Operations News & Media

Fuoco di Napoli launches online ordering, pizza school

January 17, 2012

Atlanta's Fuoco di Napoli (the fire of Naples), which opened Dec. 5 in the Buckhead neighborhood, has added online ordering and will launch a customer loyalty…

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Pizza Pizza launches Buffalo wings in time for the Super Bowl

January 17, 2012

Toronto-based Pizza Pizza is preparing for one of its busiest days of the year by adding new Buffalo-style items to the menu.

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Boston's launches gluten-free dessert for St. Jude's fundraiser

January 17, 2012

Dallas-based Boston's Restaurant & Sports Bar has launched its annual Boston's Cares fundraising campaign. Boston's is partnering with St. Jude Children's…

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Goodfella's launches Pizza School of New York

January 16, 2012

Goodfella's of Staten Island has announced the launch of its new website and the Pizza School of New York.

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Restaurant industry's 2012 trends shaped by demographics, nutrition

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

NPD Group's research also expects retail competition to increase and commodity prices to affect menu offerings.

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A lesson in loyalty

by Janet Eden-Harris — CMO & SVP Strategy, Market Force

Recession or not, the restaurant industry is here and growing. Consumers spend a huge percentage of their food budgets on eating out at restaurants, and…

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Analysts predict $4 gas by spring

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Yum! Brands reaches another 52-week high.

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Russo's New York Pizzeria ready for expansion

January 15, 2012

Houston-based Russo's New York Pizzeria and Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen have implemented plans for further expand throughout the south. The brands will…

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(Super) Bowling for dollars

by Marla Topliff — President, Rosati's Pizza

Your Super Bowl marketing plan should include themes, deals and even catering.

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NRA accepting nominations for inaugural Operator Innovations Awards

January 12, 2012

The National Restaurant Association is calling for nominations for its inaugural Operator Innovations Awards.

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Fuel Pizza expands beyond the Carolinas

January 12, 2012

Fuel Pizza, which has 11 units in North and South Carolina, is set to open its first Washington, D.C., location next week.

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Screening your background screener

by Amanda Richardson — Senior Vice President of Product and Marketing, Snagajob

If your application process takes too long, it could repel top talent, leading to bad hires, high turnover and lost profits.

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Chuck E. Cheese's names new agency of record

January 11, 2012

CEC Entertainment Inc., parent company of Chuck E. Cheese's, has named Dallas-based The Richards Group as its new agency of record.

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Uno's to provide Super Bowl pizzas to the troops

January 10, 2012

Pizzas 4 Patriots is once again teaming up with DHL Express and Uno's to deliver 10,000 pizzas to U.S. servicemen and servicewomen on Super Bowl Sunday, the…

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Yum! Brands to double KFC footprint in Africa

January 10, 2012

Yum! Brands has plans to expand its KFC brand into seven more African countries throughout the year, adding 100 new stores.

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Mobile Neapolitan Pizzeria rolls out in San Francisco

January 10, 2012

Del Popolo will roll out on the San Francisco streets beginning in February. The food truck focuses on Neapolitan pizza, a tricky proposition for a mobile unit…

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Unique Pizza plans corporate location

January 9, 2012

Unique Pizza and Subs Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, is currently negotiating leases in the Monroeville, Pa., market to open a corporately-owned Unique…

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Zpizza introduces fan-created pizza

January 9, 2012

To celebrate National Pizza Week, Jan. 9-15, zpizza has added the fan-created Pepperoni Caprese Pizza to its menu through the end of January.

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Improved U.S. crop conditions cause lower wheat prices

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Crude oil spike affects prices at the pump.

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Little Sheep approves Yum! Brands' takeover proposal

January 8, 2012

Yum! Brands Inc. has announced that the proposal for the privatization of China-based Little Sheep Group Ltd. by way of a scheme of arrangement has been…

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