Pizza Inn pins 60th birthday giveaways on loyalty, social media

January 16, 2018

Pizza Inn is celebrating its 60th birthday by hosting a year-long celebration with giveaways including a 1958 Ford Skyliner hardtop convertible for one of…

7 ways tech can ease managers' employee management efforts

Some forward-thinking brands are already using comprehensive workforce management solutions to automate time-consuming, error-prone efforts related to time and…

Domino's CEO leaves a chain reborn, flying high

January 10, 2018

Domino's President and CEO J. Patrick Doyle will step down in June from the top spot at a chain he led from its "cardboard crust" and "ketchup" sauce days to…

Nominations open through Jan. 31 for FastCasual Top 100 Movers & Shakers

January 4, 2018

The deadline to nominate brands is Jan. 31.

Your Pie makes a 'date' with sweet and salty

January 4, 2018

Your Pie is putting the sweet and salty flavors of dates and bacon front and center. A news release said that now through the end of February, diners may order…

Pie Five launches cauliflower crust LTO

January 3, 2018

Cauliflower is certainly having its moment and Pie Five is seizing that moment with a new cauliflower crust available until Feb. 11, a news release said. 

Pizza Hut kicks year off with half-off online orders

January 2, 2018

In homage to the annual emptying of the pockets many have just emerged from, Pizza Hut is kicking off the new year with a deal designed to open the floodgates…

Pie Five gets bigger ... pie-wise

December 21, 2017

Pie Five evidently knows that if there's anything better than a big ol' pizza pie, it's a bigger ol' pizza pie. The chain is now adding a larger, very…

What really rocks 'em in food-centric social media? These top 7 2017 campaigns give clues

From Wendy's to Coke, check out seven foodservice companies that won the internet this year.

Domino's makes big changes to international, marketing leadership

December 18, 2017

Domino's Pizza has promoted U.S. CMO Joe Jordan to executive vice president of international. He'll oversee the brand's leadership teams in Europe, the Middle…

A pizza social media manager's guide to 'taming the online beast'

Social media management may be this century's true school of hard knocks, but those who oversee this task at three fast casual brands had some great pointers…

A.Y. Technologies Partners with SpeedLine POS to Deliver Restaurant Ordering Mobile Apps

Local software developer A.Y. Technologies announced the launch of its mobile app development platform, Craver, for restaurants running SpeedLine pizza and…

Hungry Howie's stuffed crust LTO is 'heavy,' man

December 13, 2017

Hungry Howie’s Pizza has announced that it's now offering the "world’s first stuffed, flavored-crust pizza." The LTO, which will run through March 25, adds six…

World Heritage status for a pizza? It's done and the Neapolitan won

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

Two million Italians can't be wrong. That's how many people signed the petition to add their prized Neapolitan pizza to UNESCO's list of the world's cultural…

4 paths to data breach prevention

by Howard Finch — VP Sales, Ingenico

To prevent data breaches and strengthen payment security, restaurants should consider several key technologies on the market, including the latest developments…

Domino’s starts baby registry 9 months after wedding registry

November 29, 2017

Domino's is launching its own baby registry Wednesday, where parents-to-be can select pizza gifts before the sleepless nights begin. A news release said the…

Pieology CEO on the art of experimenting with live-action customer experience

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

Data drives today's restaurateur, and Pieology has taken that idea to a new and lively level at its R&D location in California.

Chuck E. Cheese: Where a parent can (finally) be a parent

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Fast Casual Editor Cherryh Cansler — aka Lincoln's mom — heads to the brand new Chuck E. Cheese in Kansas City to find things have really changed ... and for…

KFC Ad Director's Restaurant Franchising and Innovation keynote keys in on 'keepin' it fresh'

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Keeping marketing efforts of all kinds fresh for every age of consumer is critical to brand success, but not an easy thing to accomplish. This year's keynote…

Aloha-Monkey integration boosts catering, delivery, takeout

November 17, 2017

NCR Corp. has integrated MonkeyMedia Software for delivery with the NCR Aloha POS system. With the integrated system, orders are injected directly into Aloha…