Buying a Franchise
KFC Is Making a Big Switch After 40 Years
Starting in January, Coca-Cola products will roll into every U.S. location, ending one of fast food's longest soda partnerships.
Yum Brands
Buying a Franchise
Pizza Hut Just Went Private in a $2.7 Billion Sale — Here’s the Turnaround Plan
After 30 years under Yum Brands, Pizza Hut has a new owner, and a plan built on nostalgia instead of another remodel.
Buying a Franchise
Taco Bell Abandoned This Market 14 Years Ago — Here’s Why It’s Going Back Now
Taco Bell walked away from the UAE without explanation in 2012. Now it's betting the market is ready for some Cheesy Gorditas.
Buying a Franchise
Pizza Hut Is Dropping ‘Pizza’ From Its Name for 25 Weeks — Here’s the Reason Why
The chain will go by "Hut" through the NFL season. Meanwhile, Yum! Brands is finalizing a deal to sell Pizza Hut to two different buyers.
Business News
The Investor Who Turned Arby’s Into a $20 Billion Empire Just Bought Pizza Hut for $1.5 Billion
Yum Brands has agreed to sell Pizza Hut to LongRange Capital, which engineered Arby's comeback and now wants to do the same for pizza.
Buying a Franchise
KFC Asked a Bold Question: What Would the Colonel Build Today? Here’s the Surpising Answer.
This summer the chain opens a completely reimagined restaurant in Texas to test what the brand's next decade looks like.
Buying a Franchise
Arby’s Was Written Off. Then This Investor Rescued It. Now He Wants to Do the Same Thing for Pizza Hut.
The private equity firm circling Pizza Hut turned Arby's into a $20 billion empire. Now it wants another comeback story.
Buying a Franchise
Taco Bell Brings the Heat With 8% Same-Store Sales Growth — Here’s What It’s Doing Right
The fast-food chain Taco Bell beat Wall Street expectations while its parent company, Yum! Brands, explores selling Pizza Hut.
Business News
This Is the Most Important Thing You Can Do to Improve Your Business, According to the Co-Founder of a $32 Billion Company
At Yum! Brands, which includes KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut, former CEO David Novak helped grow the company to a market cap of $32 billion.
By Sherin Shibu
Business News
Lucky Losers: 3 Earnings Losers to Buy on Sale
Sometimes earnings come in below estimates because of transitory issues that are likely to subside over time.Here are three examples of companies that posted negative earnings surprises to wrap up...
Business News
It’s Time to Step into Yum! Brands Stock
Popular restaurant franchisor Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) stock has been selling off with the benchmark indexes despite strong earnings.
By Jea Yu
Business News
Yum Brands Opens New Locations As Revenue Rises To Pre-Pandemic Levels
Yum Brands (NYSE: YUM) reported second-quarter results that beat Wall Street's views and sent shares more than 6% higher Thursday. The company said sa...
By Kate Stalter
Business News
3 Restaurant Stocks Likely to Beat Earnings This Week
Although rising cases of the coronavirus now threaten to derail the turnaround in the restaurant industry, profits recorded for the three months ended...
Buying a Franchise
How A&W Got Its Soul Back
After a corporate acquisition shook the restaurant chain's identity, Kevin Bazner helped it reconnect with its local roots
Business News
McDonald’s Could Fetch Up to $3 Billion for China and Hong Kong Stores
The U.S. fast food company had announced in March it was reorganizing its Asian operations by bringing in partners who would own the restaurants within a franchise business.
By Reuters
Building a Business
Yum Brands, Parent Company of Taco Bell and KFC, Is Spinning Off Its China Business
The company's China unit has been beset by food scandals and marketing missteps.
By Reuters
Marketing
KFC Doubles Down on a Dumb Ad Campaign
KFC believes that a negative response equates to a good response. No wonder the chain is struggling.
Entrepreneurs
Pizza Hut and Taco Bell to Cut Artificial Flavors and Coloring
The sister chains are upping brand standards to appease the quality-oriented customer.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
Yum Invests $185 Million in Modernizing KFC Franchises
The parent company is taking over KFC's domestic marketing as franchisees remodel back of house.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
Watch Out Chick-fil-A: KFC’s Chicken Sandwich Sister Chain Is Opening a Second Location
Is the fast-casual-influenced Super Chix a Chick-fil-A knockoff or a serious contender?
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
Taco Bell to Open First Restaurants in Japan
The taco chain plans to add 1,300 new locations internationally by 2023.
By Kate Taylor
Building a Business
KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell Want Even More Millennial Customers in 2015
Yum Brands, the parent company of the three chains, is so focused on millennials, its executives used Twitter lingo during a major investor meeting.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
Taco Bell Is Hungry for Global Expansion
The Tex-Mex chain is planning on adding 1,300 new locations overseas by 2023.
By Kate Taylor
Building a Business
The 10 Biggest Restaurant Trends for 2015
Get ready for a year filled with small plates, signature beverages and the rise of the post-millennial generation.
By Kate Taylor
Building a Business
Yum Brands: It Could Be 9 Months Before We Recover in China
The parent company of KFC and Pizza Hut says it knows what to expect, having faced its share of problems in the Chinese market.
By Kate Taylor
Business Branding
Taco Bell’s New Sister Restaurant Apologizes for ‘Communist’ Logo
Vietnamese sandwich concept Banh Shop promises to change its logo after Vietnamese-Americans called out Taco Bell's parent company for the red star design.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
KFC and Pizza Hut Struggle in China Following Expired-Meat Scandal
As KFC and Pizza Hut's same-store sales slip in China, parent company Yum is worried about long-term consumer confidence in the brands.
By Kate Taylor