Chicken Scare Is Testing Chinese Loyalty To American Fast Food
(Reuters) - A food safety scare in China is testing local consumers' loyalty to foreign fast-food brands, including McDonald's Corp and Yum Brands Inc, which owns the KFC and Pizza Hut chains.Yum said...
View ArticleWhy KFC And Pizza Hut Are Tanking In China
If you thought Yum! Brands' (NYSE: YUM) struggles in China were finally over, think again. Shares of the global fast food giant fell nearly 3% early Thursday after it revealed its KFC and Pizza Hut...
View Article12 Reasons Why Eating At KFC Japan Is Completely Different Than It Is In The US
KFC is wildly popular in Japan.The fast food chain has more than 1,200 locations there, making it the fried chicken chain's third-largest market behind the U.S. and China. As sales decline in the U.S.,...
View ArticleKFC Is Counting On These New Menu Items To Save Business In China
KFC parent company Yum Brands was hit hard by a Chinese food safety scandal. The company cut the profit outlook in a recent earnings announcement. Sales in China fell 14% in the most recent quarter as...
View ArticleGoogle Glass Could Save KFC And Other Fast-Food Companies Millions Of Dollars
Much has been written about how technology could be used to replace humans in the service sector, but a recent USA Today story suggests it can also save companies money by making workers more...
View ArticleKFC Is Going Upmarket In The UK With This Fancy New Redesign
KFC has unveiled a radical redesign of its UK restaurants which make its interiors look more like upmarket hipster eateries than fast-food fried chicken joints.Design Week reports that the "informal...
View ArticleHere's How Much It Costs To Open Different Fast Food Franchises In The US
Owning a fast food franchise can be an incredibly lucrative business, but it requires a lot cash. You must have at least $750,000 in liquid assets to open a McDonald's or Taco Bell restaurant, for...
View ArticleKFC Is Testing Selling Beer
Fast food company KFC is hoping to sell beer and cider at a new concept store in western Sydney. The company has applied for a liquor licence for the new store on Church Street, Parramatta, as the...
View ArticleKFC Just Released One Of The Most Ridiculous Fast-Food Menu Items Ever
KFC has introduced a hot dog wrapped in a cheese-stuffed chicken breast. The so-called Double Down Dog has caused a stir on social media.It appears to be a hot dog version of the infamous "Double...
View ArticleKFC is bringing back popcorn chicken
Kentucky Fried Chicken is bringing back a popular retired item. The company is introducing popcorn chicken nuggets.KFC previously had an item on the menu called popcorn chicken, but that was...
View ArticleKFC Japan is releasing a strange-looking burger
KFC has already made headlines this week with KFC Korea’s Fire Double Down—but that’s not enough for the world-famous chicken chain. In Japan, the KFC empire is launching flavor missiles heard ’round...
View ArticleKFC is bringing an entirely new menu to the UK
KFC, The US fried chicken chain, announced yesterday that it was planning to bring edible coffee cups to the UK.But the so-called "Scoffee-ee Cup"— made of biscuit wrapped in sugar paper and designed...
View ArticleKFC might be pressured into changing how its chicken is raised after...
LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO (Reuters) - KFC, the world's largest chain of fried chicken restaurants, may face pressure from consumer and environmental groups to change how its poultry are raised after...
View ArticleKFC has a new menu item that copies Chipotle
KFC has a new line of chicken and rice bowls that it hopes will attract millennials.The bowls come in two flavors: Sweet n' Spicy BBQ and hand-pulled honey barbecue chicken, reports Bruce Horovitz at...
View ArticleThe man who brought KFC to Britain now calls it 'dreadful' and vowed to...
The man who brought KFC to Britain and one of only a few people in the world to know its "secret" recipe has vowed never to eat it again - branding it "dreadful".Raymond Allen became a personal friend...
View ArticleYum's China sales plunge wasn't as horrible as expected
(Reuters) - Yum Brands Inc, owner of KFC and Pizza Hut chains, on Tuesday said business in its biggest market China is recovering from a meat scare at one of its minor suppliers and the division would...
View ArticleKFC is making 2 drastic changes to beat the competition (YUM)
After a 21-year hiatus, KFC is bringing Colonel Sanders, its founder and brand mascot, back to its advertising to celebrate 75 years since the fast-food chain's secret fried chicken recipe was...
View ArticleThe 10 things in advertising you need to know today
Good morning. Here's everything you need to know in the world of advertising today.1. Adblock Plus has launched a mobile browser. That could prove a costly headache for companies like Google.2. These...
View ArticleKFC has been testing connected keyboard trays for smartphone users with...
KFC - Tray Typer from This is for the jury on Vimeo.KFC has trialled disposable paper typing trays in Germany to make it easier for smartphone users to browse the web without getting troublesome grease...
View ArticleTons of KFC customers hate the new TV ad — and the CEO is thrilled
KFC just brought back the brand's mascot, Colonel Sanders, to its TV ads after a 21-year hiatus — and some people aren't thrilled about it.One out of five people hate the ads, according to Greg Creed,...
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