15 minutes with Uno Chicago Grill's Rick Hendrie

Uno marketing SVP Hendrie reveals the brand's new limited service strategies, retail solutions and the real reason behind its Chapter 11 filing.

UK government pushes for voluntary menu labeling

September 26, 2010

Europe may chastise Americans for their wealth of fast food options, but it is also taking a cue from menu labeling laws soon to be enacted in the States. The…

Bosco's Pizza creates innovative wellness program

September 22, 2010

Bosco's Pizza Co. has deployed a holistic, trackable wellness program for its employees. The program, hatched with Wellco Corp., also helps save money at…

Leach: "How we made a healthier pizza"

In the second part of his series, Naked Pizza's Jeff Leach describes how his chain defines a healthier pizza, without going organic. 

Philadelphia restaurant workers get insurance break

September 20, 2010

More than 500,000 Pennsylvania restaurant workers will soon have access to health insurance and related products and services through a new private health…

Leach: An organic Oreo cookie is still an Oreo cookie

by Jeff Leach — cofounder, naked pizza

Naked Pizza's co-founder on why organic is not necessarily healthier for you.

Yum! Brands ahead of hunger relief goal

September 19, 2010

Yum! Brands, parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver's, A&W and Taco Bell, has announced that it's on track to beat its hunger relief…

FDA to restrict antibiotic use at meat farms

September 14, 2010

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to weigh in on the national debate over the healthfulness of growth and other antibiotics that are given to…

Slideshow: Peek inside Naked Pizza's second franchised store

On the eve of their second franchise opening, in Pizza Chain, USA (Louisville, Ky.), Naked Pizza debuted its systemwide store prototype for the second time to…

Daily Beast lists '30 Deadliest Pizza Slices'

September 12, 2010

Big Pizza has gotten another pie to the face for allegedly slinging nutritionally poor product. News and blog site The Daily Beast has revealed its ranking of…

American Express teams with NRA for market, health intel

September 9, 2010

The National Restaurant Association has announced the launch of an online resource from its partner Healthy Dining, "Restaurant Nutrition: News & Insights…

Bob Evans goes after pizza delivery with ‘Meals to Go’

September 6, 2010

Casual restaurant Bob Evans has a new message and promo for back-to-school: it's takeout is healthier than that of pizzerias. The company is now using the tag…

Naked Pizza opens in Louisville, challenges "Papa" John Schnatter

August 31, 2010

New Orleans-based better-for-you pizza chain Naked Pizza recently opened its first franchised location in South Beach. Now Louisville, Ky., will be the next…

Rummer: Burger King, stick to your core competency

By Jason Rummer

First NakedPizza franchise opens in Miami

August 25, 2010

After months of announcing and planning franchised locations around the nation and even in Dubai, New Orleans-based NakedPizza has announced the debut of its…

Restaurants get extension for menu labeling compliance

August 24, 2010

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given restaurants more time to comply with new healthcare stipulations that require calorie and nutritional…

Denver, Las Vegas, and D.C. “get naked”

August 11, 2010

NakedPizza has awarded area development contracts to experienced multiunit operators in the Denver, Las Vegas, Washington D.C., and Salt Lake City…

China QSRs jump on menu labeling bandwagon

July 26, 2010

In keeping with the latest theme of menu labeling, a handful of quick-service restaurants in China have joined a campaign to label nutritional information on…

British QSRs abandon call to display calorie counts

July 25, 2010

Britain's Food Standards Agency's trial to print calorie counts next to items at quick-service restaurants has been a bit of a bust thus far.

'Healthy' menu items have grown 65 percent in last year

Last month's recommendations from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) confirmed what Mintel’s research and consumers have already been suggesting…