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…

Oggi's now only pizza brand at San Diego University's stadium

September 21, 2018

Oggi's Sports, Brewhouse Pizza has now partnered with San Diego County Credit Union Stadium to be the only pizza available at the stadium. The brand's pie …

Papa 'Alaura/Brent/Dougie's' new commercial takes emphasis off of 'John'

In a new 30-second video commercial, Papa John's puts the focus on just about everyone involved in the company except its founder, the embattled and all but…

Does your website throw up hurdles for disabled customers?

California employment litigation attorney, Brian E. Cole II sees website accessability lawsuits soaring, and pizza brands are certainly not immune. In this…

Domino's peps up Pepperoni Day with promo

September 17, 2018

As surely all pizza operators know, Thursday, Sept. 20, is National Pepperoni Pizza Day, and Domino's is promoting a special to cash in on the marketing…

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…

Making your pizza pack 'em in this pro football season

by Andrew Rosenbloom — Director of Marketing, Consolidated Concepts

Pro football season is off and running and pizza is usually not far behind. But pizza purveyors without a plan for capitalizing on all that potential business…

Poll: Customers love Blaze, Chick-fil-A, Taco Bell, Krispy Kreme

September 12, 2018

The 30th annual Harris Poll's EquiTrend Study around the strongest U.S. brands this year dubs a handful of restaurant brands as being closest to Americans…

Boston's gets 'Appy' with weekday customers

September 7, 2018

Boston's Pizza Restaurant and Sports Bar is apt to haul in higher happy hour tabs and bigger weeknight crowds, with its new weekday "Appy Hour" offerings, a…

Your Pie 'da dips' into new revenue stream with retail product

September 6, 2018

Your Pie is opening another revenue stream by selling 12-ounce bottles of ranch dipping sauce in retail stores. A news release said the dressing is available…

Pizza Hut offers contests, apps, discounts to kick off NFL sponsorship

September 5, 2018

Pizza Hut is pulling out all the stops for its premier year as Official Pizza Sponsor of the NFL, beginning with a new digital platform within Hut Rewards…

Protecting restaurant mobile apps & mobile ordering from fraud

Host Will Hernandez discusses protecting mobile apps and mobile ordering services from fraud, with Kount VP of Marketing, Don Bush. Will also chats with Judy…

Papa John's bitter battle over the brand intensifies with leadership's statement

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

Papa John's corporate leadership Wednesday night released a blistering statement that repeatedly calls out the chain's founder for mistruths, misdeeds and…

No Kid Hungry spreads awareness

August 29, 2018

No Kid Hungry, a national campaign to end childhood hunger in America, is coming together with more than 15,000 restaurants and their guests to help the one in…

Domino's extends pothole program after 137,000-plus requests

August 29, 2018

Domino's is expanding its Paving for Pizza program after having been steamrolled over by the pleas of more than 137,000 Americans across 15,275 zip codes in 5…

Report: Consumers using 'near me' searches on smartphones to choose restaurants

August 28, 2018

Google "near me" searches are up 200 percent, according to an Uberall report that surveyed more than 1,000 smartphone users across the US to understand their…

Restaurants and Gen Z: 'And now for something completely different'

Just about the time restaurateurs were getting millennials' buying behaviors down, the next wave of consumers has crashed onto the restaurant shores. Welcome…

Pizza Hut partners with Rams, Chargers

August 24, 2018

Pizza Hut has added the Los Angeles Chargers and Rams to its roster of local team partnerships for the 2018 NFL season, a news release said.  

Papa John's founder launches own ad campaign

Papa John's founder John Schnatter launched his own ad campaign this week to take another "go" at wrestling the company he founded away from its current…

Pizza biz revenue-redoubling plan: Office networks

Lest anyone doubt it, even the top brass of the biggest companies like a great pizza for lunch now and then. That could mean a great new source of revenue for…