Pizza Hut counts the days with $10 Tastemaker-calendar deal

September 9, 2020

Pizza Hut is literally counting the ways customers can combine its 17 toppings through a $10 "Tastemaker" deal, featuring three toppings on a large pie, a news…

Restaurant chain transaction decline on healthier track

August 26, 2020

Customer transaction declines at major restaurant chains improved in the week ending August 16, moving into single digits after 21 weeks of double-digit…

Optimize Technology to Deliver Better Customer Loyalty & Engagement

When it comes to driving loyalty and increasing profitability through customer relationships, here are four technology-driven tactics imperative to a…

Pizza Hut launching classroom antiracism resources

August 19, 2020

Pizza Hut and First Book — a nonprofit providing educational resources and essentials to educators serving children in need — are launching the "Empowering…

DoorDash, NBA partner to promote Black-owned restaurants

August 17, 2020

DoorDash and the National Basketball Association have signed a multiyear marketing partnership to make the third-party delivery platform the official delivery…

Your Pie does hot chicken 'pizza-style'

August 17, 2020

Your Pie is getting in on the hot chicken craze with an LTO pumped full of spice and hot peppers. The Chicken Al Pastor pizza features house-made…

Pizza Hut tempting value customers with 'double it' box

August 10, 2020

Pizza Hut is hoping to entice customers with large families and appetites with the Double It Box, a pair of medium-sized, one-topping pizzas in a single box…

Domino's promotes brand officer to CMO

August 3, 2020

Domino's Pizza Inc. has promoted its chief brand and innovation officer, Art D'Elia, to CMO, where he'll oversee global marketing for the Ann Arbor…

Fired Pie selling branded masks

July 29, 2020

Arizona-based Fired Pie is selling branded masks to customers for $4 at all 21 locations, and customers wearing them may receive $1 off their purchase each…

NRA: 'Second wave of closings hinders recovery efforts'

July 27, 2020

The National Restaurant Association wants all U.S. governors and mayors to know the restaurant industry has maintained an "unwavering commitment to customer…

4 ways loyalty programs can drive digital engagement

These days, if retailers aren’t leveraging loyalty programs to connect with their hard-won customers, they’re missing out on opportunities to boost much-needed…

Maryland-based pizza chain names CMO

July 9, 2020

Maryland-based Ledo Pizza has promoted Will Robinson to CMO. He was previously vice president of marketing, a news release said.

Fast food brands finish in top third for brand intimacy

July 8, 2020

The fast food industry ranked sixth out of 15 industries analyzed in the largest study of business brands based on emotions and intimacy levels.

With patent in hand, Mici 'presses' forward with national franchising

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

Don't tell the restaurateurs behind Mici Handcrafted Italian this might be an inopportune time to launch a franchise nationally. They'll just tell you why the…

Discover commits $5M to support Black-owned restaurants

July 6, 2020

Discover Financial Services has committed $5 million to provide assistance to Black-owned restaurants in the U.S. in the form of $25,000 grants for…

Papa John's building Shaq into brand via super-sized 'Shaq-a-Roni' pie

June 29, 2020

Papa John's has launched the Shaq-a-Roni pizza in collaboration with board member, restaurant owner and former pro-basketball standout, Shaquille O'Neal. Papa…

Fired Pie celebrates 7 years in July

June 23, 2020

Fired Pie is celebrating its seventh birthday this July by offering a deal for customers at its 21 Phoenix-area locations, a news release said.

&pizza COO breaks down the business-building power of activism

On the unofficial national holiday of Juneteenth — commemorating the proclamation of the freeing of slaves in Texas, final remaining U.S. state to do so —  the…

[ON-DEMAND WEBINAR]: How Mid-Market Restaurateurs are Hyper-Focused on Digital Channels for Future Growth

With many fast-casual restaurant concepts having successfully pivoted to off-premise, the desire to re-open the doors to diners may come with hesitation.

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Donato's names former Edible, Auntie Anne's exec as marketing chief

June 17, 2020

Former Edible Brands, Auntie Anne's and Pizza Hut marketing executive Carol Pasquariello is taking over as Donatos Pizza's senior vice president of Marketing…