Moving beyond a tablet, Pizza Hut unveiled a new, yet-to-be-implemented touchscreen tabletop. Guests can order, customize and pay for their pizza while seated. It’s also loaded with games to play while waiting or eating.
The fast-growing cookie franchise, which lost sales and profits last year, is introducing “Mini Mondays,” making available its smaller cookies for sale every Monday.
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Flynn, already the world’s largest franchisee of the casual-dining chain, is acquiring 26 restaurants from an existing franchisee and is making plans to open 25 new locations by 2031.