Chick-fil-A adds Peach Milkshake as summer LTO

May 27, 2009

ATLANTA — Chick-fil-A is adding a new peach flavor to its line of Hand-Spun Milkshakes for the summer. The Peach Milkshake will be offered as a limited-time…

Yum! Brands adds price to cash tender offer

May 26, 2009

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Yum! Brands Inc., parent company of Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut, has announced that it has priced its cash tender offer to purchase up to…

KFC pleased with grilled chicken sales

May 25, 2009

The Denver Post: KFC president Roger Eaton said the roller coaster of attention from the failed Oprah Winfrey-endorsed Kentucky Grilled Chicken coupon…

Yum! Brands franchisee deploys XFormity solution

May 25, 2009

DALLAS — XFormity Technologies, provider of restaurant analytical and reporting solutions, has deployed its Business Intelligence solution across Yum! Brands…

KFC manager recognizes robber as fired employee

May 25, 2009

Memphis Commercial Appeal: A manager at a Memphis, Tenn., KFC recognized a masked man attempting to rob the store as an employee who had been fired the…

Chick-fil-A continues to peck away at breakfast market share

With product giveaways and a marketing push, the chain works to convince consumers that chicken is not just for dinner anymore.

KFC Foundation announces college scholarship awards

May 20, 2009

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky Fried Chicken Foundation has awarded scholarships to 75  incoming college freshmen in the fourth class of KFC Colonel's…

KFC ends fight with U.K. pizzeria over 'Family Feast'

May 20, 2009

BBC News: KFC has withdrawn its attempt to stop The Titanic Pizza Co., located in the Scottish seaside town of Carnoustie, from using the term 'family feast.…

KFC U.K. Colonel Sanders images blurred by Google

May 20, 2009

The Daily Telegraph (London): Google Street View has blurred the image of Colonel Sanders on all 760 KFC stores in the United Kingdom to 'protect his privacy.…

Customer satisfaction, economic indicators continue to rise

QSR customer satisfaction has matched its highest score ever, with Wendy's in the lead.

Church's Chicken CEO performs first 'Random Acts of Goodness'

May 17, 2009

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Church's Chicken president and CEO, Harsha V. Agadi, kicked off the brand's Random Acts of Goodness campaign May 14 in San Antonio, Texas…

Institutional Investor survey names Yum! CFO tops in restaurant industry

May 17, 2009

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Yum! Brands Inc.'s chief financial officer Richard Carucci has been recognized by Institutional Investor's 2009 America's Best CFOs survey…

Chick-fil-A founder to speak at mayor's prayer breakfast

May 17, 2009

Branson Daily News (Mo.): Truett Cathy, founder of the Chick-fil-A restaurant chain and one of the nation's most prominent Christian businessmen, will be the…

Yum! Brands amends terms of cash tender offer

May 14, 2009

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Yum! Brands Inc., parent company of Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell, has announced that it has amended the terms of its cash tender offer to…

KFC testing halal restaurants in London

May 13, 2009

MarketingWeek: KFC is this week testing a number of halal restaurants in London, company officials said. KFC will use its existing suppliers to stock its…

KFC sees silver lining in coupon disaster

May 10, 2009

Advertising Age.com: KFC spent months seeking Oprah Winfrey's approval of the Kentucky Grilled Chicken 2-piece meal coupon promotion. When approval came, the…

El Pollo Loco winning this round of chicken war

The small, high-end QSR chain is waging a successful, all-out assault on KFC's grilled chicken line.

KFC stops honoring Oprah coupon, apologizes with rain checks

May 7, 2009

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Following an unprecedented and overwhelming response to a free offer of a Kentucky Grilled Chicken meal, KFC has announced that it can no…

Commentary: Time to UNthink 'free'?

by Lori Walderich — CMO, Top That! Pizza

A marketing expert weighs in on KFC's missteps with its Oprah-endorsed grilled chicken meal coupon.

KFC contest looking for mom-themed tattoos

May 6, 2009

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — This Mother's Day, KFC will honor those who display their love for their mothers with permanent or temporary mom-themed tattoos in a Mother's…