Boston's US gets set to grow with 'simplified' menu, more flexible store design

April 17, 2019

Boston's Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar is improving its franchise model through restaurant redesign and menu offerings. The move is part of the brand's…

&pizza 'Cubed' = 300 kiosk-cooked pies an hour

April 12, 2019

D.C.-based &pizza is plunging into the restaurant kiosk business next week when it opens what it called the industry's first "cube kiosk." The brand, which…

Saladworks CEO talks about growing 'green' eating from college campuses to Kuwait

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

At age 30-plus, Saladworks is having a bit of a growth spurt, fueled by increasing interest in greener eating. In this podcast, President and CEO Patrick…

Deciphering the digital marketing puzzle: 3 brands discuss their games

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator

Making and then keeping up with the pace of change in digital marketing can be a source of challenge, innovation and frustration for pizza brands, as was…

Tyme Commerce debuts AI-driven food platform

April 1, 2019

San Francisco startup, Tyme Commerce, is debuting an end-to-end AI-driven food platform that promises to expand options and markets for food entrepreneurs.

Domino's partnering with Xevo to launch in-car ordering on Chrysler, GM cars

March 25, 2019

Domino's Pizza is working with in-vehicle commerce creator, Xevo Inc., to launch AnyWare pizza ordering capabilities, which will be preloaded in Chrysler and…

Leveraging Analytics to Improve Restaurant Operations

Restaurant operators have a firehose of data they can drink from to improve operations. The challenge is to make sense of the flood.

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Huddle House executive on deploying digital to serve small towns better

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

Think of Huddle House and you might think "small town," "home-cooking," maybe even "old-fashioned." But, on that last count, you'd be wrong. In fact, this year…

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…

Wavicle launches subscription-based service to help restaurants capture, manage data

March 14, 2019

Wavicle Data Solutions, a provider of data and analytics solutions and services, launched ActiveDash this week during the 2019 Restaurant Franchising &…

Pizza Hut, FedEx may begin bot delivery tests this summer

February 27, 2019

Pizza Hut and FedEx are teaming up to "explore" using the delivery company's autonomous delivery device, SameDay Bot, for pizza delivery. The bot will be…

Webinar: 5 reasons to move to cloud-based scheduling and time, attendance

February 8, 2019

When you're responsible for staffing a busy restaurant with an hourly workforce, scheduling is only half the battle. As the labor pool gets smaller and the…

Digital ordering to triple by 2020

February 4, 2019

Restaurant digital orders have grown an average of 23 percent, per year since 2013, and will triple by the end of 2020, according to a report from NPD Group.

Why Domino's 'offensive game' may be big winner Super Bowl Sunday

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

How does a pizza brand really use Super Bowl Sunday pizza orders to break into a cache of new customers? Domino's offensive game this Sunday appears to be a…

Squaring the square: White Castle VP tells how brand develops new slider spin-offs

In this podcast, White Castle Vice President Jamie Richardson tells how the brand keeps innovating on that famous little square of beef, while Blockchain Tech…

Science plays big role in nonprofit foundation's 5 key 2019 US food trends

January 9, 2019

American citizens want to know not only where their food originated, but how it was produced and how it traveled from farm to fork, according to a study…

Restaurateurs ditching paper manuals for digital training tools

January 8, 2019

Employees armed with mobile tools are happier, better trained and take better care of customers, according to a survey conducted in 2018 by Vanson Bourne on…

Omnivore raises $10M in Series A via The Coca-Cola Company, Performance Food Group

January 8, 2019

Omnivore, a point-of-sale connectivity platform enabling third-party technologies to integrate with restaurants' POS systems, has announced a Series A…

Top 10 2018 blogs show industry's interest in delivery is on fire

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

When it comes to top subjects of interest for blogs on Pizza Marketplace this past year, delivery delivered. Our site's many bloggers covered the topic "like a…

8 pizza operational perks from mobile food safety software

by Terry Dolan — Head of Solutions, WorldAPP

Mobile food safety software can provide pizza brands an array of other operational benefits, including everything from increased accountability to overall…