Pizza

Marketing

The 'Noid' is coming back to Domino's ads

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 26, 2021

The chain’s famous—or maybe infamous—1980s ad villain will try to thwart the chain’s new robot delivery test.

Leadership

Blaze Pizza hires Brad Reynolds as CFO

By Heather Lalley on Apr. 14, 2021

Blaze Pizza hires Brad Reynolds as CFO. Reynolds most recently served as COO of multiconcept ghost kitchen operator C3.

Technology

Pizza tech platform Slice raises $40M to continue growth

By Joe Guszkowski on Apr. 14, 2021

The round included existing investors Cross Creek, KKR and GGV Capital as well as newcomer 01 Advisors, a venture of former Twitter execs Dick Costilo and Adam Bain.

Technology

Domino’s is putting its delivery robot to work

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 12, 2021

The chain and autonomous vehicle maker Nuro will start testing the R2 vehicle at a location in Houston this week.

Consumer Trends

Pizza fans around the world rank their favorite toppings

By Patricia Cobe on Apr. 07, 2021

Technomic polled consumers in 25 countries to discover which proteins rose to the top of the pie.

Leadership

Pizza Hut U.S. makes some management changes

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 31, 2021

Chief Marketing Officer George Felix is leaving the company, which also named a new marketing structure and said that Lynne Broad will become CFO in May.

Financing

Even Pizza Hut is opening drive-thrus now

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 30, 2021

The pizza chain is launching “The Hut Lane" pickup windows for digital and phone orders in 1,500 locations across the country.

Food

New menu items boast pumped-up flavors and ingredients

By Patricia Cobe on Mar. 29, 2021

Taste tracker: Del Taco is sweet on chipotle; steak and shrimp partner up at Panda Express; new spins on pizza at Pizza Inn, Round Table and Cosi; and a no-joke cocktail for April Fool’s Day.

Technology