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Marketing

Restaurants catch their share of flak in the culture wars

Working Lunch: Are Pizza Hut's reading selections a social threat? and what will a alternative "anti-woke" Chamber of Commerce mean for restaurants?

Financing

Pizza chains are losing the battle for drivers to third party delivery companies

The Bottom Line: Pizza chains are struggling to find enough drivers. They are increasingly turning to delivery services, which are not having the same problem.

The pizza chain’s domestic same-store sales fell 6% and executives blamed a shortage of delivery drivers. Taco Bell and KFC sales both increased.

The pizza chain’s sales fell, much like Domino’s, because of the driver shortage. But the company says operators that have used aggregators are seeing sales benefits.

SOC Investment Group wants other shareholders to vote against a pay package for the KFC owner’s top executives, citing one-time awards based on unit count growth.

Marketing Bites: Wendy’s tries a Twitter-activated vending machine; Pizza Hut drives the Struggle Bus; Dunkin’ gets into makeup, and more marketing news of the week.

The owner of KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Habit Burger said “we’re moving to a better place” as the impact of the pandemic on its restaurants eases.

The owner of KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Habit opened nearly 4,200 new restaurants worldwide last year, which the company says is an industry record.

The owner of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut is working with the University of Louisville and Howard University on an MBA-level program to help women and people of color interested in franchising.

The new Spicy Lovers Pizza, launching as an LTO, boasts layers of fiery toppings.

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