Commodities: Thanksgiving comes early for pizza brands in stock trading

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

As the U.S. day of giving thanks approaches, pizza brands got plenty to be thankful for last week when investors showed all four brands monitored by this site…

Coconut Kenny’s Restaurant Group Selects SpeedLine POS for Expansion

Coconut Kenny’s has selected SpeedLine point of sale as the exclusive POS technology partner for its Northern Washington based-pizza and sandwich restaurant…

Too big, too small, no traffic at all: Top tips to end that lease

Terminating your store's lease is naturally not something landlords view favorably, since an empty unit never generates any income, but sometimes it has to be…

Commodities: Fuel prices fire up, most stocks slide down

Fuel continued to push up in value, while most pizza brands tracked on this site trended down.

Papa John's CIO promoted to key new role, 4 others named to leadership posts

October 15, 2018

Papa John's International Inc. has put in place a new organizational structure that the brand said is consistent with the strategy laid out earlier this year…

Making data make your pizza brand unlock customers' hearts

by Robert Whitehead — Director Retail & Hospitality Technology, Softtek Integrations

Though the basic dynamics of the dining experience are pretty much the same as they've always been, any competitive pizza brand today knows data is the…

How well protected is your POS-connected tech?

With the rapid addition of internet-connected technologies that touch the same network as the point-of-sale system, new opportunities for credit card data…

Oracle Food and Beverage teams with Omnivore for POS solutions

October 3, 2018

Oracle Food and Beverage, a provider of hardware and software solutions for foodservice operators, has partnered with Omnivore, a point-of-of sale connection…

Hughes introduces firewall solution for small and medium-size businesses

October 3, 2018

Hughes Network Systems LLC, an EchoStar company, has introduced HughesOn Secure Connectivity Services, a network solution for small and medium-size businesses…

'5 more pints a keg': Speedline partnership holds big potential savings for pizza brands

October 3, 2018

Data insights and consumer engagement company, BeerBoard, has partnered with pizza POS provider, SpeedLine, to give pizza brands better efficiency and more…

SpeedLine and BeerBoard Partner to Deliver Advanced POS Capabilities to Pizza Restaurants

BeerBoard, the leader in real-time data, insights and consumer engagement for the hospitality industry, has partnered with SpeedLine, the leading provider of…

Compeat, Ctuit users now have PlateIQ automated AP tools

October 2, 2018

Restaurant managing software company, Compeat, is partnering with AP automation concern, Plate IQ, to give Compeat and Ctuit use of Plate IQ's tools to manage…

Commodities: Investors do a U-turn from last week in favored brands

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

The tables turned this week in pizza stock trading as investors shifted their confidence in Papa John's from a week earlier to the three other publicly traded…

Commodities: Down, down, down ... unless you're Papa John's

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

Pizza operators got a break from most commodity prices last week, which turns out to be a particularly good thing since three of the four brands monitored here…

Commodities: Changes ahead?

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

Changing weather, politics and consumer demand could foreshadow equally changing commodity and stock prices in the weeks ahead. This week though values for…

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…

Refining the recipe: Leading a pizza legacy brand into its best future

Growing a legacy brand into a lasting future is never easy and always time- and personnel-intensive. In this blog, Mr. Gatti's President Michael Poates shares…

Commodities: The cheese stands alone ... its higher prices week's only down news

Commodity and stock prices gave pizza restaurateurs a very nice Labor Day send-off last week — the unofficial end of summer in the U.S.

Commodities: The 'dog days of summer' toss pizza operators a bone

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

The end-of-summer weather may be sweltering, but pizza operators had little to sweat last week.

Pizza profit-finder: What's hiding in your distributor invoices?

by Andrew Rosenbloom — Director of Marketing, Consolidated Concepts

Is your chain leaving money on the table in for form of mistakes, misquotes and other mishaps that could be discovered and recovered through an analysis of…