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Financing

Yum Brands is buying another digital marketing company

 By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 24, 2021

The owner of Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut this time is buying Tictuk Technologies, which enables online ordering and marketing through chat platforms like WhatsApp.

Financing

Taco Bell's owner is buying a marketing technology business

 By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 02, 2021

Yum Brands has a deal to acquire Kvantum, which uses artificial intelligence to understand consumer insights and marketing performance.

Food

McDonald’s and Yum Brands ink deals with Beyond Meat

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 25, 2021

The plant-based meat maker will work with the burger giant on its McPlant platform and will help create menu items at Yum’s KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell brands.

Financing

KFC, ‘built for this environment,’ sees strong sales growth

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 04, 2021

With consumers at home, the chain’s chicken buckets sold strongly last year while the company worked to improve its drive-thru times.

Leadership

Tracy Skeans named chief operating officer of Taco Bell owner Yum Brands

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 02, 2021

The executive had been chief transformation and people officer and had already been acting as operations chief.

Food

KFC is taking its new chicken sandwich national

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 07, 2021

The fried chicken chain is making its new sandwich available in select markets now and will expand it to all 4,000 locations by the end of February.

Marketing

KFC and Lifetime have created a Colonel Sanders movie, really

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 07, 2020

The holiday mini-movie features Saved by the Bell actor Mario Lopez in “A Recipe for Seduction” that will appear on the channel Sunday.

Operations

Quick-service chains plan for a fast future

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 24, 2020

As the pandemic hit, fast-food chains rethought their designs. Here’s a look at the most popular elements.

Operations

Inside KFC’s new takeout-focused prototype

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 18, 2020

The chicken chain, set to ramp up new units next year, unveiled its “Next Generation Prototype,” including digital cubbies, double drive-thrus, parking for takeout orders and fewer seats.

Food

8 unique LTOs trending around the world

By Patricia Cobe on Nov. 09, 2020

New items launching on global chain menus may provide inspiration for innovation stateside.

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