As more fast casual operators open pizzeria concepts, those executives may find it useful to attend the first Pizza Executive Summit, slated to be held June 8-9 at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago. The Summit is designed to bring together a select group of top executives from the pizza industry for two days of networking, workgroup sessions […]
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In the hectic world of the restaurant business, getting noticed is as important as serving quality food. To that end, the Fast Casual Executive Alliance (FCA) was born. Created by Paul Barron, publisher of Fast Casual magazine and Food Service Division executive vice president at NetWorld Alliance, the group represents more than 375 fast casual organizations. […]
Pizza Marketplace has unveiled its 2007 Pizza Marketplace Industry Study, an in-depth look at trends and topics in the pizza industry around the globe. The study includes performance snapshots of the top public pizza chains, an overview of the international pizza market and the results of an in-depth survey of more than 450 pizzeria operators. […]
Fast-casual restaurants will generate $10 billion in restaurant sales in 2007, said Tim Pulido, chief executive officer of Shakey’s USA. Of that $10 billion, the top 10 chains will contribute an estimated $6.6 billion, while the remaining will contribute about $3.4 billion. Quick-serve and casual-dining restaurants both will contribute more than $170 billion in sales, […]
Fast Casual magazine received an APEX Award for Publication Excellence July 5. The APEX Awards are bestowed upon Web and print publications that illustrate excellence in editorial and graphic design content. According to APEX officials, 5,000 publications entered this year’s contest. Fast Casual magazine will publish its sixth issue in August. Managing editor Fred Minnick said […]
NetWorld Alliance announced in a news release the launch of Fast Casual magazine and the relaunch of fastcasual.com. The fast casual restaurant segment has been the most rapidly growing segment of the $400 billion restaurant market for the past several years. Fastcasual.com has remained the longest-running news tracking group of the fast casual market since 2000 and now […]
NetWorld Alliance LLC, the company that created Web sites devoted to automated teller machines and kiosks, now is also reporting on cheese, tomato sauce and studies of the pizza-deprived. The Pewee Valley-based Internet company has added a Web portal called Pizza Marketplace to its roster and hired Steve Coomes, the former editor-in-chief of New Albany-based […]
