Yum Brands announces 47-cent dividend

May 15, 2020

Yum! Brands, Inc. board of directors declared a dividend of 47 cents per share of common stock. The quarterly dividend will be distributed June 12 to…

QSR DIY kits: Cure for COVID-19-induced 'cabin fever?

Taco shops want you to toss taco parties, while ice cream parlors hope their do-it-yourself sundaes will melt your heart. DIY kits are proving to be a new…

Taco Bell shines as sole bright spot in Yum Brands Q1 sales

April 30, 2020

Though KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and The Habit Burger Grille parent, Yum Brands, recorded a Q1 same-store sales decline of 7% after the tumultuous first…

Yum China confirms nation's 1st QSR plant-based 'chicken' test

April 27, 2020

Kentucky Fried Chicken China confirmed today that it has become one of the first national Western QSR brands to introduce a plant-based meat product to China…

Taco Bell intros 'Truck-thru at HQ'

April 21, 2020

Taco Bell said that today it will again give away its new Flamin' Hot Doritos Locos via drive-thru or pickup for online orders with no purchase required…

McDonald's, Taco Bell, Dunkin' all amp up COVID-19 protection measures

April 13, 2020

Three major QSR brands are stepping up their COVID-19 precautionary measures and adding employee protective gear and other items, beginning with McDonald's. In…

Yum Brands CEO relinquishes salary to fund GM bonuses, employee aid fund

March 31, 2020

The CEO of Louisville-based QSR and pizza brand parent, Yum Brands, is contributing his salary for the remainder of the year to fund one-time $1,000 bonuses…

Taco Bell does free drive-thru tacos Tuesday

March 30, 2020

Taco Bell is working to generate some customer love and drive-thru traffic with its plan to give all its drive-thru guests a free Doritos Locos taco, with no…

Yum Brands closing 7,000 stores globally due to COVID-19

March 25, 2020

Yum Brands is closing 1,000 Pizza Hut Express outlets and at least 900 U.K. KFC stores in a group of 7,000 restaurant outlets the Louisville, Kentucky-based…

Yum China sees 'early signs of recovery'

March 23, 2020

Yum China Holdings, Inc. said that despite the "unprecedented scale and impact" of the pandemic across its locations in China, leadership at the company is…

White Castle's pandemic response shows QSR strains amid dine-in closings

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

With five states closing in-restaurant dining, we talk to one QSR affected by the closures in response to the pandemic and how it's affecting operations for…

Taco Bell to Wendy's: 'We'll handle the breakfast burritos, thank you very much'

March 12, 2020

Count Taco Bell in as yet another player in the QSR breakfast wars, now that the chain is debuting its new Toasted Breakfast Burrito Menu today. The menu…

Taco Bell to test restaurant re-dos centered on socializing, tech, games

March 5, 2020

Taco Bell is going to test converting some of its locations into what the brand has dubbed "fast social" restaurants that use tech and other systems to make…

Yum Brands acquires leadership development company to grow franchisee leaders, culture

March 4, 2020

Yum! Brands has acquired a leadership development program company called Heartstyles that the multi-restaurant brand organization said it will employ to…

Taco Bell launches 'Veggie Mode' to simplify kiosk vegetarian ordering

March 3, 2020

Taco Bell said today that beginning March 12, it will add a "Veggie Mode" feature that once again plays up the brand's established connection with vegetarian…

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…

Taco Bell returns Nacho fries with a kick o' 'chix'

January 24, 2020

Taco Bell is betting that its marketing and menu marvel of 2018 can keep on returning sizzling results in its newest permutation introduced this week that…

Taco Bell amps up mobile app personalization efforts

January 13, 2020

Taco Bell has partnered with omnichannel personalization company, Certona, to personalize menu recommendations and offers for registered users of its mobile…

Taco Bell offering paid sick days, $100,000 GM salaries

Taco Bell is upping the ante on QSR industry employer desirability and packaging sustainability with its 2020 commitments.

What wowed QSRweb readers in 2019

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

From major C-suite changes at major QSRs, to everything and anything about the delivery game in quick-service, the top stories "of the year that was" on…