- November 7, 2023
This month’s edition of the PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Mobile Order-Ahead Apps sees double ties and lots of shifts. Papa John’s Pizza and Chipotle make an appearance, Wendy’s and Dunkin’ take ...
- October 17, 2023
Pizza Hut is reportedly adding late-night operating hours at thousands of locations across the United States.
It’s a move that comes as the return of restaurant labor enables brands to better ...
- October 16, 2023
In this month’s edition of PYMNTS’ Provider Rankings of Mobile Order-Ahead Apps, there’s been plenty of movement, with Dairy Queen leapfrogging eight rankings to dominate the list.
Here’s our top 10 ...
- September 11, 2023
In the ever-evolving landscape of digital dining experiences, restaurants are ramping up their investments to capture the hearts and wallets of tech-savvy consumers. In the latest edition of the PYMNTS Provider ...
- August 14, 2023
As restaurants step up their digital investments to secure consumers’ omnichannel loyalty, Domino’s is the big cheese this month in this edition of PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Mobile Order Ahead Apps.
The ...
- August 2, 2023
As Domino’s entry into third-party marketplaces poses a threat to other pizza quick-service restaurants (QSRs) on these platforms, Pizza Hut maintains that it has the edge in this space.
On its ...
- April 21, 2023
You never know exactly what will happen with PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Mobile Order Ahead apps, but you can bet there will be a certain amount of jostling.
This edition is ...
- March 30, 2023
The old saying in hockey is to skate to where the puck is going to be.
The old maxim in business and in life: If at first you don’t succeed, try ...
- March 15, 2023
Hungry for some information? You’ve come to the right place. The Provider Ranking Mobile Order-Ahead Apps is like the ultimate food court — of apps.
This one gets zany, so drop the chalupa ...
- January 19, 2023
The fast food company Yum! Brands has announced a major cybersecurity breach in the U.K.
In a Wednesday (Jan. 18) statement, the firm, which operates KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, ...
- November 8, 2022
There’s a new sheriff in town in this month’s edition of PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Mobile Order-Ahead Apps.
Using a proprietary combination of publicly available information and app usage data to which ...
- November 2, 2022
While the best-case scenario for restaurants might involve all of their sales coming through their own direct ordering channels, ongoing labor challenges often make it so that the pros outweigh ...
- September 30, 2022
Chipotle Steps up Test of Robo-Kitchen Assistant
Fast-casual brand Chipotle Mexican Grill is proceeding with its test of robotic kitchen assistants created by Miso Robotics to automate the process of making ...
- February 9, 2022
Yum Brands tech spending spree appears to be paying off.
The Louisville, Kentucky-based restaurant company, parent of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and The Habit Burger Grill, told analysts on a ...
- January 26, 2022
Today in food commerce, a joke tweet from McDonald’s at Elon Musk presents unexpected consequences for cryptocurrency holders, and Gopuff teams up with major banks in advance of going public. ...
- January 26, 2022
When it comes to pizza, consumers may be ready for robotic restaurants.
Pizza Hut now has a fully automated location at a mall in Bnei Dror, Israel, per a video shared ...
- August 27, 2021
Today in restaurant and grocery tech news, Dole is overhauling its supply chain, while Pizza Hut hints at its grocery intentions. Plus, Dmitry Shevelenko, co-founder of last-mile logistics company Tortoise, ...
- August 27, 2021
With the announcement of Pizza Hut’s new CEO, it looks like the brand may have ambitions to get into consumer-packaged goods (CPG). The restaurant’s parent company Yum Brands announced Thursday ...
- July 29, 2021
Yum! Brands’ digital investments are paying off. The company, parent of major quick-service restaurant (QSR) brands KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, as well as fast-casual chain The Habit Burger ...
- May 24, 2021
It’s official: drive-thrus are having their moment.
First Pizza Hut announced it would be adding “Hut Lane” mobile order-ahead service to 1,500 locations, then drive-thru coffee chain Dutch Bros Coffee was reported ...
