Franchising News & Media
Blaze opens 10th New York store
April 24, 2018
Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza is opening a location Thursday in Vestal, New York — the brand's 10th Empire State restaurant. The 2,600-square-foot open kitchen store…
read nowQSR pizza brand opens in Philly airport with breakfast
April 24, 2018
QSR pizza brand, Piattino Oven Fired Pizza, has opened at the Philadelphia International Airport. The brand offers build-your-own and composed pizza options…
read nowPapa Murphy's refranchises all Colorado stores
April 20, 2018
Papa Murphy's is refranchising its 28 Colorado company-owned stores to Fresh Take LLC — owned by Ryan McCallister, Tyler Ross and Brad Seymore — as part of its…
read nowBlaze opens in Azusa, California
April 19, 2018
Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza has moved into a 2,700-square-foot location in Azusa, California, on Alosta Avenue, a news release said. The Citrus Crossing store has…
read nowYour Pie expects to be open in 10 new markets 1st half of 2018
April 17, 2018
After breaking into three new markets in Q1 this year, Your Pie leadership said the10-year-old chain expects to add another five cities in Q2, which ends June…
read nowKotipizza sees record-breaking sales in March
April 10, 2018
Total sales for restaurants in the Kotipizza chain, part of Kotipizza Group Oyj, grew 19.4 percent in March 2018 compared with the year before. Same-store…
read nowSkinnyPizza squeezes into Connecticut
April 9, 2018
SkinnyPizza, a New York City-based chain that specializes in serving a healthier version of traditional New York-style pizza, is opening its first Connecticut…
read nowWhat pizza restaurateurs should know about frozen pie market
April 5, 2018
The popularity of retail pizza chains is helping frozen pizza sales, according to a new report from Allied Market Research. The study, which investigated the…
read nowBlaze opens in Fountain Valley, California
April 5, 2018
Blaze is opening a locally owned and operated Fountain Valley, California, store today on Brookhurst Street in the Shoppes at Fountain Valley. The…
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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…
read nowSmokin' 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…
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