Yum Brands profit edges up in 4Q

2010-02-22T12:11:14Z

<div id="subtitle">Yum Brands 4th-qtr profit edges up as sales grow overseas offsetting drop in US</div><div><p>Riding strong overseas growth, especially in China, restaurant operator Yum Brands Inc. posted a 6 percent gain in fourth-quarter profit Wednesday, making up for lower U.S....

Nepal tucks into first international fast-food chain

2010-02-24T00:38:45Z

<div><p>Nepal's first international fast-food restaurants opened in the capital Kathmandu on Wednesday, reflecting the country's cautious attempts to attract more investment from Western companies.</p><p>Long queues formed outside Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and

China drives Yum profit beat; raises '09 view

2010-02-24T22:06:37Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Yum Brands Inc &lt;YUM.N&gt;, parent of the Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and

Pizza Hut debuts ad campaign for wings business

2010-02-24T22:34:40Z

<div id="subtitle">Pies and Wings: Pizza Hut sees winning combination in promoting WingStreet brand</div><div><p>Want some wings with that pie? Pizza Hut is banking on it, with new marketing for its chicken wings, now sold in about half the chain's 6,200 U.S. restaurants.</p><p>Pizza Hut launched ...

Food Industry Seeks To Maintain Junk-Food Marketing In Schools

2010-02-25T02:42:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Bill seeks thorough study of school-based marketing</div><div><p>Despite rising public concern over childhood obesity, food companies, through an industry-funded self-regulatory group, have proposed a set of "principles" by which the companies can use a variety of approaches to market junk food to children in schools.</p><p>The nonprofit

15 sue, saying they fell sick at a Miss. Pizza Hut

2010-02-26T05:09:43Z

<div id="subtitle">15 members of a church suing over claims they fell sick eating at a Pizza Hut in Mississippi</div><div><p>A $1.1 million lawsuit filed against the company that owns a Pizza Hut in north Mississippi has grown to include 15 members of the same church who claim they became sick after eating chicken at the restaur...

Yum Brands profit jumps in 2Q

2010-02-26T09:29:37Z

<div id="subtitle">Yum Brands profit jumps 35 percent in second quarter on acquisition, overseas growth</div><div><p>Grilling has put some sizzle back at KFC, but a reduced sales outlook took a toll on shares of KFC parent company Yum Brands Inc. despite a strong second quarter.</p><p>The ...

Investor Earnings Guide

2009-07-11T07:30:14Z

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2009 file photo, signs for Yum Brands restaurants Taco Bell and Pizza Hut Express are shown in San Carlos, Calif. Investors have placed big bets on an economic recovery since the spring b...

Papa John's resists following rivals into pasta

2010-02-26T21:23:27Z

<div id="subtitle">As rivals pitch pasta, sandwiches, Papa John's keeps its eye on the pie</div><div><p>Papa John's is betting the store on keeping its eye on the pie — even as two larger competitors load their plates with pasta with pasta or sandwiches to boost sales in the slumping economy.</p><p>Yum Brands offer ambitious expansion plan overseas</div><div><p>Yum Brands Inc.'s stock surged Thursday as the operator of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC laid ...

Yum Brands says it is cutting several hundred jobs

2010-03-01T21:20:55Z

<div id="subtitle">Fast-food operator Yum Brands announces job cuts as part of US restructuring</div><div><p>Fast-food company Yum Brands Inc. said Wednesday it will eliminate several hundred jobs and shift up to a couple hundred more as part of a restructuring of its sluggish U.S. business.</p><p&am...

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