7shifts debuts Engage dashboard for restaurants

May 31, 2019

7shifts, a labor management platform, is debuting an all-in-one employee engagement dashboard geared for the restaurant industry.   The dashboard provides…

Jack in the Box beefs up board, adding Birch, Gainor

May 29, 2019

Jack in the Box has grown its board by two members this week with the additions of two longtime restaurant industry veterans, Jean Birch, former Papa John's…

Are your interview questions breaking the law?

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

A pair of legal experts summarize what employers can and cannot ask job applicants, along with other changes related to employer/employee relations.

Ask and ye shall receive: Tapping into the game-changing power of ALL employees' ideas

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

Does your brand's leadership work to pull solutions to business problems from all employees? If not, you're bypassing your restaurant's biggest and best source…

KFC, Pizza Hut, Carl's Jr workers striking in New Zealand

May 17, 2019

In New Zealand, hundreds of KFC, Carl's Jr. and Pizza Hut frontline workers are striking this weekend through 2 a.m. local time. The workers are employees of…

National Restaurant Association seeking CEO as Sweeney announces departure

May 17, 2019

National Restaurant Association and National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation President and CEO Dawn Sweeney said she will leave the post when her…

Toast introduces payroll and management solution

May 15, 2019

Toast Inc., a restaurant management platform, has introduced Toast Payroll & Team Management, a solution that simplifies payroll and employee management…

The labor issues that make restaurant leaders labor most

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

For pizza operators, labor is an issue that lives up to its name. From dealing with worker shortages, culture and generational issues and the daily need to…

Marco's names restaurant financial veteran, growth guru as CFO

May 7, 2019

Marco's Pizza said it has named former Granite City Food & Brewery CFO Jeffery Rager as chief financial officer for the expanding pizza chain as part of…

Nation's 5th biggest restaurant operator shifts payroll, other key functions to cloud

May 1, 2019

The world's biggest Pizza Hut and Wendy's franchisee, NPC International, is rolling out a new digital multi-function payroll and HR management program that…

Eatsa names former Starbucks leader to CEO role

April 30, 2019

Restaurant tech provider, Eatsa, has named former Starbucks Chief Digital Officer Adam Brotman as its CEO. Tim Young, the chain's co-founder who had been…

Capturing that elusive 'earned media': A reporter's 6 pointers for pizza brands

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

You might call earned media the "snow leapard" of restaurant marketing -- elusive, hard to capture, but potentially invaluable when you can land it for your…

When pizza brands take root: Franchisee's tips on growing your pizzeria's community connections

Your Pie franchisee Lisa Maclellan said restaurant operators stand to gain a long list of business and personal positives by establishing strong roots in their…

Trump to nominate former Godfather's Pizza 'turnaround CEO' to Federal Reserve Board

April 5, 2019

Former Godfather's Pizza CEO and Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is who U.S. President Donald Trump said he will nominate to fill a vacant spot…

Little Caesars names PepsiCo exec to global marketing post

April 4, 2019

Little Caesars has named Jeff Klein, PepsiCo's former global Foodservice CMO, as its senior vice president of global marketing foodservice, a news release…

Slim Chickens COO on innovating via potato chip flavors while growing a QSR via Southern hospitality

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

The "Southern sweetheart" of the chicken QSR sector, Slim Chickens, is the subject of this week's podcast, featuring COO Sam Rothschild, who talks about…

Attract, retain, sustain a topnotch workforce: Free April 11 webinar gives expert guidance

March 28, 2019

If you want to illicit an instant grimace from any restaurant leader today, just say the word, "hiring." For virtually any brand anywhere in the U.S. today…

Papa John's names former Subway, McDonald's marketing exec as global CMO

March 28, 2019

Papa John's International has named Subway Senior Vice President of Marketing/North America Karlin Linhardt as its global CMO, a news release said.  At Subway…

3 brand leaders on the good, the bad, the ugly of third-party delivery

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Love it or hate it, third-party delivery is likely here to stay. At this week's Restaurant Franchising & Innovation Summit in Louisville, three restaurant…

Papa John's new board members bring expertise in marketing, tech, women's advocacy

March 15, 2019

Days after Papa John's founder John Schnatter agreed to leave the brand's board earlier this month, the company's leadership has named media and marketing…