Happy Pizza Day ... particularly you, Texas, Michigan

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

Pizza Marketplace wishes you a Happy Pizza Day. And just for kicks, we thought we'd share a little list that Welcomemat Services sent our way about which…

[LIVE WEBINAR] Food safety, human error and the digital age

February 9, 2017

Mistakes are inevitable in any endeavor, but with all the players and products involved in a typical food service operation, they are almost sure to occur.

Yum China tramples expectations; profit up 31%

February 8, 2017

Yum China's first earnings report as an independent company proves that sometimes breaking up can be a very beautiful thing. In fact, its first report since…

A&W says nation's oldest chain has new life

February 8, 2017

A&W reports that — for the first time in more than 10 years and five years after its split from Yum Brands — its system-wide revenue and store count have…

Captain D's promotes 2 execs to key roles

February 8, 2017

Captain D's leadership has announced that Janet Duckham and Nancy Ward have been promoted to chief supply chain officer and vice president of training…

Dunkin' entering bottled-coffee market

February 8, 2017

Dunkin' Donuts is making its first foray into the ready-to-drink coffee market this week with its bottled iced coffee products now available in groceries and…

Wetzel's Pretzels FY results prove offbeat locations work

February 8, 2017

Wetzel's Pretzels completed 12 straight quarters of same-store sales growth, with comparabele same-store sales up 4.4 percent during FY 2016, according to a…

Hardee's CEO and labor secretary nominee admits hiring undocumented immigrant

February 7, 2017

Controversy and contention have followed CKE Restaurant Group CEO Andrew F. Puzder since President Trump nominated him for Labor Secretary, and today it…

More than 6,000 restaurants put new chatbot to use

February 7, 2017

Restaurant tech business, Orderscape.com, is bringing a full food-ordering chatbot to more than 6,000 restaurants in the U.S. early in the second quarter of…

Arby's adds 25 in units in northeastern US

February 6, 2017

 Arby’s is adding 25 restaurants in the northeast over the next six years as part of a deal with Franchisee AR Chain of Restaurants, according to a news…

El Pollo Loco LTO breezes in on Baja wind

February 6, 2017

Fan favorite Baja shrimp has sailed in to El Pollo Loco as the featured ingredient in four seafood LTOs. The chain is offering shrimp avocado Baja tacos…

Taco Bell TV spot puts breakfast on front burner

February 6, 2017

Taco Bell wants a bigger bite of the breakfast action, so it's pushing its dollar breakfast burrito in a new campaign that puts the brand strongly in the…

Manitowoc rebrands to Welbilt

February 6, 2017

Foodservice equipment provider Manitowoc Foodservice is rebranding to Welbilt in order to convey its commitment to put customers' needs first, according to a…

2 events to help you succeed in franchising

To help operators avoid common pitfalls and to learn about the new technology now available to help restaurateurs succeed, Networld Media Group is hosting two…

Income up, revenue down at Nathan's last fiscal year

February 3, 2017

Income was up, but both sales and revenue were down at Nathan's Famous over the past quarter, as well as its 2017 fiscal period that ended Dec. 25, 2016…

Pollo Campero charts 24% sales growth in 2016

February 3, 2017

Pollo Campero reported its fifth straight year of positive sales growth and its first year to cross the $100 million sales benchmark in the U.S., according to…

A&W promo taps into Academy Awards popularity

February 3, 2017

In 23 days, this year's Academy Awards will take place in Tinseltown, but A&W is using the annual movie-centric event to kick up a little stardust of its…

Hardee's CEO says he'll divest assets to become Labor Secretary

February 2, 2017

Despite uproar and a determined effort by some labor organizations to prevent it, the CEO of Hardee's and Carl's Jr. brands' parent company, CEO Andrew Puzder…

Jack in the Box's response to healthful-eating craze: bacon butter

February 2, 2017

Jack in the Box has an LTO that may just pull Homer Simpson's paunchy animated body right out of our television screens. ​

Cousins Subs go green in dead o' winter

February 1, 2017

Cousins Subs is already prepping for the "wearin' o' the green,' both by launching its St. Patrick’s Day-inspired LTOs and offering lots o' greenbacks to…