Operations News & Media
Are your interview questions breaking the law?
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
A pair of legal experts summarize what employers can and cannot ask job applicants, along with other changes related to employer/employee relations.
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Ask and ye shall receive: Tapping into the game-changing power of ALL employees' ideas
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Does your brand's leadership work to pull solutions to business problems from all employees? If not, you're bypassing your restaurant's biggest and best source…
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How Yelp uses customer data to help restaurants
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
As more guests use social media to share their dining experiences, companies such as Yelp — which began as a restaurant review site but has expanded into a…
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American Express gets in the restaurant CRM business with purchase of Resy
May 16, 2019
American Express has entered an agreement to buy Resy, a digital restaurant reservations booking and management platform.
read nowToast introduces payroll and management solution
May 15, 2019
Toast Inc., a restaurant management platform, has introduced Toast Payroll & Team Management, a solution that simplifies payroll and employee management…
read nowPie Five struggles as Pizza Inn posts solid Q3
May 8, 2019
Rave Restaurant Group Inc. reported a mixed bag of Q3 financial results for its two brands, Pie Five and Pizza Inn. Although combined, company revenue…
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Domino's, Papa John's stocks tick up, possible good news en route for gas prices
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
While stock values on the big brands played out their drama on the trading floor last week, crude production soared to levels not seen in nearly two years…
read nowNation's 5th biggest restaurant operator shifts payroll, other key functions to cloud
May 1, 2019
The world's biggest Pizza Hut and Wendy's franchisee, NPC International, is rolling out a new digital multi-function payroll and HR management program that…
read nowDomino's tests GPS to accurately answer, 'Where's my pizza?'
April 29, 2019
Domino's began testing GPS driver tracking Monday in 27 corporate-owned stores throughout Phoenix. The company said in a news release that customers around…
read nowParTech partners with Altametrics on POS software
April 25, 2019
ParTech Inc., a POS solution provider, is partnering with Altametrics and Hubworks, which provide cloud-based entreprise restaurant systems and software.
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How pizza brands can get their slice of post-Amazon Effect action
by Ray Reddy — CEO and Co-Founder, Ritual
The so-called "Amazon Effect" has changed the game for restaurateurs and pizza brands are no exception. What can be done to stay competitive in a faster…
read nowLeveraging POS Technology to Improve Restaurant Communication
With all the issues a restaurant manager needs to deal with over the course of the day, communication can fall by the wayside. Here are a few tips to help keep…
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Papa Murphy's stock soars post-acquisition announcement
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The stock value for Papa Murphy's soared up to late 2017 levels last week after Wall Street learned of the chain's pending $190 million acquisition with MTY…
read nowRestaurants to add 1.6M jobs by 2029
April 8, 2019
The restaurant industry will add 1.6 million restaurant jobs by 2029, and sales should hit $863 billion by the end of this year, according to the National…
read nowTyme Commerce debuts AI-driven food platform
April 1, 2019
San Francisco startup, Tyme Commerce, is debuting an end-to-end AI-driven food platform that promises to expand options and markets for food entrepreneurs.
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Commodity prices up, stock values down: Spring starts on sour note for most pizza brands
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The first week of spring brought higher prices for all the basic pizza commodities and — aside from Papa John's — lower stock values for the brands monitored…
read nowProcessing Payments at the Door: How to Increase Credit Card Security
In today’s world, restaurant operators face the challenge of providing customers with the payment options they want, while still keeping costs under control.
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download nowLeveraging Analytics to Improve Restaurant Operations
Restaurant operators have a firehose of data they can drink from to improve operations. The challenge is to make sense of the flood.
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3 brand leaders on the good, the bad, the ugly of third-party delivery
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Love it or hate it, third-party delivery is likely here to stay. At this week's Restaurant Franchising & Innovation Summit in Louisville, three restaurant…
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Domino's suffers another down week on NYSE
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Papa John's, Papa Murphy's and Pizza Hut all posted nice gains in value in stock trading last week, while Domino's continued to fizzle for another week.
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