Want to make pizza diners P-O'd? Make tipping automatic

August 12, 2020

Pizza concepts that offer table service, take note: Diners despise automatic gratuities even when food and service is topnotch, according to Washington State…

Domino's names CFO

August 6, 2020

Domino's Pizza Inc. has promoted its executive vice president, supply chain services, Stu Levy, to CFO. He succeeds Jeffrey Lawrence, who is retiring…

Domino's franchisees gives $1M to workers in need

August 5, 2020

The Domino's Franchisee Association is donating more than $1 million to the Domino's Partners Foundation to assist employees in need, a news release said. More…

Delivery driver food-safety course launched

July 31, 2020

In response to the pandemic-induced uptick in delivery and to-go orders, foodservice training provider, StateFoodSafety has launched an online training course…

New book reveals inequities faced by immigrant restaurant workers

A University of New Mexico sociology professor's recent work and upcoming book look at the inequities restaurant workers face both before and during the…

Papa John's, Domino's hiring 12,000 workers

July 28, 2020

The pizza-hiring party is continuing with Papa John's seeking to hire 10,000 more workers nationally and Domino's set to take on 2,000 more in Atlanta…

Global Franchise Group adds to exec team

July 21, 2020

Global Franchise Group — the parent company of Great American Cookies, Hot Dog on a Stick, Pretzelmaker, Marble Slab Creamery and Round Table Pizza — has added…

'Wow. What a ride!' says retiring Domino's CFO

July 17, 2020

Just as Domino's announced its thoroughly successful Q2 results yesterday, the company also said its CFO and Executive Vice President Jeffrey D. Lawrence is…

Study relays remedies for restaurant employment discrimination

A long history of discriminatory practices and a University of Nevada, Las Vegas study that shows how those impact both workers and businesses, points to a…

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…

Cleveland pizza restaurateur pushes leaders to connect during pandemic

by Niko Frangos — President, Rascal House

At Cleveland, Ohio's Rascal House pizza chain, President Niko Frangos believes leader-employee connection is critical during the trying business times of this…

Using Back-of-House Systems to Fight COVID-19

Cleanliness always has been a determinant in the success of a restaurant. A dirty facility, be it the interior or exterior, can quickly turn away prospective…

&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…

Donato's names former Edible, Auntie Anne's exec as marketing chief

June 17, 2020

Former Edible Brands, Auntie Anne's and Pizza Hut marketing executive Carol Pasquariello is taking over as Donatos Pizza's senior vice president of Marketing…

Robotic video display kiosk can invite diners to 'roll on in' for pizza

What if you had a way to send out a kind of unpaid pizza emissary who displayed enticing video of your brand's menu items to passersby to pull them in to eat?

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.

Former Focus Brands exec named Global Franchise Group CFO

June 8, 2020

Former Focus Brands accounting executive Sam Patterson has moved into the CFO's job at Global Franchise Group, the franchisor for Hot Dog on a Stick, Great…

Instant pay: An essential for restaurant delivery drivers?

by Steve Barha — Founder, Instant Financial

A lot of pizza brands are considering deploying directly employed delivery drivers in the current delivery-heavy pizza environment, if they have not already…

&pizza CEO calls for action re: black deaths in police custody

June 2, 2020

The highly socially active pizza brand, &pizza, is taking a firm stance with regards to its leader's views concerning the recent deaths of black…

&pizza gives employees involved in activism paid time off

&pizza takes an active stance on employee activism during a time of national protests around George Floyd's death in Minneapolis.