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Consumer Trends

Pizza menu mentions are up, but so are prices

 By Patricia Cobe on Oct. 07, 2025

New research reveals 35% of consumers are ordering pizza less often due to rising prices, with carryout now outpacing delivery. Discover the hottest pizza trends beyond hot honey, from fig jam to smoked Gouda, and learn how operators can win back customers with innovative toppings and strategic value offers in 2025.

Financing

Round Table Pizza franchisees investigate Fat Brands' use of marketing funds after the chain loses advertising for months

 By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 06, 2025

Operators of the 400-unit pizza chain are probing the company's financial transfers and accounting after its parent company missed a payment to a marketing vendor.

Food

Papa Johns new pizza format dips into a top trend

By Patricia Cobe on Oct. 02, 2025

Behind the Menu: The chain just launched the Papa Dippa, a pizza cut into strips for easy dunking into four dipping sauces, all packed together in a specially designed box.

Emerging Brands

Square Pie Guys is at a crossroads

By Lisa Jennings on Oct. 01, 2025

This Detroit-style pizza concept out of San Francisco will double in size to six units this year. Now the big question: Where to from here?

Food

Pizza Hut's Crafted Flatzz started as a value offering but evolved into a canvas for innovation

By Patricia Cobe on Sep. 16, 2025

Behind the Menu: A back-of-house hack in the pizza chain’s kitchens prompted the development of the portable, personal pies. Six months later, five variations launched, all with elevated toppings.

Emerging Brands

Via 313 proves there's growth to be had in full-service pizza

By Joe Guszkowski on Sep. 15, 2025

The Texas-based, Detroit-style pizza chain went from a couple of trailers to two-dozen brick-and-mortars by serving some of the best pizza in the country.

Leadership

Italy, SIGEP WORLD 2026: It's Gelato World Cup Year, PIZZA (R)EVOLUTION is back, and India is the Guest Country

Sponsored content from our partner Italian Exhibition Group on Sep. 11, 2025

Sigep World, the international event organized by Italian Exhibition Group, showcases the very best of gelato, pastry, chocolate, coffee, bakery and pizza.

Financing

How the convenience-store chain Casey’s is making waves in the pizza business

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 10, 2025

A Deeper Dive: Tom Brennan, chief merchandising officer for the Iowa-based chain Casey’s, joins the restaurant finance podcast to talk pizza, beverages and competition with restaurants.

Financing

Todd Penegor on his first year as CEO of Papa Johns

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 27, 2025

A Deeper Dive: Penegor joins the weekly restaurant finance podcast to talk about Papa Johns’ focus on its core pizza, its use of third-party aggregators, technology, artificial intelligence and marketing.

Financing

How pizza chains can save their own delivery business

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 27, 2025

The Bottom Line: Third-party aggregators have been taking more business away from pizza delivery chains. But Papa Johns CEO Todd Penegor believes they have a crucial tool to get that business going.

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