Restaurant visits holding steady

August 26, 2019

U.S. consumers visited restaurants this July at the same pace they did last July, and consumer spending was up 3% compared to year ago, according to the NPD…

Falling gas prices this fall could be boon to pizza brands' balance sheets

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

Okay, so the majority of publicly traded pizza brands took a bit of a bath on the stock market last week, but not all is lost. Falling gas prices -- with more…

Restaurant sales can't stop, won't stop

August 20, 2019

Restaurant sales are still soaring, up more than 4% this year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. And that's not the only good news. Restaurant numbers…

Domino's takes a dive as gas demand soars to all-time high

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

National gasoline demand hit an all-time high last week, while Domino's stock value hit close to an annual low.

The potential cash in pizzeria plastic trash

by Robert Kim

Granted, the bans on single-use plastics becoming increasingly common nationwide, do present supply chain and other logistics issues. But in his blog, Ritual…

(Lucky) dog days of August: Pizza stocks up, commodities down

As the oft-referred to 'dog days of August' wrapped up last week, pizza restaurateurs got a bone in the form of lower overall commodity prices and higher stock…

4 growth guidelines globetrotting pizza brands need to know

by Bill Edwards — CEO, Edwards Global Services, Inc.

Global expansion is no longer only the domain of the pizza brand behemoths. Lots of smaller chains are hitting the worldwide market, and leaders at those which…

Domino's stock value dives, but so do cheese, wheat, natural gas prices

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

Pizza chain investors showed Domino's their disappointment with the brand's lackluster Q2 financials last week, reining in the brand's stock value to the tune…

Embracing Restaurant Technology

Technology has been a part of the foodservice industry for decades, but its role in profitable operations is becoming increasingly prominent.

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Domino's, Yum stock prices push up

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

Pizzeria operators probably suspected those lower gas prices wouldn't last. Now tight supplies are pushing auto fuel prices up, while wheat prices also rose…

The weather effect: Report tracks weather trends related to dining traffic

July 12, 2019

Rain tends to spawn traffic at noodle and ramen QSRs, while so-called "indulgent" brands — along the lines of bakeries and frozen yogurt shops — are nearly…

Consumers say, 'Summertime 'n' the eatin' out's fine

July 4, 2019

Think consumers have totally traded eating out for ordering from home and eating in? Think again. A recent Lightspeed survey of 2,000 U.S. and Canadian…

4 ways to put a doorstop in your pizzeria's 'revolving door'

by Andrew Rosenbloom — Director of Marketing, Consolidated Concepts

The latest numbers are also the highest numbers we've ever seen for restaurant worker turnover rates, and it's become one of the industry's most vexing…

Commodity trading hands some pre-Independence Day 'duds' to pizza operators

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

You might call last Friday the "Day of the Dud" for pizza operators, after they watched the price for their needed restaurant commodities like wheat and cheese…

Surging off-premise orders call for more flexible restaurant planning

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

An increase in off-premise orders is reducing the footprint for some restaurants, resulting in smaller dining areas. That makes flexibility now 'king' for…

Restaurant index: Traffic dips in April, same-store sales post a gain

June 12, 2019

U.S. restaurant traffic declined in April despite restaurant operators reporting a modest net increase in same-store sales, according to the National…

Marco's makes its mark as Harris Poll 'Pizza Brand of the Year'

June 10, 2019

Marco's Pizza hauled in a heavy-hitter in the awards department this month when the 2019 Harris Poll EquiTrend Study found that Americans chose it as Pizza…

4 ways AI changes the pizza game

For some entrepreneurs, AI is just a buzzword or abstract concept with no real application in their business — maybe because on the surface it seems so…

Study predicts summer's Top 10 most delivered food

May 22, 2019

When it comes to food delivery this summer, the top items illustrate a wide range of tastes as well as beverage choices.

Delivery-only wings brand takes flight with a little lift from Uber Eats data

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

"Have wings, will party." That could be the anthem of just about any sports enthusiast anywhere, and certainly in bustling New York City. Today, we talk with…