AFC Enterprises reports 6 percent profit

August 18, 2010

AFC Enterprises Inc., the umbrella company of Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen, has reported a same-store boost in the second quarter 2010, which ended July 11. Much…

Church's Chicken requests a serenade

August 18, 2010

Calling all singer/songwriters: Church's Chicken wants to hear your lyrics about its new Spicier Spicy Chicken. The new item, introduced earlier this month…

Kentucky Fried Milestone: Original Recipe turns 70

August 17, 2010

Colonel Sanders' iconic Original Recipe, with 11 herbs and spices, was created in 1940. KFC marked the 70th anniversary milestone Tuesday by cooking a world…

Chick-fil-A marks milestone opening

August 11, 2010

Chick-fil-A is spreading its wings. The chain celebrated the opening of its 1,500th restaurant today in downtown Los Angeles.

Church's Chicken spices things up with new menu item, ad campaign

August 8, 2010

Church's Chicken has turned up the heat, launching its new "Spicier Spicy Chicken" today.

Sweet Tea-light: Chick-fil-A sets Guinness record

August 4, 2010

Chick-fil-A gave "super size" a whole new meaning on Wednesday, setting a Guinness World Record by creating the world's largest sweet iced tea.

El Pollo Loco named a top franchise for Hispanics for the first time

August 3, 2010

The World Franchising Network has listed El Pollo Loco on its list of Top Franchises for Hispanics. This is the first time the chicken establishment has made…

East Coast Wings develops QSR prototype

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In a report issued July 20, the NPD Group stated that QSR unit counts are down 1 percent within the past year.

KFC continues international growth in Malaysia

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August 2, 2010

KFC Holdings, the franchisee of the Kentucky Fried Chicken chain of restaurants in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, has announced that it will continue to…

KFC franchisees get a boost from registry listing

August 2, 2010

KFC Corp. has been added to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Franchise Registry, a list of franchise systems that have had their agreements…

Church's Chicken named a top franchise for Hispanics

August 1, 2010

Fully aware that U.S. Hispanic consumers outspent every other demographic last year, one chain is tapping heavily into the Hispanic franchise ownership base.

Atlanta is in a fowl mood

August 1, 2010

Atlanta certainly is a hot place for chicken. The city is about to get a boost of 55 total quick-service restaurants that feature chicken as a focal menu item.

YUM! Brands among Fortune Global 500 list

July 29, 2010

The biggest money-earning companies in the world, as published in FORTUNE Magazine's annual list, include BP, Wal-Mart and Microsoft.

KFC India offers vegetarian Zinger Burger

July 28, 2010

Catering to the large vegetarian population in India, KFC India has started to offer a meatless version of its signature Zinger Burger.

Culver's debuts new, peppery ButterBurger

July 25, 2010

Culver's added a new player to its ButterBurger line-up. Starting today, and for a limited time, the Pepper Grinder Bacon ButterBurger is available at all…

Local Popeyes owners accused of not paying sales tax

July 22, 2010

The owners of five Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurants in the Indianapolis-area have been accused of avoiding the state's sales tax.

KFC campaign raises more than $4 million for breast cancer research

July 21, 2010

KFC's "Buckets for the Cure" campaign, which kicked off in April, raised $4.2 million for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation. The foundation…

BBI reinvents Rex's Chicken, has record-breaking sales in first week

Since going bankrupt in 1999, Rex's Chicken has been a thing of the past, until now. June 21 marked the grand opening of the new Rex’s Chicken in Bixby, Okla.

KFC tries to lure competitor employees with free sandwich

July 14, 2010

KFC is focusing on portable options as part of its turnaround plan and apparently hopes to leverage some of the buzz from its Double Down limited-time-offer…

KFC continues to challenge Yum!'s U.S. sales

July 13, 2010

Yum! Brands is pleased that its operating profits are up across all divisions, even though same-store sales were down in the United States and up only …