Operations News & Media
Blaze Pizza signs agreements for 4 more markets
July 25, 2013
Blaze Pizza, a fast casual, build-your-own pizza concept, has signed agreements with four separate franchise groups to develop a total of 31 restaurant…
read nowNumber of restaurant operators seeking capital jumps 40% since 2012
July 25, 2013
Thirty-nine percent more restaurant owners have sought capital for their businesses this year compared to last year, according to a new analysis from Capital…
read nowCiCi's Pizza CEO announces retirement
July 24, 2013
CiCi's Pizza has announced the retirement of CEO Mike Shumsky after a 30-plus year career serving the restaurant industry.
read nowPie Five Pizza adds Baltimore to portfolio
July 24, 2013
For the second time this month, a Five Guys franchisee has signed on to expand the Pie Five Pizza Co. brand.
read nowGroupon expands free Breadcrumb POS app
July 24, 2013
Groupon has announced additions to its free Breadcrumb POS iPad point-of-sale app to provide the most popular types of local businesses with a pre-built…
read nowKitchen Brains, NEC to marry POS, production process
July 24, 2013
Kitchen Brains, a provider of integrated, end-to-end, wireless M2M networking solutions and SaaS applications, today announced a partnership with NEC…
read nowNRA, IFA join Coalition for Fair Effective Tax Rates
July 24, 2013
The National Restaurant Association and International Franchise Association announced Tuesday that they have joined a new group called the Coalition for Fair…
read nowToppers CEO: Big pizza chains have lost identity, brand connection
July 24, 2013
Wisconsin-based Toppers Pizza reported a 7.7 percent same-store sales increase in the second quarter. This comes on the heels of its 13.59 percent increase…
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Consumers responding favorably to Domino's technology investments
by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com
The company achieved nearly 7 percent same-store sales growth without any product introductions during the quarter.
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The hourglass consumer
by Ed Zimmerman — President, pizza.com
As the middle class is squeezed, those operators that serve them will find their customer counts slipping.
read nowNRA member testifies before Congress over Health Care Law challenges
July 23, 2013
Testifying on behalf of the National Restaurant Association today, Jamie Richardson of White Castle System Inc. called on Congress to address challenges facing…
read nowPizza Hut franchisee closes acquisition of 24 Wendy's restaurants
July 23, 2013
NPC International Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of 22 Wendy's restaurants for $9.3 million, plus amounts for working capital and initial…
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Gas prices barreling toward 5-year high
by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com
Wheat prices fall to new 2013 low.
read nowPizza Hut joins network to increase corporate traffic
July 19, 2013
Pizza Hut Inc. has joined the network of preferred restaurants in the business-to-business (B2B) marketing channel of Dinova LLC, Atlanta.
read nowFresh Brothers makes Hollywood debut
July 19, 2013
Fresh Brothers opened its newest unit this week in Hollywood, at 1923 North Bronson.
read nowPieology chooses Revention POS for expansion
July 19, 2013
California-based pizza concept Pieology first opened in 2011 and now includes three stores. The brand has plans for as many as six more locations in the near…
read nowFoodler jumps into corporate food delivery space
July 18, 2013
Foodler, an online food ordering service, has announced its new corporate food delivery program, Foodler @Work. The service, which is targeted to the corporate…
read nowRevention releases new version of remote management solution
July 18, 2013
Revention has released a new version of its R-Enterprise Remote Management Solution to help restaurant owners mine real-time information to more efficiently…
read nowHunt Brothers Pizza hits 7,000-unit milestone
July 17, 2013
Hunt Brothers Pizza is celebrating its 7,000th retail location with the addition of the Shamrock Gas and Go in Pottsboro, Texas, to its portfolio.
read nowMellow Mushroom plans two openings this month
July 17, 2013
Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers announced it will open July 22 in Herndon, Va., about 20 miles from Downtown Washington, D.C.
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