Uber Eats to offer no fee delivery for black-owned restaurants

June 8, 2020

Uber Eats last week announced a plan to promote black-owned restaurants by dropping delivery fees in the U.S. and Canada for the rest of the year.

Mercato Partners launches $90M investment fund to fuel up-and-coming brands

June 4, 2020

Mercato Partners, an investor for growth-stage companies, has developed Savory, a $90 million fund to help scale up-and-coming restaurant concepts. To create…

Pleased pizza investors pump up prices of publicly held brands

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

The pandemic has proven that people will get their pizza come hell or high water, and that's continuing to prompt pizza company investors to take positive…

FastCasual reveals '20 Brands to Watch'

The list, which is in its second year, focuses on 20 brands that are less than six years old but have the potential to become future industry leaders.

'Converting to Curbside and Delivery' webinar is lesson in pandemic-era adaptability

When the pandemic flipped the operational model for a Texas taco brand to totally off-premise, Crush Taco and POS provider, Revention, responded, exemplifying…

Webinar explores ways to improve pizza customer experience by shifting focus

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Pizza restaurant operators got a chance to learn from three experts during an hour-long webinar, "How to Improve Your Customer Experience by Shifting Focus."

Dominos early Q2 performance slowed by choppy international sales

May 27, 2020

Domino's Pizza Inc. reported a 14% rise in U.S. same store sales during the first eight weeks of the fiscal second quarter this year.

Papa John's May North American comp sales soar 33.5%

May 27, 2020

Despite all the challenges of the current restaurant business environment, Louisville, Kentucky-based pizza brand, Papa John's has not only fared well over the…

Tork pledges $100K to help restaurants provide meals to pandemic workers

May 26, 2020

Tork, a global professional hygiene brand of Essity, is donating 100,000 to restaurants and hospitals in Philadelphia, the headquarters for Essity's global…

Reopening of dine-in service helping restaurants make small progress

May 26, 2020

Customer transactions at major U.S. restaurant chains declined by -21% in the week ending May 17 compared to the same period last year, a slight gain from last…

MenuDrive platform helping restaurants launch online ordering in 1 hour

May 26, 2020

MenuDrive, a white-labeled online ordering platform, has launched MenuDrive Self Sign-up for restaurants, which allows them to launch online ordering and…

[ON-DEMAND WEBINAR]: Converting to Curbside and Delivery: How to Make the Shift and Thrive

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurants across the country have been impacted by unprecedented circumstances and the closure of on-premise dining.

Presented by FastCasual.com

Oath Pizza campaign benefits Boston-based LGBTQ nonprofit in Pride Month

May 26, 2020

June is celebrated every year as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer, or LGBTQ Pride Month and Oath Pizza is taking note of that fact by donating 10…

MVP Group introduces touchless hand sanitizer dispenser

May 26, 2020

MVP Group, a Miami based foodservice equipment supplier that has a medical supply division that provides personal protective equipment, has introduced a…

Cheese, wheat, gas prices climb, as year's top pizza stocks fall

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

All the staple ingredients that pizza restaurant companies depend on were trending up in price last week, indicating the industry's increasing pace forward on…

[ON-DEMAND WEBINAR]: How to Improve Your Customer Experience by Shifting Focus

Improve customer experience by changing your perspective. In this webinar, we’ll be speaking with pizzeria operators Todd Vierra of Spinato’s Pizza, Reed…

Presented by SpeedLine Solutions

DoorDash unveils location-tracking feature for to-go orders

May 20, 2020

DoorDash, one of the nation's largest mobile delivery platforms, has launched a feature to make restaurant to-go orders more efficient for merchants and…

Solving a pungent pizzeria problem: The unwanted whiff of weed

by Andy Piucci — Vice President of Sales North America, Fragrance Delivery Technologies

Recreational marijuana is a fact of life in 11 states and Washington, D.C. and that's not necessarily good news to some pizzeria customers who find the scent…

Yum Brands announces 47-cent dividend

May 15, 2020

Yum! Brands, Inc. board of directors declared a dividend of 47 cents per share of common stock. The quarterly dividend will be distributed June 12 to…

Improving Margins with Advanced Reporting

Data is a difference-maker if, of course, it’s used effectively.