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Financing

Pizza Hut is warring with one of its largest franchisees

 By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 18, 2024

Operator EYM Pizza closed 15 locations in Indiana amid a lawsuit from the pizza chain franchisor over unpaid royalties and poor performance.

Operations

Blaze Pizza fans the flames of fast-casual pizza with brand overhaul

 By Lisa Jennings on Jun. 17, 2024

As the fast-casual pizza niche tries to find its post-pandemic path, Blaze Pizza hopes to regain leadership with a new menu and mission.

Marketing

The pizza business, looking for customers, takes on burger chains

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 13, 2024

Papa Johns is bringing back its Cheesy Burger Pizza, after Pizza Hut created its Cheeseburger Melt, as major fast-food chains face challenges with their value reputation.

Financing

The 10 largest pizza chains in the U.S.

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 13, 2024

It was a tough year for the pizza business, as the average brand reported flat sales in 2023, according to the Technomic Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. Here’s a look at the largest chains in the U.S. based on 2023 system sales.

Marketing

How Domino's broke new ground with a tell-all ad campaign

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 06, 2024

Restaurant Rewind: Few other chains have dared be as forthcoming about product quality as the pizza chain was. Now it's taking the opposite track. How's that likely to go?

Financing

Blaze Pizza is moving its headquarters to Atlanta

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 04, 2024

The fast-casual pizza chain, which was “born” in California more than a decade ago, believes the cross-country move will further growth.

Financing

Domino's wants you to know that its food is delicious

By Jonathan Maze on May 31, 2024

The pizza giant believes it has good products. It just needs to do a better job of telling customers about it. The company is also promising a lot more menu innovation.

Financing

Increased marketing spending did not help Papa Johns' sales in April

By Jonathan Maze on May 09, 2024

A softer consumer environment is more than offsetting the pizza chain’s boost in marketing in recent weeks. But profitability improved last quarter.

Leadership

Former Wendy's CMO Carl Loredo named Pizza Hut U.S. president

By Jonathan Maze on May 06, 2024

The marketing executive will take over the struggling pizza chain in early June, following the departure of David Graves.

Food

Pizza serves as a blank canvas for culinary innovation—in the U.S. at least

By Nancy Kruse on May 03, 2024

State of the Plate: Italians are strict about their pies, but American pizza chefs have an array of seemingly endless riffs on the popular dish, menu trends columnist Nancy Kruse writes.

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