Same-store sales at the KFC fried-chicken chain fell 29% in April.
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You don't like him if you're 60 years old and own a KFC franchise--or eat at one.
The company said earlier this month KFC same-store sales in China fell by 16% at a time when nervous consumers have shunned chicken, despite government advice that cooked meat is safe.
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There, Pizza Hut and KFC experienced year-over-year comparative sales growth of 22% and 17% respectively.
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Say you don't have the money or choice -- KFC is making money in the poorest communities.
Louisville's advantage continues to be the revenue it draws from its home arena, the 22, 000-seat KFC Yum Center, which it began playing in during the 2010-11 season.
Brands (Taco Bell, KFC) and Brown-Forman (the spirits company behind Jack Daniel's and Woodford Reserve), have fifth-floor "Finish Line" suites.
The running commentary among the taste testers prompted KFC to move extra-crispy Buffalo chicken into test markets, along with the apple pie.
Forty-five years later, the 91-year-old devout Baptist remains CEO of the second largest fried chicken chain in the country -- only KFC is bigger.
Although unlikely just yet, this may become one of few options left if Chinese media chatters gain further traction and KFC China sees worse-than-expected same store sales decline.
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Some fast-food chains have long sold bite-sized food like KFC's Popcorn Chicken, White Castle's Chicken Rings (think onion ring-shaped chicken), or Sonic's potato Tots.
McDonald's is cutting some fat, while KFC opens the first drive-through in China.
Top 10 brands with the lowest percentage of positive mentions (descending): Microsoft, HSBC, Santander, Vodafone, McDonalds, T-Mobile, KFC, Barclays, TalkTalk and BT.
And so the other night, I drove by the window of the local KFC and ordered a three-piece chicken meal, all dark, original recipe, with coleslaw, beans and a root beer.
Not long ago I drove by the window of the local KFC and ordered a three-piece Kentucky Fried Chicken meal, all dark, original recipe, with coleslaw, beans and a root beer.
While food-wise Kentucky is best known for being the home of KFC, Louisville's cuisine goes beyond 11-herbs-and-spices fare.
In third place in the international-growth derby is KFC, which added nearly 700 restaurants abroad.
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Commercial landlords offered KFC a discounted rent and 5- to 15-year rental lock-up contracts.
"As a result of adverse publicity from the poultry supply situation in mid-December, China KFC sales experienced a sharp decline, " David Novak, chief executive of Yum said in a statement.
The company is trying higher-end ideas, such as Yan Can, the name of four new Asian-themed restaurants in California created with Arthur Ho , a Hong Kong-based franchisee of KFC, and chef Martin Yan of PBS' Yan Can Cook fame.
The company is trying higher-end ideas, such as Yan Can, the name of four new Asian-themed restaurants in California created with Arthur Ho, a Hong Kong-based franchisee of KFC, and chef Martin Yan of PBS' TV's Yan Can Cook fame.
The parent to more than 37, 000 Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell restaurants last year sold 404 of its company-operated locations in the U.S., including 264 KFC, 74 Taco Bell and 66 Pizza Hut outlets, company data show.
Much like the over-expansion of government-led infrastructure projects, KFC China will experience diminishing returns if it continues to expand into areas with lower spending power.
She tells CNN that her group believes the KFC campaign is based in "pinkwashing" -- putting a pink, cancer-awareness ribbon on products that are bad for health.
As magic is all about secrets, you might expect magicians' tricks would gain protection under the principle of trade secrets - this is how Coca-Cola guards its recipe and how KFC protects the spices it uses on its chicken, for example.
Yum, operator of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC restaurant chains, forecast a 4% fall in fourth-quarter China same-store sales, an effective measure of financial health, as well as popularity, because it strips away volatile results from newly opened or closed locations.
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After all companies such as KFC and Chambord have jumped into the game, and what do their products--fried chicken and liqueur--have to do with breast cancer awareness?
"Buckets for the Cure" website states, albeit at the very bottom, that individual consumer purchases will not directly increase the total donation -- rather that the money is determined by purchases of buckets by KFC restaurant operators.
The parent of KFC and Pizza Hut saw same store sales fall 20% in the two-month quarter, an improvement over their 25% estimate, fueling a rally that saw shares rise nearly 7% by 4:44 PM in New York.
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