Massachusetts restaurants prep for food allergy law

January 12, 2011

As of Feb. 1, all Massachusetts restaurants will be required to have a certified food protection manager on staff.

Domino’s UK focuses on jobs

January 6, 2011

Piggybacking on recent sales success, Domino’s Pizza U.K. announced that it anticipates the creation of 1,700 new jobs in 2011.

Pizza Hut makes huge NOLA investment

January 5, 2011

Pizza Hut Inc. will invest $10 million in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, La., within the next 18 months. The plan includes the creation of “Model Markets” in…

Popeyes commits to NRA ProStart program

January 3, 2011

The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation’s (NRAEF) fundraising initiative has officially kicked off, benefiting its ProStart program, a…

CiCi’s employees ready to throw it down

December 29, 2010

CiCi’s Pizza is gearing up for the finals of its inter-company Pizza Throwdown competition to find the top pizza cook while also benefitting the Salvation Army.

Domino’s stocks up for busy weekend

December 28, 2010

Domino’s has stocked up on ingredients and staffing at its stores throughout the country, as the pizza chain expects to sell about 19.2 million slices on New…

Upper Crust under investigation again

December 12, 2010

The Massachusetts attorney general’s office is investigating the Upper Crust pizza chain for potentially violating the state’s minimum wage laws. According to…

Holiday business crime prevention tips

Typically crime increases during the holiday season, and stores and restaurants are not exempt. Unfortunately, dishonest people and criminals are attracted to…

Pizza.com adds to sales team

November 30, 2010

California-based Pizza.com, a pizza search engine, has added Shay Traynor to its sales team.

The Benefits of a Driver Safety Program

Motor vehicle accidents can be costly to both a delivery driver and a pizzeria operator, but the implementation of training programs can help reduce their…

Papa John’s names new SVP of human resources

November 11, 2010

Papa John's International has announced the appointment of Annette Calhoun to senior vice president of human resources. In this position, Calhoun is…

Setting boundaries for social networking in the workplace

by Carolyn Richmond — Partner, Fox Rothschild

With each passing day, social networking becomes further ingrained in our personal and work lives. The benefits of social networking in the workplace can be…

Mentoring: A lost method for chain restaurant dividends?

by Jason Rummer — President, By the Slice Solutions

Is the process of mentoring team members a lost art in your company?  I hope not, because the positive investment of your time and energy in someone or a team…

QSR giants granted insurance benefits waivers

National Restaurant Association spokesperson believes progress means more restaurant insurance companies could successfully apply for waivers.

All this change is driving me crazy!

by Paul Mcginnis — Vice President, Marketing, Ecolab Food Safety Specialties

I was sure it would be a short, 15-minute lesson about e-mail to my 62-year old father. Tell him the basics, have him create and respond to an e-mail and then…

Anatomy of a 24-hour pizza restaurant

"It's always breakfast at Domino's" could be the new slogan for a University of Dayton-area store testing continual operation.

Bosco's Pizza creates innovative wellness program

September 22, 2010

Bosco's Pizza Co. has deployed a holistic, trackable wellness program for its employees. The program, hatched with Wellco Corp., also helps save money at…

Philadelphia restaurant workers get insurance break

September 20, 2010

More than 500,000 Pennsylvania restaurant workers will soon have access to health insurance and related products and services through a new private health…

NRA supports repeal of 1099 reporting requirements

September 14, 2010

The National Restaurant Association has issued a statement from Scott DeFife, executive vice-president for Policy and Government Affairs, regarding the…

CiCi’s gets new CMO, CDO

September 8, 2010

CiCi's Pizza has announced the addition of Bill Spae as chief development officer.