Turning social media mentions into best-in-class business insight

Operators must understand the difference between marketing and operational insights from online feedback before they can use that information to their…

Gloves! The Controversy Continues - Part 3

by Paul Mcginnis — Vice President, Marketing, Ecolab Food Safety Specialties

If glove use is going to be effective, several factors should be considered when designing a disposable glove program. Size is vitally important to ensure the…

CiCi's Pizza allocates $5 million for franchise funding

March 6, 2012

CiCi's Pizza has announced its new investment and financing programs to help existing and prospective franchisees with funding options to further address the…

Unique Pizza and Subs names Denver master franchisee

March 6, 2012

Unique Pizza and Subs Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, has signed a master franchise agreement with Bridgton Holding Group LLC to open 20-plus locations…

Restaurant chains join Healthy Dining's new School Wellness program

March 6, 2012

Healthy Dining has announced the rollout of a research-based initiative, the "Healthy Dining School Wellness Rewards Program," designed to contribute to the…

Mod Pizza launches kid-sized offering

March 6, 2012

Seattle-based Mod Pizza has launched a Mini Mod, a kid-sized version of its original artisan-style pizza, for $3.88.

Unique Pizza and Subs plans to purchase Pizza Fusion

March 5, 2012

Unique Pizza and Subs Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, has signed a letter of intent to purchase Boca Raton, Fla.-based Pizza Fusion Holdings.

Diesel prices solidly above $4 mark

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Domino's Pizza shares jump after strong earnings report.

Top That! Pizza expands into Texas

March 2, 2012

Top That! Pizza's fifth location opened Feb. 25 in Mansfield, Texas, marking the company's first location outside of its home state of Oklahoma.

Unique Pizza and Subs signs master franchisee in Michigan

March 2, 2012

Unique Pizza and Subs Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, has signed a master franchise agreement with Henry Kassab of Unique Pizza of Michigan LLC.

Is your restaurant on a desire path?

by Nate DaPore — President and CEO, PeopleMatter

Put your product on paths that grow more and more comfortable as consumers use them.

Kentucky Restaurant Association training members of food safety, allergens

March 1, 2012

The Kentucky Restaurant Association is offering its members a discounted 90-minute webinar this month, produced by Kitchens with Confidence, a national food…

Restaurant operators report positive sales for 8th consecutive month

February 29, 2012

The outlook for the restaurant industry is positive for the coming months, as the National Restaurant Association's Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) remained…

Restaurant beer sales rise nearly 10 percent in 2011

February 29, 2012

The Beer Institute released new data showing that the value of beer sales in restaurants rose more than 9 percent in 2011, totaling about $23.6 billion in…

Papa John's introduces Five Sausage Pizza

February 28, 2012

Papa John's has unveiled a Five Sausage Pizza, featuring the chain's new Chorizo sausage topping, as well as real pork sausage, mild and spicy sausage and…

Live from New York

by Betsy Craig — pres, menutrinfo.com

The International Restaurant and Foodservice Show, set for the first weekend in March, will include a new Healthy Solutions Pavilion this year.

Domino's names new chief information officer

February 28, 2012

Domino's Pizza has named Kevin Vasconi as its executive vice president and chief information officer, effective March 19.

Green spotlight on Pickleman's Gourmet Café

by Jennifer Wright — CFO, Ecovention, LLC

One operator knows his college-heavy demographic will respond to an eco-friendly pizza box.

Good food, good service, fair prices

by Ed Zimmerman — President, pizza.com

With gas prices rising, consumers will be extra mindful where they spend their money, so this is a good time to go back to basics and take care of your guests.

PeopleMatter launches real-time scheduling tool

by Valerie Killifer — senior editor, NetWorld Alliance

New SCHEDULE module latest launch in PeopleMatter's Software-as-a-Service platform.