Commodities: Good news in gas prices, not-so-good news in stock prices

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

It was a "bad news, good news" kind of week for most pizza restaurateurs, with some encouragement from gas prices which appear to be finally leveling out over…

Oggi's Sports Brewhouse Pizza adds 4 flatbreads

February 13, 2018

Oggi's Sports Brewhouse Pizza has launched a new selection of seasonal flatbreads, ranging from a breakfast-themed variation to a dessert offering, a news…

Commodities: Heart-dropping pre-Valentine's Day losses for pizza brands in Wall Street sell-off

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

There wasn't a lot of love being shown toward pizza operators in either Wall Street or commodities trading last week. A largely business-hostile stock market…

National Pizza Day: 24 hours to wax poetic on the pie

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

National Pizza Day deals are everywhere in Pizza-land today, from a free cauliflower pizza crust upgrade at California Pizza Kitchen, to a special "tribute…

Urban Bricks adds paninis

February 7, 2018

Urban Bricks Pizza is adding oven-fired paninis with unlimited toppings. The menu offering gives guests the ability to build their own paninis with unlimited…

Commodities: Patriots aren't the only ones licking their wounds today

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

The end-of-week stock market plummet Friday took no prisoners, capturing pizza brands as well in its value-depleting trend.

3 big pizza trends bring bigger pizza kitchen concerns

By Charlie Lewis Culinary Supply Chain Specialist/Consolidated Concepts    The rate of change in foodservice has always been swift, but technology is…

2018 pizza trends promise more 'exotic' pies

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

Pizza brand leaders give the down-low on of-the-moment dough, up-to-the-second sauces and top-trending toppings.

Commodities: Gas prices climb, Papa Murphy's value declines

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

Though most pizza commodity prices are falling as of late, the steady rise in vehicle fuel costs is eating up the savings for the delivery-heavy pizza industry.

Commodities: Up, up and up ... mostly

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

Pizza stock prices have continued the steady rise that began in earnest in 2018.

Pizza Hut boards the value train

January 16, 2018

Promising a pretty thrifty meal on the cusp of the Super Bowl, Pizza Hut is latching on to the value trend by introducing a two-topping medium pizza for $5.99…

RedBrick serving all-organic wheat dough

January 16, 2018

RedBrick Pizza Kitchen Cafe is offering an organic wheat dough option for its Neopolitan pizzas.

Commodities: Somebody must have hit replay ... but no complaints

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

It was another nice week of pizza stock trading and largely lower commodity prices last week, almost an exact replay of the previous week's financial stats.

Domino's CEO leaves a chain reborn, flying high

January 10, 2018

Domino's President and CEO J. Patrick Doyle will step down in June from the top spot at a chain he led from its "cardboard crust" and "ketchup" sauce days to…

Domino's Australia gives vegans the pies they want

January 9, 2018

Domino's Australia is launching a range of vegan pizzas that use vegan mozzarella — including the vegan avocado veg, vegan spicy trio and vegan margherita — at…

Commodities: Stock prices pumped up, but pump prices siphon gains

Pizza brands did well as the market soared on Wall Street last week, but the highest New Year's pump prices since 2014 stole back some of the profits.

Pie Five launches cauliflower crust LTO

January 3, 2018

Cauliflower is certainly having its moment and Pie Five is seizing that moment with a new cauliflower crust available until Feb. 11, a news release said. 

Commodities: 'Dear Santa, please put some oomph in my stock price!'

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

Some pizza brands might be firing off a letter to Santa this week before Christmas in one last effort to make something magical happen to their stock prices.

Hungry Howie's stuffed crust LTO is 'heavy,' man

December 13, 2017

Hungry Howie’s Pizza has announced that it's now offering the "world’s first stuffed, flavored-crust pizza." The LTO, which will run through March 25, adds six…

Commodities: What goes up must come down

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

The nice uptick in stock market prices for most brands two weeks ago was all but erased  last week in trading of some of the major pizza stocks.