Kim and Kanye buy KFC chicken using kiosk in Paris

February 21, 2020

Self-order kiosks are now being used by Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. The celebrity couple posted themselves on Instagram buying chicken from a KCF kiosk in…

KFC brings chicken-doughnut sandwich to nation Monday

February 20, 2020

Kentucky Fried Chicken is going all in with its Chicken & Donuts menu item, offering it as a nationwide LTO beginning Monday following a successful test…

How QSRs can create ad formulas that change consumer behavior

by Antonio Tomarchio — Founder and CEO, Cuebiq

Determining whether your marketing is actually motivating QSR visits has always been a bit of a muddled mess. But improved AI-powered algorithms can now…

Yum China FY19 results rosy, but 2020 coronavirus pulls business back

February 6, 2020

After watching its stock soar 43% last year, Yum China's latest financials are already sending investors to the sell column as the company makes clear that the…

KFC, Pizza Hut launch 'contactless' delivery in China amid virus fears

February 4, 2020

In China, where the coronavirus has taken its heaviest toll thus far, Yum Brands' KFC and Pizza Hut stores have initiated contactless delivery as part of the…

KFC brings back plant-based fried chicken in 2 Southern markets

January 29, 2020

Beginning Feb. 3, KFC will offer its plant-based, Beyond Fried Chicken menu items in  Charlotte, North Carolina, and Nashville, Tennesee, and surrounding…

Yum China closes Wuhan stores due to virus, Yum Brands declares dividend

January 27, 2020

Yum China confirmed that it has temporarily closed some of its KFC and Pizza Hut stores in Wuhan, China due to the well-publicized coronavirus outbreak there…

Yum China wins Top Employer China for 2nd straight year

December 4, 2019

For the second consecutive year, Yum China Holdings, Inc. took home Top Employer China for 2020. The award is presented by global certification program, Top…

QSR end-of-year campaigns roll out red (+ green) carpet for customers

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

From white-bearded nutcrackers to coffee-scented candles, QSRs are whispering sweet little nothings into their customers' ears this time of year in the form of…

KFC mashes up mega-popular heat +sweet

November 14, 2019

In the annals of really really sizzling hot trends, hot chicken along with chicken-and-waffles have got to be at the top of the temperature dial, explaining…

KFC 'Pez-ifies' the Colonel

October 23, 2019

Prepare for more adult theft from kids' trick-or-treat bags this year, thanks to the latest goofy, but most assuredly trendy Colonel Sanders Pez candy…

Yum China puts waste in 'basket'

October 14, 2019

Yum China Holdings is China's first restaurant company to attain the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification. It has launched a system that…

KFC UK/Ireland deploys kitchen automation across 900+ stores

October 8, 2019

In the U.K. and Ireland, KFC is deploying delivery-centered kitchen management software at the chicken giant's 900 locations there after what was defined as "a…

Yum moves Walmart tech leader into CIO slot, names KFC exec chief strategy officer

September 18, 2019

Walmart tech leader, Clay Johnson, will be joining Yum! Brands, Inc. next month as chief digital and technology officer, while the company said it has promoted…

Chick-fil-A/Popeyes chicken war yanked August business away from other QSRs

With the feathers settled on August's Chick-fil-A/Popeyes chicken sandwich face-off, the data has started to come in and it doesn't look great for other QSR…

KFC fills trick-or-treat streets with Colonel clones

September 9, 2019

What better way to market your brand during that favorite haunted holiday of Halloween, then to dispatch thousands of pint-sized versions of your spokesperson…

New KFC Celebrity Colonel flashes back to football film, 'Rudy'

September 5, 2019

KFC is going through the goalposts for its new celebrity colonel, by dubbing Sean Astin, the actor who played the lead in the 1993 football film, Rudy, the…

CKE, Carl's Jr., Hardee's ... a plant-based love story

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

It's well-established now that QSR plant-based mania is in full swing. But how do the category's firmly ensconced and very beef-based burger brands even go…

KFC's Atlanta store 'Beyond Chicken' test sells out in under 5 hours

August 28, 2019

The familiar red-and-white bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken transformed into green, both literally and figuratively, yesterday, when the fried chicken chain…

Popeyes sell out of chicken sandwiches ... a nation weeps

August 28, 2019

Around the time lines were wrapping around an Atlanta KFC store, with customers hoping for a bite of the chain's plant-based Beyond Chicken nuggets, lines were…