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.
Yum Brands
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
Buying a Franchise
Chinese Police Detain Five in Expired Meat Investigation
Officials believe the American-owned food supplier in China purposefully sold expired chicken to chains including McDonald's, KFC and Starbucks.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
Disappointing Earnings Add to McDonald’s Bad Week
Legal battles with franchisees, expired meat and another disappointing quarterly report: it's already been a hard week for McDonald's.
By Kate Taylor
Business News
McDonald’s, KFC Embroiled in China Food Safety Scare
A supplier to the fast-food chains in China has been accused of using expired meat and allowing unhygienic practices.
By CNBC Staff
Buying a Franchise
Pizza Slips and Breakfast Soars in Yum Brand’s Latest Earnings
Sales at KFC and Taco Bell boosted Yum Brands to a solid second quarter, while Pizza Hut struggled to keep up.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
Taco Bell and KFC’s Parent Company Sees a Future in Vietnamese Sandwiches
Yum Brands is testing a new 'banh mi' concept in Dallas, attempting to capitalize on the growing fast-casual market.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
Why China Is Just as Important as Breakfast in the Fast-Food Wars
While breakfast has been making headlines, there are other high-stakes areas where U.S. fast-food giants should be focused.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
McDonald’s Profit Slips in Chilly First Quarter. Will Yum Brands Fare Better?
In a quarter that saw fast-food breakfast wars and the polar vortex, here's how McDonald's is measuring up to the competition.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
Long Seen as Boring, Chicken Is Becoming a Buzz Item for Restaurants
With a new chicken dish that can be topped like a pizza, Domino's joins the ranks of restaurants that are winging it with chicken.
By Kate Taylor
Buying a Franchise
Potential Franchisees, Take Note: Taco Bell Hopes to Open 2,000 U.S. Restaurants by 2023
Looking to own a franchise? Taco Bell is engaging in its most aggressive franchisee recruitment push in 15 years.
By Kate Taylor