- April 13, 2021
Over the past 13 months, consumers have grown used to the flexibility and convenience of a lifestyle that is more online than ever before.
With the rapid progress of this digital ...
- March 31, 2021
Pizza Hut will now be rolling out a new digital option called “The Hut Lane,” according to a company blog.
The new service is touted as “doubling down on safety and ...
- February 5, 2021
Super Bowl Sunday is one of the busiest days for a number of wing and pizza quick-service restaurant (QSR) chains. The occasion comes as chicken wings and pizza have been ...
- January 20, 2021
Restaurant franchisee NPC International won court approval to sell 1,300 Pizza Hut and Wendy’s locations for around $800 million, Bloomberg reported. The news comes months after the pandemic forced the ...
- January 18, 2021
Pizza Hut Israel is trialing a new program that would enable drones to bring orders for delivery to pre-approved hubs, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday (Jan. 18).
The company is ...
- December 21, 2020
The typical Hollywood portrayal of the fast-food drive-thru experience includes an unintelligible conversation with a clerk, made worse by a lousy speaker system and an outdated menu that’s missing letters ...
- November 29, 2020
Pizza Hut will now accept cryptocurrency as a form of payment at its stores in Venezuela, Cointelegraph reported.
Crypto merchant gateway firm Cryptobuyer announced in a tweet on Nov. 27 that ...
- September 10, 2020
Dining as a vertical has been hit hard by the pandemic, but pizza has served as the exception to the rule. It turns out that in times of crisis, people ...
- August 17, 2020
NPC International, the largest Pizza Hut and Wendy’s franchisee in the U.S., plans to close as many as 300 Pizza Hut restaurants after a deal was reached to pave the ...
- July 30, 2020
Yum! Brands, Inc. reported on Thursday (July 30) that digital sales grew to an all-time high of $3.5 billion for the second quarter, marking a rise of over $1 billion ...
- April 29, 2020
Amid a focus on off-premise dining and digital technology, Yum! Brands CEO David Gibbs said the firm saw early signs of recovery in markets first impacted by the coronavirus and stabilization in ...
- February 21, 2020
Pardon the pun, but for QSRs, home delivery options are becoming table stakes. As Pizza Hut stumbles financially and Domino’s races ahead, the commitment to the customer experience is under ...
- February 21, 2020
The largest franchisee of U.S. pizza chain Pizza Hut is reportedly considering options in the wake of financial woes, including bankruptcy.
The news, reported by Bloomberg on Wednesday (Feb. 19), said ...
- February 6, 2020
With digital innovation in delivery and click-and-collect in its quick-service restaurants (QSRs), Yum! Brands reported that worldwide system sales excluding foreign currency translation increased 10 percent, with Taco Bell at ...
- November 11, 2019
For quick-service restaurants (QSRs), tried and true practices might not be cutting it anymore. Drive-thrus, practically invented by QSRs, are having trouble living up to the fast promise of fast ...
- November 7, 2019
Retail technology is undergoing big changes in the restaurant world, and that includes the drive-thru.
New data via PYMNTS research has troubling news for restaurants with drive-thru windows. Consumers spent an average ...
- October 30, 2019
Ties to Grubhub drove down investor confidence in Yum! Brands on Wednesday (Oct. 30) even as the quick-service restaurant (QSR) operator — which runs the Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC ...
- September 17, 2019
As Pizza Hut aims to bolster sales with its NFL sponsorship and a focus on delivery, the quick-service restaurant chain is teaming with Kellogg to roll out a Stuffed Cheez-It ...
- July 24, 2019
In a move that borrows from the world of eCommerce, Pizza Hut is turning to technology to help consumers pick up their pizzas: One of its California restaurants has begun ...
- May 1, 2019
Yum! Brands keeps rolling out delivery and technology for its quick service restaurant (QSR) brands, but that didn’t save it from disappointing investors early Wednesday (May 1) when it released ...
