greater St. Louis this summer with husband-and-wife team — Raj Singh and Khush Gill — at the helm.
read nowSquisito Pizza & Pasta opens 6th Maryland unit
March 28, 2018
Squisito Pizza & Pasta has opened another Maryland location, this one in Ellicott City as a corporate store owned and operated by Michele and Gennaro…
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Lessons learned about restaurant delivery from another kind of 'delivery experience'
by Noah Glass — CEO, Olo
The restaurant industry is in the midst of a massive $200 billion shift to digital that has become an business imperative for all players who truly want to…
read nowMidiCi 1st tenant in new Sarasota luxury development
March 28, 2018
MidiCi Neapolitan Restaurant has been announced as the first tenant in Sarasota, Florida's The Promenade, a news release said.
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Blaze 'brings it on home' for CEO Mizes in the Gateway City
March 8, 2018
In a real-life version of "hometown boy makes good," Blaze Pizza President and CEO Jim Mizes is getting his wish this Friday, March 9, when the fast-growing…
read nowPapa John's loses Peyton Manning as franchisee, keeps him as spokesman
March 8, 2018
Former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning will stay on as a Papa John's spokesman, but sold dozens of Denver metro chain stores two days before the…
read nowDomino's celebrates store No. 15K with $15K donation
March 6, 2018
According to Domino's CEO Patrick Doyle, the brand has opened "roughly three stores a day" for the past few years, leading to the opening on Wednesday of store…
read nowBlaze opens north LA county store
March 2, 2018
A Northeastern Los Angeles County community, Glendora, is home to the latest Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza.It opened March 1 on South Lone Hill Avenue, a news…
read nowBlaze reports 51 percent system-wide 2017 sales growth, adding nationwide delivery
February 27, 2018
Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza has grown phenomenally fast over the last year reporting an eye-popping 51 percent growth in system-wide 2017 sales to $279 million…
read nowBlaze opens in Chicago, New York and Michigan this week
February 26, 2018
Chicago, east-central Michigan and Upstate New York all get new Blaze franchises this week, beginning with a grand opening in the auto-centric city of Auburn…
read nowHungry Howie's opens 1st Lubbock, Texas, location
February 23, 2018
Hungry Howie's Pizza has opened its first Lubbock, Texas, store. The location is operated by franchisee Deep Singh, a veteran QSR manager who has 15 years of…
read nowArtichoke Basille's Pizza opens in Staten Island
February 22, 2018
New York City-based Artichoke Basille's Pizza is opening its first Staten Island location at Empire Outlets, New York City's only retail outlet center opening…
read nowPapa John's opens 1st Kyrgyzstan restaurant
February 21, 2018
Papa John's is continuing its push into central Asia with the Feb. 8 opening of a restaurant in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan — the chain's first location in that…
read nowDomino's misses mark on year-end financials
February 20, 2018
The world's top-selling pizza chain, Domino's, released its Q4 and FY17 financials this week showing that the brand aimed high and performed well but fell…
read nowBlaze opens 4th Research Triangle location
February 20, 2018
On Thursday, Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza will open its fourth store in North Carolina's Research Triangle, this one at McFarland Drive in Durham.
read nowUpscale 'Special Edition' rolls off Pizza Press in May
February 20, 2018
The Pizza Press will open an expanded prototype restaurant this May in Brea, California, dubbed The Pizza Press Special Edition. A news release said the new…
read nowPie Five opens Jersey store No. 2
February 19, 2018
Pie Five Pizza Co. is opening its second New Jersey location, this one in East Brunswick on NJ-18 in Summerhill Square. The store opens today, followed by an…
read nowPie Five Pizza franchise comes to New Jersey town
February 16, 2018
Pie Five Pizza Co. is opening its first East Brunswick restaurant on Monday, according to a press release. The New Jersey unit is at 603 NJ-18 in Summerhill…
read nowBlaze opens 3 in 3 cities on 1 day
February 14, 2018
Blaze is living up to its fiery name this week, blazing a trail across the U.S. to open three units in as many cities in a single day, Feb. 15. The openings…
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