Pizza Hut franchisee closes acquisition of 13 more Wendy's

July 30, 2013

A week after completing its acquisition of 24 Wendy's restaurants, Pizza Hut's largest franchisee NPC International has closed on 13 more units.

Wheat prices fall to lowest level since May '12

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Predictions of a 5-year-peak fall short at the gas pump, as prices drop from last week.

Truly Organic Pizza's second location planned for Florida Gulf Coast campus

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

July 29, 2013

Truly Organic Pizza is set to open its second location by Aug. 19 on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Fla.

Fast Casual Executive Summit's early bird pricing ending July 31

July 26, 2013

CEOS and other top executives from the fast casual segment will meet in New Orleans to discuss the industry's top strategic issues.

Restaurant workers plan wage protests in seven cities

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Thousands of minimum-wage employees, most of them in the limited-service restaurant industry, are planning to walk off their jobs next week in what is being…

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…

Number 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…

CiCi'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.

Pie 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.

Groupon 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…

Kitchen 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…

NRA, 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…

Toppers 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…

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.

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.

NRA 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…

Pizza 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…

Gas prices barreling toward 5-year high

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Wheat prices fall to new 2013 low.

Pizza 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.

Fresh Brothers makes Hollywood debut

July 19, 2013

Fresh Brothers opened its newest unit this week in Hollywood, at 1923 North Bronson.