Restaurants 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…

Tyme 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.

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…

Processing 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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Leveraging 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…

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.

Putting the brakes on pizza lease problems before they start

It's not just "what you don't know" that can hurt a pizza operator in a leasing arrangement, but also what you don't anticipate. Here, the two men behind "The…

Restaurant leaders to reveal how they increased traffic, sales via technology

C-level executives from more than 30 brands, including Papa John's, Chick-Fil-A, CKE, Dippin' Dots, Captain D's and Mongolian Concepts, will share stories and…

Traders give Papa John's, cheese producers most Valentine's Week 'love'

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

Love -- in the form of investor dollars -- was most plentiful during the last Valentine's Week for one turmoil-embroiled pizza brand, as well as many of the…

Papa John's CEO: John Schnatter still 'believes in the core values of the brand'

February 6, 2019

Proof that cash may mend wounds comes this week by way of Papa John's CEO Steve Ritchie —  who just days after the announcement that the brand would get a $20…

Is your supply chain management system really 'app' to the job?

by Andrew Rosenbloom — Director of Marketing, Consolidated Concepts

Inventory and problem-spotting as you go, massive time and money savings, and just maybe a restaurant staff mood-improving makeover: These are some of the…

Smashburger franchisee to reveal how mobile marketing led to increased sales

January 29, 2019

Standing out and attracting a greater share of customers is a never-ending challenge for all QSR and fast casual restaurants. And a couple of circumstances — a…

In the run-up to Super (pizza) Bowl, commodity winners, losers emerge

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

The winners and losers were evident in the commodities report this week, as it was split right down the middle. Half the brands watched here weekly gained…

Commodities: Rising stock values, falling commodity prices help operators fight 2.8 percent cost-of-living increase

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

It's costing nearly 3 percent more to live in the U.S. this year than last, according to the Consumer Price Index cost-of-living adjustment for 2019, but the…

Blind can't access Domino's online, court rules that has to change

January 17, 2019

The world's largest pizza chain is in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act because its website cannot be read by screen-reading software for the…

Mod Pizza snags Chipotle's former marketing director

January 16, 2019

Mod Pizza has appointed Chipotle's former executive director of marketing as its CMO. Mark Shambura will lead the Seattle-based fast casual's marketing…

Commodities: National Pizza Week starts off on high note for most brands

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

It's National Pizza Week! But even better than that, it's National Pizza Week with lower prices on most of the essentials pizza brands use in-restaurant daily…

Taco Bell HR leader on making your restaurant an employee magnet

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

Taco Bell's VP of People and Experience discusses the brand's multi-faceted approach to pulling in great employees in a tight labor market.

Your Pie franchisee: What you do for your team, pays off with your guests

Despite the tough labor market, Georgia Your Pie franchisee, Ross Bradley, urges operators to continue to invest in their teams, just as they would in their…