All KFC articles – Page 23
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Analysis & Insight
Sales slow for US restaurants
The 500 largest US restaurant chains registered a 3.5% annual sales increase in 2013, a significant decline from 4.9% the prior year, according to data released by Technomic
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Analysis & Insight
Campaigners call for TV junk food ads ban until 9pm
Health campaigners have called for food and snack makers to be banned from advertising food high in fat, sugar and salt before the 9pm watershed
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Analysis & InsightWise guys
It has been less than a year since its UK launch, but US better burger chain Five Guys has already made plenty of waves across the country’s eating-out sector
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NewsSubway remains top franchise opportunity
Subway has been named as the number one franchise opportunity for the fourth year in a row in an annual list of Top 100 Global Franchises by Franchise Direct, the leading online resource for global franchise opportunities
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News
Grill & Go and Chopstix arrive at Woking
Woking Shopping, the joint venture between Moyallen and Woking Borough Council, has announced the opening of Grill and Go and Chopstix Noodle Bar in Peacocks Place, the scheme’s food court
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NewsYum! UK system sales growth accelerates
Yum! Brands, the owner of the KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell fast-food chains, saw system sales growth in the UK accelerate to 3% in Q4 2013, leaving growth of 1% in the year to 28 December
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NewsStarbucks up to 50 UK franchise sites
Starbucks has opened 50 sites under franchise in the UK since it launched its first partnership under the new agreement last February
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NewsSouthern Co-op becomes Starbucks franchisee
The Southern Co-operative has become the latest franchise of Starbuck after opening a site in London Road in Southampton
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NewsOperators sign up for Lakeside redevelopment
Wasabi, Rhythm Kitchen and Thai Express have become the latest operators to sign up for units at the £9m redevelopment of Lakeside shopping centre’s food court
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News
La Tagliatella in UK debut talks
La Tagliatella, the Italian restaurant brand owned by AmRest, the largest independent restaurant operator in Central and Eastern Europe with 700 sites, is believed to be in talks on its first site in the UK
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NewsStarbucks secures further UK franchisee
Starbucks UK has secured its third franchise partner in the UK as it looks to open 200 sites across the country under franchise by 2017
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NewsSector brands dominate High St happiness list
Leading eating and drinking-out sector operators have dominated the top 10 of the latest High Street Happiness Survey, which looks into the levels of customer satisfaction being provided by the UK’s top high street brands
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News
High-end KFC to make debut in Canada
The world’s first KFC Select, a higher-end version of the fried-chicken brand’s format, will make its debut in mid-December in Toronto
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NewsYum! reorganises global divisions by brand
Yum! Brands has announced it is reorganising its business to drive brand and geographic focus combining its US and international divisions to align focus on the brands
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NewsWelcome Break eyes further brands
Welcome Break, the motorway services operator, would like to add a further two branded F&B operators to its existing mix as it moves to a completely branded offer at its 29 sites
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NewsWelcome Break to add Subway and Harry Ramsden’s
Welcome Break, the motorway services operator, is to add Subway and Harry Ramsden’s to its list of brands before the end of the year, M&C Report understands
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NewsYum! to invest $10bn in emerging markets
Yum! Brands, the owner of the KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell fast-food chains, along with its joint partners is to invest $10bn over the next seven years in growing its presence in emerging markets, such as China and India
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NewsYum! Q3 UK sales rise 1%; cuts growth estimates
Yum! Brands has reported a 1% rise in UK system sales in the three months to 7 September, although “weak results” in Pizza Hut UK and across Japan were cited as the reason for a 1% decline in same-store sales in international developed markets
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NewsKFC to open first motorway Drive Thru
The first KFC Drive-Thru at a motorway services is due to open at Welcome Break’s Cardiff Gate before the end of November
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NewsFranchising “now a boom industry”
Franchising is “now a boom industry” and competition to partner “McDonald’s or KFC is ferocious”, with franchisees of the former operator able to achieve profits of £200k a year, writes the Evening Standard