PMQ, Inc. The pizza industry's #1 business media source. View this email in your browser   In what is described as a “noticeable shift in momentum from historical patterns,” consumers rated independent restaurants superior to chains in 12 of 15 key attributes in a survey by Pentallect. With their surge in popularity, Pentallect projects that […]

PMQ, Inc. The pizza industry's #1 business media source. View this email in your browser   Same-store sales for restaurants fell by 1% in April, marking the third straight month of decline, but at least one analyst says there’s reason for “cautious optimism.” Victor Fernandez of TDn2K, the parent company of Black Box Intelligence, said […]

PMQ, Inc. The pizza industry's #1 business media source. View this email in your browser   Today’s restaurant customers, especially younger ones, don’t want to get stuck in a rut. That’s why more pizza leaders are adding new entries to Grandma’s recipe book, moving beyond pepperoni and mushrooms and getting wildly creative. In New Jersey, […]

PMQ, Inc. The pizza industry's #1 business media source. View this email in your browser   Restaurant chains and other foodservice trade groups claimed a last-minute victory as President Trump’s Food & Drug Administration delayed nutritional labeling rules that were supposed to go into effect today. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said the […]

PMQ, Inc. The pizza industry's #1 business media source. View this email in your browser   After dominating for four years, Pizza Hut fell to No. 3 in The Harris Poll’s Equitrend Study of brand health, and Papa John’s has taken its place as the 2017 Pizza Brand of the Year. Blaze Pizza was No. […]

PMQ, Inc. The pizza industry's #1 business media source. View this email in your browser   Papa John’s has promised “better ingredients, better pizza” for years, but what they mean by “better ingredients” has been open to debate. Now the megachain is getting more specific—Papa John’s announced it’s testing organic ingredients at 35 stores in […]

PMQ, Inc. The pizza industry's #1 business media source. View this email in your browser   Many customers plan to spend less in restaurants and more on travel in 2017, suggesting that some restaurateurs need to focus on creating a better "restaurant experience," according to business advisory firm AlixPartners. The firm's survey found that frequent […]

PMQ, Inc. The pizza industry's #1 business media source. View this email in your browser   Call it the restaurant equivalent of “the nuclear option,” but kiddy bans may not be as risky as you’d think. When Caruso’s, an upscale Italian restaurant in Mooresville, North Carolina, banned children under the age of five in January, […]

PMQ, Inc. The pizza industry's #1 business media source. View this email in your browser   How far should a restaurateur go to ensure he hires immigrants who can legally work in the U.S.? That turned out to be a $140,000 question for Pizzerias LLC, with 30-plus locations in Miami. In a settlement with the […]

PMQ, Inc. The pizza industry's #1 business media source. View this email in your browser   Italian fast-casual pioneer Fazoli’s struggled in the dark years following the 9-11 terrorist attacks. Even after new CEO Carl Howard overhauled the menu with better food and new items, customers still gave lukewarm reviews. But more recently, the company […]

PMQ, Inc. The pizza industry's #1 business media source. View this email in your browser   Restaurants with 50 or more fulltime employees would no longer have to provide insurance to those workers under the new health care plan proposed by congressional Republicans. The Trump-supported plan may face an uphill battle, with virtually all Democrats […]