Veerman to head new SpeedLine customer service team

March 18, 2003

LYNDEN, Wash. -- POS manufacturer SpeedLine Solutions has appointed veteran service technician Mark Veerman its new customer care manager. According to a…

Debit at the Door

March 16, 2003

Canadian chain rolls out wireless payment terminals to merge debit cards and pizza delivery.

Domino's Pizza to use FEDChex check authorizer 'at the door'

March 16, 2003

IRVINE, Calif. -- Payment solutions provider FEDChex announced it will provide electronic check recovery services for Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Domino's Pizza's…

Domino's Canadian operators to employ cell-phone POS device

March 9, 2003

CALGARY, Alberta -- Wildcard Wireless Solutions Inc. has announced that Vancouver's Your Choice For Easy Payments Inc. (Your Choice) has been chosen as the…

Midwest chain picks POS provider

February 18, 2003

LYNDEN, Wash. - A 63-store pizza and ice cream chain, Happy Joe's Pizza & Ice Cream Parlor, is equipping its restaurants with a point-of-sale system from…

Calls to Order

Call management 'boxes' organize the flow of calls to busy pizzerias, reduce hold times and customer hang-ups, and boost check averages. They've also become…

Net Returns

Orders of pizza through the Internet are growing now that operators are learning how to make it work efficiently.

Domino's Pizza and Breakaway rollout new Pulse POS system

February 4, 2003

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Domino's Pizza announced the completion of an initial rollout of its new Domino's Pulse POS system in 600 corporate stores and 10…

Figaro's Pizza chooses SpeedLine as exclusive POS provider

January 27, 2003

LYNDEN, Wash. -- We-bake or you-bake pizza franchise operator Figaro's Pizza has selected SpeedLine as the company's exclusive POS provider for all new…

Maponics' QuickSITE maps combine demographics and postal geography

January 27, 2003

EAST THETFORD, V.T. -- Maponics, LLC, a supplier of carrier route map services and custom mapping solutions announced the release of its QuickSITE map service.

Pizza Ranch selects SpeedLine POS

January 23, 2003

LYNDEN, Wash. -- POS maker SpeedLine has been selected as a preferred POS provider for the 100 corporate and franchise stores of Hull, Iowa-based The Pizza…

Breakaway International signs Ecocom Ltd. as UK, IRL reseller

January 20, 2003

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Point-of-sale supplier Breakaway International, Inc., announced it has signed Cork, Ireland-based Ecocom Limited as a Breakaway Enterprise…

Rockland Technology Group restructures to boost service

December 10, 2002

DALLAS -- In order to improve customer service and streamline order fulfillment, Rockland Technology Group, Inc., announced that it has split its Technical…

Credit is Due

As consumers carry less cash, operators must weigh the benefits and drawbacks of accepting credit cards.

SpeedLine releases version 4.2 POS software

November 20, 2002

LYNDEN, Wash. -- SpeedLine Solutions has announced the release of its SpeedLine 4.2 POS software.

Food.com and Citysearch partner to broaden online ordering options

October 31, 2002

ORLANDO, Fla. -- In an agreement announced at the FS/TEC conference, held Oct. 27-30 in Orlando, Citysearch said it will use Food.com's ordering solutions on…

Attendee traffic steady, say exhibitors, but N.E. Pizza Expo numbers down overall

October 8, 2002

Chicago Expo is cut in 2003, while Atlantic City returns; a sharing of one show between those cities is rumored for 2004.

Directions to the future

September 17, 2002

Electronic resources have turned pizza store road maps into much more than they used to be.

NSC introduces new order-taking option

July 30, 2002

CHICAGO -- National Systems Corporation (NSC) rolled out its new touchscreen order-taking option for pizza restaurants at the Chicago Pizza Expo July 31.

Frequent Favors

July 13, 2002

Customer loyalty and reward plans drive sales, but data captured by high-tech systems adds immense marketing value.