Wheat surplus yields lower prices

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Gas prices and cheese prices are both down slightly.

Let's Pizza vending machine ready for U.S. debut

Machine creates fresh pizzas in 2.5 minutes.

Top That! Pizza's new Mexican Pizza features local ingredients

June 8, 2012

Fast casual pizza franchise Top That! Pizza is introducing a new El Pollo Chorizo Mexican Pizza for a limited time at all locations starting June 11. 

Yum! Brands to double Pizza Hut, KFC units in Thailand

June 8, 2012

Yum! Brands announced that it is planning on doubling its KFC and Pizza Hut footprints in Thailand to 1,000 by 2020.

The QR Code – A cheap, green, effective marketing tool for pizza operators

by Jennifer Wright — CFO, Ecovention, LLC

There is a plethora of websites that produce QR codes for URLs quickly, easily and at no cost.

Pizza Inn CEO steps down

June 7, 2012

Charlie Morrison has stepped down as CEO of Pizza Inn Holdings Inc., parent company of the Pizza Inn and Pie Five Pizza Co. concepts. He is pursuing another…

Papa John's part of location-based eGift card launch

June 7, 2012

Shopkick, a location-based shopping app that rewards shoppers simply for walking into stores and interacting with products, has selected Giftango as a key…

Slice: The Pizza Challenge event set for July

June 6, 2012

Slice: The Pizza Challenge will make its debut in Los Angeles July 28 and 29.

Mild winter lifts U.S. restaurant visits

June 6, 2012

Motivated by mild winter weather, consumers increased their visits to restaurants and other commercial foodservice outlets by 1 percent in the first quarter of…

Commentary: NYC restaurants have long fight ahead with soda ban proposal

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

One analyst estimates that 5 percent of McDonald's sales come from soft drinks.

All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten

by Marla Topliff — President, Rosati's Pizza

Learning an important marketing lesson at the age of 7.

Toppers Pizza eyes core markets for aggressive growth

June 4, 2012

Wisconsin-based Toppers Pizza plans to more than triple its footprint by the end of 2015. The 41-unit pizza chain is eyeing core markets such as Wisconsin, as…

Pizza Hut partners with author Jeff Kinney for Book It!

June 4, 2012

Book It!, a national reading incentive program sponsored by Pizza Hut, has announced that it has joined with author Jeff Kinney and his book series Diary of a…

Pizza companies take hit on Wall Street

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Gas prices continue to tumble.

CEO: Pie Five will 'change the way people think of pizza'

Pizza Inn's sister concept celebrates first anniversary as part of the growing fast casual space.

Restaurants serve up a path to success — Part 1

by Nate DaPore — President and CEO, PeopleMatter

Have you taken a look at the 2012 Restaurant Industry Forecast? If you don't have a copy, you'll want to get one. If you have a copy and haven't read it…

Tests detect little to no gluten in Domino's new crust

June 1, 2012

Inspired by recent controversy surrounding Domino's Pizza's new gluten-free crusts, CeliAct, producers of nutritional supplements for people with celiac…

Domino's awards annual supply partner

June 1, 2012

Domino's Pizza awarded Ready Pac Foods Inc. with its "Annual Supply Partner Award" on May 15 at the company's 2012 World Wide Rally in Las Vegas.

Pizza Hut targets Subway with P'Zolo launch

June 1, 2012

Pizza Hut has introduced three new P'Zolo sandwich offerings – Meat Trio, Buffalo Chicken and Italian Steak. The P'Zolos are served with ranch or marinara…

Menu labeling law: Preparation is key

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Experts predict final regulations will be issued in the fall.