California Pizza Kitchen stores tap into customer intelligence platform

January 13, 2020

California Pizza Kitchen has tapped restaurant intelligence platform, Yumpingo, to bring real-time guest insights to the 240-plus unit brand, according to a…

Order ahead app Ritual launches in Germany, Hong Kong, Netherlands

October 14, 2019

Toronto's Ritual, an on-demand food pickup service, has expanded its international footprint by launching its mobile app in Germany, Hong Kong and the…

Coke, Omnivore launching restaurant digital marketplace covering apps to third-party delivery

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

June 25, 2019

Coca-Cola North America is making a big move into foodservice tech this fall when the company said it will launch a digital marketplace that can connect…

Bertucci's, Buca di Beppo partner with Slice app

June 21, 2019

Pizza-ordering app, Slice, has partnered with pizzeria chain's, Bertucci's Brick Oven Pizza & Pasta and Buca di Beppo, to make ordering items from those…

Mici noodles around with zucchini

June 20, 2019

Denver-based pizza and pasta brand, Mici Handcrafted Italian, is taking advantage of that tubular green harvest of summer, the zucchini, by using it in…

Mellow Mushroom getting 'more mellow'

May 7, 2019

Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers has signed a deal with the marketing agency, Levelwing, to lead its digital strategy, which includes media buying, SEO, creative…

Mod Pizza launches rewards plan with nonprofit donation option

March 8, 2019

Mod Pizza launched a new app-based loyalty program that gives customers the option of taking points for free food or paying rewards forward to trigger a…

CPK revamps, improves rewards program

January 24, 2019

California Pizza Kitchen today said it will launch an enhanced rewards program on Jan. 29 featuring more rewards, including free entrées, early access to new…

Pizza Inn puts a little "Philly" in its pies

January 4, 2019

Pizza Inn has introduced a Philly Cheesesteak Pizza as an addition to its All Day Buffet, a news release said. The new offering includes steak, onions, green…

Papa John's new rewards program gives point-per-dollar spent

December 10, 2018

Papa John's has announced a rewards program the brand said awards points five times faster than it has with previous programs. Papa Rewards converts rewards…

Donatos Pizza rewards program goes systemwide

October 23, 2018

Donatos Pizza rolled out its new Pizza Love Rewards this week, in which customers can earn their tenth pizza free, along with reward points with purchase and…

Free webinar puts Dunkin's DD Perks through loyalty litmus test

October 19, 2018

For loyalty and customer engagement software provider, Paytronix, there's a kind of four-part litmus test that great brand loyalty programs must pass: program…

Dunkin' Donuts' loyalty program dissected during free webinar

September 25, 2018

When it comes to loyalty programs, Dunkin' Donuts and its DD Perks rewards platform check just about all the boxes. And to help other brands learn from the…

Little Caesars masters pizza without the people interface

September 24, 2018

Little Caesars has installed a proprietary Pizza Portal pickup, which offers a heated, self-service mobile order pickup station for customers, in nearly all of…

Restaurant Revolution/Thanx partnership powers mobile engagement

September 13, 2018

Restaurant Revolution Technologies Inc. recently announced a partnership with Thanx Inc., which helps restaurants and retailers drive incremental revenue…

Pizza Hut performance drags down Yum China Q2 results

August 2, 2018

Yum China reported an overall 1 percent dip in same-store sales for the company during Q2 2018, stemming from a hefty 4-percent drop in its Pizza Hut brand's…

Hungry Howie's wraps 8 years same-store sales growth

May 3, 2018

Hungry Howie's Pizza said it has racked up eight years of consecutive same-store sales growth after wrapping up its 2017 financials, which indicated that the…

Domino's entices loyalty membership with mobile game

April 2, 2018

Domino's has introduced a mobile-based game that rewards winners with free pizza as part of its claim that is the "first and only" national pizza…

Punchh adds 9 new brands to now reach 20M total customers

February 23, 2018

Cloud-based engagement and loyalty platform Punchh has signed on nine new brands to its Punchh Restaurant Marketing Cloud. Among them are Fazoli's, Norms…

Give up coffee for a year? Yes, said 33 percent, for a year's free pizza

October 10, 2017

California Pizza Kitchen commissioned a national Harris Poll asking nearly 2,300 Americans that eternal question: