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Behind Yum Brands’ effort to make technology an ever-present part of its business

The owner of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Habit Burger both acquires and develops technology to make the lives of its customers and employees easier. Here’s how the company is doing it.

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In the fast-food Mexican sector, there is Taco Bell, and everyone else

The Bottom Line: Jack in the Box’s planned sale of Del Taco highlights the sector’s complexity. Consumers are eating more Mexican. But they’re avoiding fast-food Mexican restaurants. Unless it’s Taco Bell.

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Buyer's remorse is a common affliction among acquiring restaurant companies

The Bottom Line: Jack in the Box is selling Del Taco just three years after buying the Mexican fast-food chain. But it’s not the first company to quickly decide to shed an acquisition. And it won’t be the last.

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How did restaurants do last month? It depends on who you ask

The Bottom Line: Overall restaurant industry sales improved in March, according to federal data. And some trackers of major chain traffic show improvement. Others reflect a continued difficult market.