Pizza Inn, Pie Five parent dives, Papa John's soars to all-time high

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

The struggle to stay listed on the Nasdaq continues for Rave Restaurant Group, which took another step backward last week, but in Papa John's home turf of…

Papa John's, Pizza Hut parent perk up; Rave, Domino's drop

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

Pizza stock market wins this week went to Papa John's and Pizza Hut parent, Yum Brands.

Pizza trading: Soaring Domino's settles, Rave recedes

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

While the news wasn't great for Domino's and Rave Restaurant Group, Pizza Hut parent, Yum Brands, and Papa John's reported gains over last week's trading…

Meatless Farm Survey Says Over a Quarter of Americans Will Opt for Plant-Based Meat Alternatives When Restaurants Reopen

With Americans champing at the bit to get back to daily routines and neighborhood restaurants, this survey's findings are a telling sign of what restaurant…

The pizza stock seesaw: Domino's soars, Rave plummets to new low

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

The vast fortunes and losses to be made in the pizza business were evident in last week's pizza stock trading on Wall Street.

With patent in hand, Mici 'presses' forward with national franchising

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

Don't tell the restaurateurs behind Mici Handcrafted Italian this might be an inopportune time to launch a franchise nationally. They'll just tell you why the…

Encouraged traders hoist Domino's, Papa John's, Yum Brands stock values

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

Though it was a rough week for Pizza Inn and Pie Five parent, Rave Restaurant Group, other major publicly traded pizza companies fared well over the shortened…

Papa John's building Shaq into brand via super-sized 'Shaq-a-Roni' pie

June 29, 2020

Papa John's has launched the Shaq-a-Roni pizza in collaboration with board member, restaurant owner and former pro-basketball standout, Shaquille O'Neal. Papa…

Pizza stocks riding the roller coaster

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

With half of 2020 in the books, Pizza Marketplace looked at stock values for four publicly traded pizza restaurant companies. On paper, the ups and downs…

Yum Brands lone loser in last week's pizza stock trading

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

Most pizza commodity prices, however, made relatively minute moves downward.

&pizza COO breaks down the business-building power of activism

On the unofficial national holiday of Juneteenth — commemorating the proclamation of the freeing of slaves in Texas, final remaining U.S. state to do so —  the…

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…

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…

Cheese prices soar as restaurants seek more

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

As restaurant pandemic restrictions ease nationally and pizza restaurants continue to add business, cheese producers are getting significantly higher prices…

Papa is pleased: Good week for pizza trading is great week for Papa John's

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

Last week's positive Q1 earnings report for Louisville, Kentucky-based Papa John's made for very happy investors, as the brand posted a pick-up in value over…

Pizza stocks, gas + cheese prices reverse price trends in topsy-turvy trading week

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

Pizza share prices and commodities trading last week were in a role-reversal kind of mood, with some of the winning brands of recent weeks falling in value…

Pizza brand trading proves Americans can get through anything with 'nice, hot slice or two'

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

As most Americans head into yet another week of stay-at-home orders, pizza trading shows investors know that for a lot of us, ordering pizza has become a key…

Bom chicka wah-wah ... Mellow Mushroom 'mellows out' with date night

April 23, 2020

Mellow Mushroom is fanning the flames of home-based romance with its Wednesday date night specials that include two 10-inch stone baked pies and pretzel bites…

1000 degrees' cauliflower crust sales trounce former gluten-free version

April 22, 2020

1000 Degrees Pizza's Caulipower cauliflower crust introduced last November is a hit. The 30-unit pizza brand said that in just the first four months, the…

Can CMO return Pizza Hut to 'center of pop culture?'

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

Former KFC Global Director of Marketing George Felix, who took the marketing reins of sister brand, Pizza Hut, in January, reveals how he'll breathe new life…