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Yum Brands and the University of Louisville start a franchising education program

 By Jonathan Maze on May 26, 2021

The Yum Center for Global Franchise Excellence will focus on recruiting and educating people of color and women on franchising.

Financing

KFC plans to do something it hasn’t done in years: Grow U.S. units

 By Jonathan Maze on May 25, 2021

The chain, buoyed by its chicken sandwich and digital efforts, expects to finish 2021 with more domestic restaurants than it had the previous year. It would be the first time in 17 years.

Food

Comfort-seeking customers flocked to chicken chains in 2020

By Patricia Cobe on May 20, 2021

The leading chicken concepts in Technomic’s Top 500 sales ranking all showed positive growth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Financing

Restaurants find it tough to find chicken

By Jonathan Maze and Heather Lalley on Apr. 28, 2021

Wingstop and KFC, among other chains, have struggled to source chickens amid intense demand and worker shortages among distributors and processors.

Financing

KFC's U.S. sales thrive, thanks to digital and chicken sandwiches

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 28, 2021

The tightening of chicken supplies is making it difficult to keep up with demand. Sister chains Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Habit all saw sales grow over 2019 levels.

Operations

Taco Bell’s owner wants to cut its greenhouse gas emissions

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 26, 2021

Yum Brands, which also owns KFC, Pizza Hut and Habit, plans to reduce emissions by 46% by 2030.

Food

KFC’s fried chicken sandwich goes before the judges

By Patricia Cobe on Mar. 25, 2021

The final contender in our chicken sandwich challenge gets its chance to wow the tasting panel.

Operations

KFC partners with Meals on Wheels to feed seniors

By Patricia Cobe on Mar. 24, 2021

Franchisee and corporate donations will total 1 million pieces of chicken to those disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

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.

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