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Giordano's food truck rolls out in Chicago
May 31, 2013
Giordano's Famous Stuffed Pizza announced that it is the first restaurant to receive a license from the City of Chicago to cook and sell deep dish pizza from a…
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Restaurant chains expected to raise prices later this year
May 31, 2013
A new study conducted by supply chain cooperative SpenDifference shows that chain restaurants are planning to raise menu prices later this year.
read nowDetroit Style Pizza debuts in Louisville
May 31, 2013
Louisville, Ky., home of Papa John's and Pizza Hut parent company Yum! Brands, now has a new kind of pizza — Detroit Style.
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Restaurant food safety tracking and tracing innovation
by Darrel Suderman — President, Food Technical Consulting
Litigation attorneys are coming after restaurant chains with increased expertise and sophistication; it would be wise to hire an outside food safety consultant.
read nowQSR worker strikes hit the West Coast
May 30, 2013
Seattle is the latest city to experience a quick-service employee strike. The citywide protest launched late Wednesday at a Ballard Taco Bell and has expanded…
read nowSbarro ready to debut fast casual concept: Pizza Cucinova
May 30, 2013
Columbus, Ohio, will be home to Sbarro's new fast casual concept, Pizza Cucinova. According to Columbus Business First, two units are planned in the market…
read nowTopper's Pizza to be featured on Food Network Canada
May 30, 2013
On June 24 at 10 p.m. EST, Topper's Pizza will be featured on Food Network Canada's "Giving You The Business," a new Canadian original series where an…
read nowReport predicts increasingly polarized value and premium food categories
May 30, 2013
Rabobank has published a new report identifying a new type of food consumer, the "hybrid consumer," which the bank says will polarize the food retail spectrum…
read nowBlaze Pizza paves way for Chicago, Miami development
May 30, 2013
Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza has signed an agreement with an affiliate of Levy Family Partners. This agreement paves the way for the development of 15 franchise…
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Green means go: Traffic light symbols might make menu labels more effective
by Betsy Craig — pres, menutrinfo.com
Diners who normally ignore numeric calorie information because they aren't sure how it affects them, or because they aren't aware of basic nutrition teachings…
read nowSbarro expanding Canadian footprint with 20-unit agreement
May 29, 2013
Sbarro has announced plans to open 20 eateries in Ontario, Canada. This the latest in a series of franchise agreements that have recently expanded Sbarro's…
read nowHotSchedules partners with talent management provider
May 29, 2013
HotSchedules, developers of mobile and Web-based employee scheduling, forecasting and paperless hiring solutions, announced a partnership with global talent…
read nowCalifornia Pizza Kitchen, PepsiCo in court over contract
May 29, 2013
California Pizza Kitchen recently terminated its purchase agreement for fountain drinks with PepsiCo. PepsiCo. then allegedly sent its confidential agreement…
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Restaurant leaders share best practices for employee engagement
by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com
Restaurants have incentivized and engaged their teams with everything from retreats to Facebook pages to ESOL programs.
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Gas prices temper before busy travel season
by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com
Wheat and cheese prices both fall.
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Attackers vs. defenders
by Ed Zimmerman — President, pizza.com
Boldness counts when going after your competition's business.
read nowPapa John's apologizes for racist voicemail, fires culprits
May 28, 2013
Papa John's promptly fired two of its Florida employees after a customer posted their inadvertent "butt dialed" voicemail filled with racial slurs.
read nowReport: Restaurant spending in Q1 increases
May 28, 2013
Visits to U.S. restaurants were stable in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the traffic gains encouraged by mild winter weather in the first quarter last…
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Restaurant brands pitch in for Oklahoma tornado relief
by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com
Chains have been handing out food to victims and first responders, as well as directing their social fan base to relief organizations.
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NRA Show '13: Energy-efficient equipment proves its ROI
by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com
Time-saving, energy-saving and data-mining are the big equipment stars this year.
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