Oath Pizza, &pizza execs will talk hiring issues during virtual event

by Mandy Wolf Detwiler — Editor, Networld Media Group

April 21, 2022

Michael Lastoria, co-founder and CEO of &pizza, and Dave Jamieson, director of operations for Oath Pizza, will discuss “Labor Issues and Nouveau Ways to Hire…

Lunchbox raises $50M in funding

February 2, 2022

DoorDash, Sweetgreen and &pizza have invested in the company.

Fast casual leaders share hiring, recruitment tips amidst labor shortage

by Mandy Wolf Detwiler — Editor, Networld Media Group

A panel of fast casual leaders discussed labor issues in today's restaurant industry at the recent Fast Casual Executive Summit held in Charlotte, North…

Quelling QSRs' labor pains: Why things must radically change

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

In this second of a two-part series on the restaurant industry labor crisis, restaurateurs and industry experts pinpoint the answers all feel are urgently…

Why no workers? Answering a prickly QSR question

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

At least one organization is reporting 76% of the many current and former restaurant workers leaving the industry said they are doing so because they're not…

&Pizza CEO: 'Now is the right time for hourly wage increase'

&Pizza CEO Michael Lastoria, who disagrees with the National Restaurant Association's stance against raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, said…

&pizza president after DC melee: 'There's a lot to process'

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

The melee in the U.S. Capital Wednesday touched everyone, particularly businesses like &pizza that are based in Washington, D.C.

Blaze, Cousins, Torchy's, &Pizza, Slim Chickens CEOs: 'Chaos is the new normal'

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

In this recent Fast Casual Executive Summit roundtable, &pizza Co-founder and CEO Michael Lastoria, Blaze Pizza CEO Mandy Shaw, Cousins Subs CEO Christine…

&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…

Amidst the pandemic's pandemonium, restaurants reach out to help

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

There is no doubt that the current pandemic will have a riveting effect on all business, including restaurants. Despite that, some brands are still reaching…

QSR operator's guide to netting free press

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

Earned media, free press, viral media -- whatever you call it, when it's positive and it sets local and/or national news reporters afoot and in the direction…