All KFC articles – Page 4
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NewsKFC warns of further chicken shortages
The fast food chain has been forced to pause its WOW Tuesday offer due to shortages of chicken on the bone, with beans and Pepsi Max cans also in short supply, it has been reported.
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NewsKFC teams up with FareShare to redistribute surplus food
The fried chicken chain will redistribute four million meals in an initiative to reduce food waste and combat food insecurity
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NewsKFC appoints new GM
KFC UK & Ireland has appointed former CMO Meg Farren as its new general manager, following the departure of Paula MacKenzie earlier this year.
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NewsPaula MacKenzie appointed PizzaExpress CEO
MacKenzie, who left her role as managing director at KFC UK & Ireland in March, will join PizzaExpress on 6 June, and will lead the 10,000-strong team on the next stage of its growth journey
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NewsKFC trials first delivery-only kitchens
The fried chicken giant will open its first delivery-only kitchens in London, with more locations planned to open across the year
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NewsKFC UK & Ireland sees sales up 7%
Parent company Yum! Brands said sales within its KFC UK & Ireland division made up 8% of the global fast food chain’s overall revenue in the first quarter ended 31 March 2022
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NewsKFC launches anti-littering pledge
The fried chicken brand will tell its customers ’Don’t Be A Tosser’ with 15ft banners at restaurants across the UK
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NewsNew CFO at KFC UK&I
Matthew McCormick, formerly chief development officer, has become the new chief financial officer, replacing Chris Drew
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NewsPret, McDonald’s, KFC and Itsu join Hostech line-up
The annual conference, a collaboration between MCA and Big Hospitality, will focus on the latest innovations in hospitality technology
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NewsKFC UK & Ireland appoints interim GM
Chief people officer Neil Piper has been appointed as interim general manager following the departure of Paula MacKenzie this week, following 11 years at KFC.
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NewsLeader of KFC UK departs
Paula Mackenzie is understood to have left the brand to pursue a new opportunity outside the organisation. She was manager director of KFC UK & Ireland for five years, overseeing a major turnaround at the business
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NewsMcDonald’s Starbucks and Pizza Hut withdraw from Russia
KFC has suspended its company owned operations, but has yet to announce any action on its c1,000 franchisee-run restaurant estate
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NewsPressure mounts over Russian operations
McDonald’s, KFC and Starbucks are facing pressure and boycott threats over their ongoing operations in Russia
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NewsKFC appoints new marketing director
Richard Hall, currently head of value, membership and loyalty at Tesco, will take up his new role at KFC UK & Ireland in March
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NewsKFC: ‘We are still seeing huge demand for dine-in’
“Huge demand” for dine-in restaurants from both existing and new customers has been a key factor in KFC UK & Ireland’s ambitious new opening target, managing director Paula MacKenzie tells MCA
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NewsKFC to open 300 new sites in five years
The UK & Ireland business is celebrating the opening of its 1,000th restaurant during the first quarter of the year
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NewsKFC parent co toasts strongest growth in history
The UK estate, which accounts for 7% of overall KFC system sales, saw a 38% rise in sales for the full year in 2021
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NewsKFC saw small decline in like-for-like sales last year
The fast food chain’s like-for-like sales in the UK declined by 1.6% for the full year to 27 December 2020 on the back of strong trading in the second quarter.
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InterviewsKFC expands reach after scaling delivery ‘dramatically’
MD Paula MacKenzie appeared at MCA’s Restaurant Conference where she spoke of how the “muscle memory” of the chicken distribution crisis of 2018 helped KFC deal with the lockdowns of 2020
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NewsSustainability is on the agenda at MCA’s Restaurant Conference
Pizza Hut Restaurants, Burger King UK and Darwin & Wallace will take part in a special panel on sustainability with Zero Carbon Forum.