KFC floats revamped value menu with boat promo

August 27, 2009

KFC has ramped up its Ultimate Value Menu and is promoting it via a specially designed vessel fitted to give away free samples.   The new value menu…

Alaska KFC/Taco Bell helps pave way for more rural locations

August 27, 2009

A multibranded KFC/Taco Bell restaurant's grand opening in Kodiak, Alaska, last year set a Yum! Brands' corporate record, not only for its opening day but for…

Church's Chicken buys 23 Mrs. Winner's stores in Tenn., Ky.

August 25, 2009

Chick-fil-A kicks off college football season with giveaway

August 24, 2009

Chick-fil-A is again celebrating the start of the college football season with the the second-annual Chick-fil-A Kickoff football game by offering a free…

KFC addresses inaccurate nutritional reports of test sandwich

August 24, 2009

KFC's Double Down sandwich, which has been in test in Providence, R.I., and Omaha, Neb., for several weeks, has received unprecendented attention, much of it…

KFC sandwich test draws worldwide attention

August 23, 2009

KFC's Unthink campaign apparently is not just about offering a better-for-you grilled bone-in product line. The chain may be poised to ask consumers to Unthink…

Magazine ranks cities by dependence on fast food

August 20, 2009

Known for its Restaurant Report Cards that rate quick-serve restaurants according to their most and least healthiest menu items, Men's Health magazine's…

Regional chicken chain thrives on small-town values

Golden Chick never forgets that it's a part of the community.

Deep-discount offering, national media plan pays off for Popeyes

August 19, 2009

Popeyes' deep-discount PayDay promotion in April and a new national advertising plan helped the company fight off competition as it worked aggressively to…

KFC names Chari-T's design winners

August 18, 2009

KFC has announced the winners of its Chari-T's Contest, in which consumers submitted their own designs for the T-shirts that benefit the chain's charitable…

Fla. Chick-fil-A organizes 'nurse-in' for breastfeeding mothers

August 16, 2009

The manager of a Winter Park, Fla., Chick-fil-A averted a public relations crisis by organizing a "nurse-in" after asking a nursing mother to cover her baby…

In-N-Out named favorite in Esquire chef poll

August 16, 2009

Esquire Magazine asked the country's top chefs to rate their favorite fast food restaurants. The winner: In-N-Out Burger. Other mentions include small regional…

Bojangles' Restaurants promotes Hopson to VP of franchising

August 13, 2009

Bojangles' Restaurants Inc. has named Tony Hopson as vice president of franchise operations. Hopson, who joined Bojangles' in November 2007 as regional vice…

ParTech Inc. hires former Yum! exec as account director

August 13, 2009

ParTech Inc., provider of software and hardware solutions, has announced that Tim Vainer has joined the company as managing director in charge of the Yum!

Church's Chicken benefits from goodwill from $20,000 giveaway

The chain's Random Acts of Goodness campaign gave customers a total of $20,000 over four months.

Church's Chicken sale final

August 10, 2009

The sale of Church's Chicken to San Francisco-based private equity firm Friedman Fleischer & Lowe LLC (FFL) for an undisclosed amount is now complete, the…

QSR freebies come at a price

August 9, 2009

The freebie offer has become commonplace as quick-serve restaurants fight to increase traffic during the economic recession and as a result are no longer the…

Bojangles' parent obtains financing to reduce chain's debt

August 5, 2009

Bojangles' Restaurants Inc. has received $70 million in refinancing from parent company Falfurrias Capital Partners, a Charlotte, N.C.-based private equity…

Yum! Brands recognized for Earth Week program

August 4, 2009

Yum! Brands Inc. has received the "Innovative Program Award" from the Employee Services Management (ESM) Association's Awards of Excellence Program for its…

Yum! Brands Australia sued for $10M

August 2, 2009

The family of a girl left brain damaged after a bout of salmonella poisoning is suing Yum! Brands Australia for $10 million in damages, according to a story by…